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2024-04-18
Fun role reversal: pop culture that Ben likes and Matt doesn't
Both hosts agree the Indiana Jones franchise has one great film, one fun film, and two obnoxious films.
Ben pronounces Shia LaBeouf as "Shia LaBoof".
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In some ways, watching these movies and realizing that the core character and personality of Indiana Jones and Han Solo were so similar, in some ways it made me like Han Solo less. Because I thought Indiana Jones was kind of a jerk.
...I'm just gonna let that hang there for a minute.
Spielberg is Jewish, and directs the film that ends with the Hebrew God melting Nazis.
Belloq as Indy's Jungian shadow self.
Matt notices that if it's a story about the Jews, the defeat of serpents and death ties in to Genesis.