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Indiana Jones: The Crystal Skull Revealed! (spoilers)
slashfilm.com — ActionfigureInsider has posted a promotional flyer from a japanese company which is producing a variety of trinkets for the Indiana Jones series. Among the group of items is what appears to be the first look at the Crystal Skull.You can check out the photo after the jump, not included on the main page because of spoiler potential.
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- rpi22, on 02/05/2008, -4/+30For info on the 'real' crystal skull;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
Anna Hedges claims that she found the skull buried under a collapsed altar inside a temple in Lubaantun (Garvin, photo 25), in British Honduras, now Belize. In a letter to the author in 1970, she also stated that she was "told by the few remaining Maya, and was used by the high priest to will death" (Garvin 93). The artifact is sometimes referred to as "The Skull of Doom" because of its seemingly inexplicable properties and the supposed ill-luck of those who have handled it.
The skull was made from a block of clear quartz (although the jaw detaches), 5 inches (13 cm) high, 7 inches (18 cm) long and 5 inches wide. It is about the size of a small human cranium, with near perfect detail. In 1970, art restorer Frank Dorland claimed that he was given permission to submit the skull to tests at the internal Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. He claimed that the skull featured some anomalies. According to Dorland, the skull had been carved with total disregard to the natural crystal axis and no metal tools were used. Dorland claimed he was unable to find any tell-tale scratch marks, except for traces of mechanical grinding on the teeth. From tiny patterns near the carved surfaces, Dorland determined it was first chiseled into rough form, probably using diamonds. The finer shaping, grinding and polishing, Frederick claimed, was done with sand over a period of 150 to 300 years. Norman Hammond later reported that holes, intended for support pegs, were drilled by metal. Although various claims have been made over the years regarding the skull's physical properties, such as an allegedly constant temperature of 70°F (21°C), Dorland reported that it was no different from other natural quartz crystals. In an attempt to find out if the crystal was pure crystalline quartz and not glass or another mineral, Hewlett-Packard submerged the crystal in Benzyl alcohol, which has the same diffraction coefficient (Garvin 75). The skull became invisible inside the tank, showing that it was indeed pure crystalline quartz. By exposing the submerged skull to polarized light, the Hewlett-Packard team also showed that that the skull was made from a single left-handed growing crystal (Garvin 75-76). No evidence on this matter has been provided by Hewlett-Packard, so it is unknown whether these tests were ever carried out, and later tests determined that the skull was carved using 19th century jeweler's tools, conflicting with Dorland's results and agreeing with Hammond's.
even with today's technology we could not make such a thing. the precision and detail required, the movable jaw that seems to have been formed in place... amazing- Technopope, on 02/05/2008, -3/+12"even with today's technology we could not make such a thing."
Of COURSE we could! Whenever anyone makes that kind of comment about an ancient artifact or structure, that obviously HAS been made, they are shouting out their ignorance of crafting and manufacturing processes, both past and present.- Ndiggnation, on 02/05/2008, -2/+5Don't you know that ancient civilizations all have sekrit knowledge that's more advanced than what we know today?
- vectorb, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4ok did you even read the stuff you cut and pasted from wikipidea? The last sentence you pasted is "the skull was carved using 19th century jeweler's tools" so unless our technology has really gone down hill recently, Im pretty sure we can match the tools of an early 19th century jeweler.
- cawpin, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1He's obviously not familiar with "today's technology". Hell, I could print the damned thing. It wouldn't be crystal but it would also only take a day to do.
- ij00mini, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6Comment jacking with pictures:
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3434/crystalsku ...
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3053/crystalsku ... - wakesabre, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1The same skulls are mentioned in Assassin's Creed! Very interesting to read about.
- Technopope, on 02/05/2008, -3/+12"even with today's technology we could not make such a thing."
- DrunkenSavior, on 02/05/2008, -6/+1That....is way cooler than I thought it'd be!
- hydroplane, on 02/05/2008, -1/+12You have chosen..... Wisely.
- lodleader, on 02/05/2008, -0/+52anyone else tired of "after the jump"?
- Dochtuir, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6I don't actually get it. They say after the jump, what ever the hell that means, but the photo is right there! I didn't have to jump anywhere.
- BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4If they would just shut the ***** up I wouldn't even notice the "jump" on the rare occasion it is actually there. But they insist on being little meatbags and referencing ever single time like it is some ***** requirement of internet culture, and I immediately bury the article.
- rancorr, on 02/05/2008, -2/+2It's really quite cimple...
Before the Jump
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5106/crystalvp3 ...
After The Jump
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5106/crystalvp3 ...
It's no different than a news caster saying, "When we come back (from commercial) we'll show you a dog that sure loves cheese" - rancorr, on 02/05/2008, -1/+2Doh, that second link is the same pic.... sorry, but just click on the story to see "After the Jump"
- daborg, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3Fail.
- terminal157, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2The link you're following already has the jump expanded, basically. The writer expected people to see the unexpanded version first, which probably showed up on the home page.
- zanvann, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1Essentially, I think it is just the act of scrolling past a ad badder half-way through an article. 'After the jump' therefore will make no ***** sense, if you can't see the ad banner in the first place. To that pleasure we can thank Ad block.
- web2pointYo, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4There are NO humans left who are not tired of it.
- Dochtuir, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6I don't actually get it. They say after the jump, what ever the hell that means, but the photo is right there! I didn't have to jump anywhere.
- Stemnin, on 02/05/2008, -9/+1probably gonna get buried for this..
Alien VS Jones?- eihwaz, on 02/05/2008, -3/+1That's exactly what I thought after looking at that picture.
- TiMMY8765, on 02/05/2008, -1/+11wasn't there a stargate episode about this too
- toasterweasel, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Yep. http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Crystal_Skull
- fani, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1Yes, with Dr. Jackson's grandfather.
With something about " woling woling something" ... "enemy of my enemy is my friend"...
Too bad they never did another follow up episode to those aliens and Dr. Jackson's grandfather. - Zedizdead, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Indeed
- totorototoro, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5is that the skull from one of the aliens from Close Encounters?
- wildbillhick, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3i think you are on to something. there was a piece on aint it cool news about those aliens making a cameo in the Crystal Skull. the article made it sound like it was going to be similar to ET's easter eggish appearance in the latest star wars movies. but this looks like aliens will have a big role.
- AmusedToDeath, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6Hmm. Indy and Aliens? Not exactly chocolate and peanut butter.
- sindex, on 02/05/2008, -2/+2Not exactly peanut butter and snails, either.
- rentmitchum, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4It's somewhere in the range of Soul Calibur and Star Wars.
- sindex, on 02/05/2008, -2/+2Not exactly peanut butter and snails, either.
- neio, on 02/05/2008, -0/+9And so Steven Spielberg has reached full circle in the themes of his movies
- leerayIG88, on 02/05/2008, -9/+4Short Round: Feels like I step on fortune cookie!
Indiana Jones: It's not fortune cookies. Let me take a look.
[Indy lights a lighter to find bugs crawling all over the place]
Short Round: That no cookie! - busybenj, on 02/05/2008, -7/+2Yeah....Because Japanese knock offs are NEVER different from the original....
/srcsm - ByrcheWroot, on 02/05/2008, -7/+0Reckon Cancer Man and Mulder's father will have cameos?
- wildbillhick, on 02/05/2008, -8/+3"I've got a bad feeling about this." ~Han Solo
- TheLastFreeMan, on 02/05/2008, -2/+4Galactic Fail
- cmuwriter, on 02/05/2008, -4/+11It's Xenu's skull!
- drachemorder, on 02/05/2008, -2/+6We also see from pictures that have been released that Indy will revisit the warehouse where the Ark of the Covenant was stored.
Add aliens into this, and it makes me very nervous for the storyline. Are they going to imply that the Ark of the Covenant is an alien artifact? If they do, it will screw up much of what I liked about Raiders. It would be much worse, to me, than what George Lucas did with Star Wars. Regardless of your opinion of the prequels, Lucas didn't really change anything substantial about the original Star Wars trilogy. But this would change the whole underpinning of Raiders of the Lost Ark from being about God to being about aliens. It would be more akin to George Lucas going back in the Star Wars prequels and explaining away the Force as the excrement of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I hope I'm wrong, and the whole alien thing is just a red herring, or at the very least has nothing to do with the Ark... but I'm quite fearful that I'm right.- sindex, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3"It would be more akin to George Lucas going back in the Star Wars prequels and explaining away the Force as the excrement of the Flying Spaghetti Monster." As opposed to being a viral infection?
Besides, why couldn't the warehouse just be a big warehouse where stuff the public shouldn't know about is stored? I don't think that requires a connection between the Ark and this Skull. Hell, we don't even really know what the story is yet. Maybe this whole alien things we're poking at is all a red herring.- drachemorder, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1Midichlorians, you mean? As far as I know the midichlorians don't actually explain what the Force IS, only that they're what makes the connection between a person and the Force possible. I don't think they really CHANGE the nature of the Force as much as just abstract it away another level.
Anyway, you're right, the Ark and skull may not have any connection, and maybe the alien thing is a red herring. If past storylines are any indication, then Indy probably never really figures out the nature of the object he recovers, so it seems likely the alien thing may be suggested but never explicitly proven.
Anyway, I'll still enjoy the movie for the escapism it is, regardless...
- drachemorder, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1Midichlorians, you mean? As far as I know the midichlorians don't actually explain what the Force IS, only that they're what makes the connection between a person and the Force possible. I don't think they really CHANGE the nature of the Force as much as just abstract it away another level.
- DiggBuryMe, on 02/05/2008, -0/+0Doesn't mean that would change the original storyline - maybe God was an alien.
Indy is an archaeologist after all; lots of ancient history the world over dovetails beautifully with that notion, including the Bible.
- sindex, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3"It would be more akin to George Lucas going back in the Star Wars prequels and explaining away the Force as the excrement of the Flying Spaghetti Monster." As opposed to being a viral infection?
- MioTheGreat, on 02/05/2008, -2/+4Crystal Skull, eh? Does looking into its eyes teleport you to see the giant aliens?
(Because we don't really need allies against the goa'uld anymore...)- Veretax, on 02/05/2008, -1/+2and Don't Hit it with a Zat gun. Or you'll be out of phase for all of time!
- ozymandias2012, on 02/05/2008, -1/+2Indy vs The Grays
- muleking, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4Post 1983 George Lucas strikes again!!!! Ugh, aliens, this is going to be an abomination. George, why must you destroy all that was sacred from my childhood?
- sloth514, on 02/05/2008, -1/+0I'm going to go ahead and bet that a Japanese company making novelty keychains doesn't have the jump on the Crystal Skull design.
- mikehill33, on 02/05/2008, -0/+11NO TIME FOR LOVE, DR. JONES!!!!
- Pedlya, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1Randall said it best.
- LeRenard, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5I'm disappointed that it's an alien and not just the regular crystal skull :-/
- datastorageguy, on 02/05/2008, -5/+1Indy dies!
- bleutuna, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3I understand all the hubbub about how this is a japanese company, and why would they have the details and blah blah blah, but a couple of things to think about:
1) This stuff happens often - Lucasfilm etc. give out designs to merchandisers, because Lucas has made MOST of his money from merchandising.
2) Why would a Japanese company making novelty items CHOOSE to make an alien skull for no reason at all? That makes no sense whatsoever. If they were going on 'oh, it's just a crystal skull' they would have erred on the side of a human skull. Going alien definitely implies prior knowledge.
3) Their other key-chains look pretty dead-on to the movie prop. I don't think they would spend all the time and detail to make the crystal skull key chain and not have it look close. Look at the detail on the bigger photo - it's crazy. I thought that WAS a photo from the movie, it's so detailed. - rentmitchum, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3So I didn't get all the skulls after all..
- dkern, on 02/05/2008, -8/+3America is transmogrifying into fascism and a dictatorial empire- that is much more important than a ***** movie sequel. Maybe during intermission (remember when they had intermissions?) they will herd diggers like us into internment camps. A post could read:
Last time I saw him he was buying popcorn... he never came back to his seat.- ozymandias2012, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Okay.....no one here is paranoid.
- Sethbacca, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5Seriously, if you can't take the time out to enjoy the small things in life, then there are issues. Of course you can wander around wearing your tinfoil hat, decrying the evils of the role of government in modern society all you want. Go to town chicken little.
Hopefully the movie will be out before the sky falls :)- dkern, on 02/05/2008, -2/+1I get what you are saying. I really do. But consider this- have you noticed they use the same dramatic music roll to promote nearly every movie in theatrical trailers? That same damn music? Notice how many celebrities get into politics? You don't need to don a tinfoil hat to make the connection here. I am saying, ***** the movies, take your kids camping, fishing, hiking, to the beach.
Unplug the ***** repetition machine and enjoy your life while you can. There is more to this world than war and movies about about war.- bagboyrebel, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1thanks, I almost went to a movie and enjoyed myself but luckily you were here to tell me not to.
- dkern, on 02/05/2008, -2/+1I get what you are saying. I really do. But consider this- have you noticed they use the same dramatic music roll to promote nearly every movie in theatrical trailers? That same damn music? Notice how many celebrities get into politics? You don't need to don a tinfoil hat to make the connection here. I am saying, ***** the movies, take your kids camping, fishing, hiking, to the beach.
- coleki, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3I agree that our nation's apparent peril is more important than a movie sequel, however....
By your logic, we should not talk about anything that is not directly related to America and how much trouble it's in.
Movie sequel is doing something unexpected? No time! America is in trouble!
Your wife is having the baby? No time! America is in trouble!
Can't pick your kids up from school because your car broke down? No time! America is in trouble! - hydroplane, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1This isn't a "***** movie sequel" its Indiana Jones.
- web2pointYo, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6swweeeeet. I hope Indy whips a ray gun from the aliens hands. hell be all like, *whoooooop caaarraaaack!* and the aliens ray gun goes flying out of his alien hand and down the side of the cliff and then the alien has a look on his face like...what the! and then maybe the alien holds his hand next to his big head and starts to make some alien magic happen and indys whip turns into a snake! o no Indy! you hate snakes!
Nice!- Hypermarkalan, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Already I want to watch your version more than Lucas'.
- etandrib, on 02/05/2008, -0/+17It looks like the pictures were removed but duggmirror caught them. Ha! Take that Paramount.
http://duggmirror.com/movies/Indiana_Jones_The_Cry ...- Twee, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1that looks creepy.
- Huangism, on 02/05/2008, -1/+0why would people post spoilers to ruin the movie?
- Twee, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1So the new indiana jones movie is tied in with the disney sea ride somehow?
- RUFiO006, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7OK, Paramount seem to have interfered on this one, so in case anyone needs it:
Mirror for photo #1: http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6571/crystalsku ...
Mirror for photo #2: http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3262/crystalsku ...- terminal157, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3That second picture would be a lot better without MOVIEWEB printed right over the whole ***** thing.
- dangerdooms, on 02/05/2008, -1/+0Seriously, people. Two teaser photo's and everyone on digg is jumping on the "alien theory" bandwagon ?!
All digg user's predictions of this movie should be taken with a grain a salt. Half of you were probably the same people who were telling me that the half second teaser trailer of the Cloverfield monster crashing through the building on digg a few months back was "undeniable proof" the creature had a shell and "OMG! It's a giant turtle coolz." Ha.
Please wait until AFTER you've seen the movie before you log into digg thinking of enlightening us all with your reviews and bias'.- empty521, on 02/05/2008, -0/+0AMG ALIEN!!!!!!!!!!
- DiggityDugged, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2i don't know anything about the movie so far, so i don't know what the alien theory was, but it does look like an alien head to me. not human at least. maybe it's some hobo hablus skull that has historic significance.
what was the alien theory? was it more complex than "i bet aliens will be in the movie." ?
- emomakesmecry, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3I just hope that the Nazis are somehow involved. Maybe escapees who fled to Argentina? An Indy movie just isn't the same without zee Germans.
- hungryhermit, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Why is it made out of saran wrap?
- vagrantwade, on 02/05/2008, -2/+1How is this the first look? There has been shots of this film coming out for months.
- DiggityDugged, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2they mean first look at the actual crystal skull.
- WaltDismal, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Wow. Are you SURE this will give the Nazis/Russians/whatever supreme power?
It's just a transparent lil head yanno. Wait..wait.. it's glowing ... I feel funny ... arggghhh... arrghhhh ... ... The spirit of N'angachuchu calls me ... I need a human flesh sacrifice! ... Shia LeBoeuf will do ... I hated Transformers anyway... - binaryloop, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3New rule: Anyone who says "after the jump" in reference to a web site gets beaten senseless then tarred and feathered by an angry mob. I'm so sick of reading this. It's ***** cliché people! (And has been for quite some time)
- bagboyrebel, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1So who else thinks that the Nazis should turn out to be the aliens?
- InvisibleVoice, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1If this isn't real - why would Paramount want it removed?
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