Indiana Jones is going on his final adventure and both Erik Childress and Erik Laws are going as well. They give you their full thoughts on the fifth film but first revisit the entire franchise including the first time they saw Raiders, Indy-as-superhero, and weighing in on the discourse over Temple of Doom and Crystal Skull. Then it is on to discussing Indy’s new partner, de-aging and how the template may have shifted slightly from the Spielberg era with director James Mangold. While this is a film about growing older and regret, do the Eriks have any when it comes to the new one or the series in general?

0:00 - Intro

4:48 – Raiders of the Lost Ark

9:39 – Temple of Doom

26:14 – The Last Crusade

29:36 – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

40:30 – The Dial of Destiny

51:59 – Phoebe Waller-Bridge

54:27 – “Young” Indiana Jones

56:49 – A Signature Action Sequence?

1:04:03 – Indy’s Relationship Status and Regret

1:12:23 – The Ending

1:25:00 – Random Thoughts

1:36:41 – Harrison Ford and John Williams

1:47:25 - Outro

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