Reviewed Podcast

On today's mega-episode, we join Dr. Indiana Jones, world famous archaeologist, on his various globetrotting adventures. Amazingly (and, perhaps, not surprisingly), Mike has not seen these films. So, we go through them all—from Raiders of the Lost Ark to The Temple of Doom to The Last Crusade. Conspicuously, we ignored a certain "kingdom" with "Crystal Skulls." In revisiting these films, do the adventures seem as big? Due the stunts and set-pieces feel as thrilling? In Spielberg's attempt to capture the fun of 1930s-40s serial adventure stories, has he crafted something that is timeless? Or, like the artifacts Indiana Jones collects, are they purely relics of a bygone era of filmmaking?