There are some ideas which, if left unchallenged, will fester and metastasize until they become a part of the zeitgeist and eventually begin to corrode our understanding of objective reality. While it may not be as corrosive to the body politic as, say, the conspiracy theory that JFK was assasinated by an incredibly complex, though as yet miraculously unrevealed conspiracy involving the US Intelligence services, the FBI, the Secret Service, Anti-Castro Revolutionaries, The New Orleans Mob, The Dallas Mob, a C-grade strip club owner, a schizophrenic transvestite from the New Orleans Civil Air Patrol, and possibly also Vice President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson… there is one idea so egregiously wrong that it must be met on the battlefield of ideas and defeated before it does real damage, not only to one of our most beloved heroes, but to the greatest adventure movie of all time.
Apparently this was in an actual episode of the show. From a summary —
“[nerdface character] explains that if Indiana Jones were not in the movie the Nazis would still find the Ark of the Covenant, would still have taken it to the island, then opened it up, and all would have died.”
Setting aside all of George’s explanation, the Big Bang insult comedy hacks didn’t think “and then?” The Nazis would still have known where the Ark was last located and probably recovered it.
So for Indy, it was all about the Arc of the Covenant?
I'll just see myself out...
oh, you...
Apparently this was in an actual episode of the show. From a summary —
“[nerdface character] explains that if Indiana Jones were not in the movie the Nazis would still find the Ark of the Covenant, would still have taken it to the island, then opened it up, and all would have died.”
Setting aside all of George’s explanation, the Big Bang insult comedy hacks didn’t think “and then?” The Nazis would still have known where the Ark was last located and probably recovered it.
The worst part of the theory is that it’s lazy and played for cheap laughs… perfectly in line with the snark that passes for comedy these days