Movies like Indiana Jones tell us more about the time they were made than the time they are depicting. But it is not only that. Pseudo-Archaeology is a big problem in movies and promote a false sense of the past.
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Ok, this blog post will be spoiler free. I watched Indiana Jones 5: The Dial of Destiny a couple weeks ago and I actually liked it for what it is! Archaeologically speaking, it is of course pure fantasy, but action-movie-wise it is not bad at all. Well, except one…
This week, the first trailer to Indiana Jones 5: The Dial of Destiny dropped and I have analysed trailers in the past, so why not give this a try? There are some interesting details hidden, maybe I found some that you didn’t hear about? We are in any case…
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So I don’t know if this is good news or bad, but Andy Samberg, comedian from SNL and creator of the police-comedy-series Brooklyn 99 will create a new animated series about archaeology! The catch (or should I say twist) is, that in his world, archaeologists are “the coolest people…
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Nearly one year ago, I wrote an article called Why “Eternals” will be a bad movie. After finally watching it, I can confidently say, that I was not wrong. In this article I want to describe the movie from my perspective and illustrate wider implications movies like Eternals have.
What…
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On February 18, 2022 a new movie will hit the theatres. It is called Uncharted and based on a videogame about a treasure hunter named Nathan Drake, played by Tom Holland. At first sight, Tom Holland seems a bit young to play Nathan Drake, except that the movie is…
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Recently I started watching a British TV series called Detectorists. It tells the story of Lance and Andy, two friends with the shared hobby of metal detecting. Besides finding rubbish in the ground, the two friends search for archaeological treasure, especially gold. Strictly forbidden in Germany, it is allowed…
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Later this year, Marvel Studios will release a new movie called “Eternals”. The film features actors like Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington and many more. The Eternals are an alien race that lived on earth for thousands of years, supposedly without interaction. Just now,…
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