I mean does he lie about his personal knowledge of the supernatural and biblical accuracy?
(I can’t remember if any things on the level of the movies happens to him as a kid in the TV show, seemed more like meeting “recent” historical persons like Pancho Villa etc)
IIRC, Young Indiana Jones was free from the supernatural, except for the one halloween episode, which was framed so that it may or may not have just been old Indie making up a ghost story.
After the events of Raiders, I imagine Indie’s position isn’t really that different than that of IRL strongly religious archaeology professors. Presumably there are plenty of religious professors out there that “know” that the events in the Bible are at least roughly true, even if they’ve never seen it melt the face off a Nazi.
If his own personal experiences are entering into his lesson plans at all, he’s doing it wrong. Like any science, archaeology is all about the techniques for getting the facts, not about the facts themselves.
He taught facts. If it’s truth you’re interested in, Dr. Tyree’s philosophy class is right down the hall.
According to the script:
Of course, he’s shown simultaneously explaining the word “neolithic” and discussing chamber #3 of a specific dig site so God only knows what he’s teaching. Maybe he’s just better at archeology than pedagogy 
For example, that ‘X’ never ever marks the spot.
And also, when did he teach them? He was constantly on the other side of the globe!
No he wasn’t. We just only see the adventures, just as Dr. Watson only writes up the mysteries Holmes solves (as only those stories have an ending).
Yes but if my pathology professor was once present when a verifiably dead body rose and thirsted for human flesh, I’m kinda wondering if when asked as a joke if zombies exist he will lie…
“You want to be a good archaeologist, you’ve got to get out of the library!”
But, at least in Dr. Jones’ world, there ARE objects that seems to be legitimate religious artifacts with divine powers. I get the feeling though that he’d say something more along the lines of “unexplained things” or “The [whoever people] believed these objects held great power and there are unexplained events surrounding them” rather than locking himself into “The stone turned hot so Kali must be real” or guessing what the Ark did while his eyes were closed.
“What’s this?”
“Ark of the Covenant.”
“Are you sure?”
“Pretty sure.”
Whatever he taught, I doubt it was as interesting as Dr. Belloq’s ‘Exploiting the Locals 101’ class.
Well, to be really, really nitpicky, not all. One or two of the Holmes stories are unsolved or unresolved. IIRC “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott” is never fully resolved; we never learn what happened to the men who fled from justice.
Also, there’s the (lovely!) “The Adventure of the Yellow Face,” which Holmes utterly and entirely botches. It is not the greatest of his failures – “The Adventure of the Dancing Men” and “The Five Orange Pips” are worse, for they end with the loss of life – but it is certainly a failure, if a charming, even beautiful one.
I can’t imagine him imparting a whole lot of sense of wonder at what they might find. The map room with the snakes would have been any other archaeologist’s greatest find, but he barely even glances at it in his effort to find the ark. And he had to knock over the giant statue in order to escape, but it didn’t bother him in the least.
:eek:
I’m gonna need you to take that back.
Holmes…fail? What are you, some kind of Pompeian? If Holmes seemed to fail, that was because that poncy git Watson wrote it up wrong. Damn it, I ididn’t have to put up with this crap when I always wore my supervillain hat.
:: wanders off mumbling to self and looking for axe::
History.
Research.
Archaeology.
…and that REALLY bad hats can often prevent sunburn.
“I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING TRAIN!” -Indiana Jones, the un-cut version
On a digression: comedian Tom McDonnell has an excellent song based on a scenario in which one Dr Jones is teaching 8th grade history in the UK and wants to take the class on a little field trip…
I can’t find a working link to the hilarious video but the audio is available starting at 20:10 here.
Obligatory (Indiana Jones denied tenure)
Dr. “Indiana” Jones is nothing but the fantastical imaginings of the milquetoast Henry Jones, a mild-mannored clerk who works in the accounting department of a large government surplus warehouse. The imaginings of an alternate life of fighting Nazis and discovering supernatural objects infused with magical powers is simply a defense mechanism against the daily tongue-lashings of his shrewish, overbearing wife and the passel of unwanted and ill-mannered children that even Jimmy Stewart wouldn’t endure.
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