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That blog article does NOT debunk this mystery (though its author claims to have done so)! He reached his own, premature conclusion based on what he read here at The Raven and TheRaider.net. (even crediting TheRaider.net and quoting the 2nd post from this very thread.) One single blogger's opinion, who is obviously only only a casual Indy fan, against the pooled & collective testimonies from various people around the globe is not equal to "debunking".Moedred said:The urban legend rekindled. Debunked, but commenters keep fanning the flames with zero evidence. At this point I suspect it's some kind of prank.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to prove/disprove the existence of the shot. Merely poking holes in an article which is trying to pass itself off as a definite & ultimate answer.Brian Cronin from spinoff.comicbookresources.com said:STATUS: False
Thanks to the amazing Indiana Jones website, TheRaider.net, for valuable help in debunking this legend. If you have even the slightest interest in Indiana Jones, you?ll love their wonderful web site.
Many fans believe/Most famous/Common urban legend? Who is this clown? Re. his "Australian version" comment: He obviously didn't read this whole thread because people from the United States (and France) have also reported seeing the shot. Again, who is this poseur-journalist clown?However, one is most famous for the fact that it doesn?t actually exist!
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It is a great ending, but many fans believe it was not the original. Reader Hector G. specifically asked about a common urban legend regarding an ?Australian version? of the film?s ending that shows the U.S. Army logo being burned off, just like the German Army emblem was.
Even more blog nonsense...This statement alone, completely DESTROYS any of Brian Cronin's credibility & opinions about the subject matter in question. The shot of the burning, German crate ZOOMS INTO the SWASTIKA and this guy is trying to pass off his blog about the mystery scene as a concrete conclusion?Earlier in the film, the Ark is being transported in a crate labeled (in German, of course) ?Property of the German Army,? along with the emblem of the German Army (not a Swastika, as many remember the scene having).
1) The fact that there wasn't an U.S. emblem on the crate during the warehouse scene CANNOT be used as proof that it didn't burn at the end of the film. (This reasoning is absolutely silly and displays a high level of ignorance/limited thinking.)However, first off, as noted above, the crate has the above stenciled on it, but besides a stamp, that is it. There is no U.S. logo to burn off of the crate.
Secondly, and much more importantly, the scene does not exist. It is not in the film?s final continuity guide, and it is not in the film?s final dialogue script. It appears in no versions of the script. And, obviously, the most important aspect of it all, no one has ever actually shown it to exist. The legend has been repeated for years now (including ?It is on the Region 4 DVD version of the film!?) without anyone ever showing a screen cap or a clip of the scene. As noted in the beginning, we live in an era where it is relatively simple to share information, and if such a clip actually existed, someone would have shared it by now.
2) Read the "Secondly, and much more importantly" explanation. He states that the scene does not exist because...it does not exist! (As if that make any sense). What Mr. Brian Cronin doesn't realize is that he missed some details in the Continuity Breakdown document! (even though he referenced it to support his belief).
3) His "most important aspect" (the assumption that something like this would/should be easily available to see in today's era) is not only faulty logic, it's also incredibly naive. Who knows what lies within people's personal recordings? Who knows if people who may have old recordings are/aren't savvy enough to digitize & upload them to the internet? Very telling that Brian Cronin's 'most important' reason for DEBUNKING the myth is the DUMBEST of them all!
An unfounded statement with nothing to substantiate it other than inconclusive speculation from an Indiana-Jones-fan-website.It is certainly true that occasionally movies are slightly altered for release outside of the United States, but this is not one of those occasions.