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Last Post: 2:58:56pm, 03/23/2024
Sahuagin posted...
weird I just thought of that scene last night since the golden claw quest in skyrim seems to reference it (arvel runs off with the claw only to get killed by traps and/or draugr) (and meanwhile the one dungeon music track also seems heavily inspired by the movie too)
looking it up two plausible theories are:
1. magic. magic exists in that universe to some degree, so it can just be magic.
2. indy was bsing the guy and the trap really has a more mundane trigger that he didn't show him, which is why he gets caught by it later.
nailed it. I want to believe it's 2 because I want the universe to be less magical. But they break that wall in every movie, so who am I kidding. That being said, it's positioned--to start the franchise-- as scientifically plausible and genius.