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Upon first hearing about it, I liked the connection but am not so crazy about it now. Something which deserves repeating is that the original TV version did NOT contain the shot of the curator showing the replica of the diamond! A facsimile wasn't seen until the VHS release. (Something I've always wanted to know: Is this a case of fan wish-dom being turned into fact?)Le Saboteur said:This is definitely in my Top 5 episodes. However, having subsequently learned about the retcon done between this and Temple, it's not something I'm especially fond of. I liked that it was just some diamond, and not connected to Alexander the Great. (The actual idea of such tenuous at best.)
The peacock would have been probably melted down just as one of the diamond eyes was cut into smaller stones. The one Indy & Remy were after had 1600 years to switch hands! (As said above, I could go crazy inventing a back story for this thing.)Le Saboteur said:For me, the interesting part was when the curator says that the peacock statue was destroyed after Alexander's death in 322. Well, why was it destroyed? Was it with Alexander when he died in Babylon? And if so, what happened to the rest of the gold; how did the diamond end up in India? Considering that Alexander never really made it into the sub-continent, there's lots to explore here. Another thirty minutes in Alexandria/Cairo/whatever would have been great as Remy & Indy delve more into the history of the diamond.
To me, the Eye of the Peacock is a mixture of the legends surrounding two of the most famous gems: the Hope Diamond and the famous Koh-i-Noor, both from India and each with a fascinating history. The Hope was cut from the larger French Blue, which had (false) legends of it being an eye of a statue.
I was wondering about something like that but, personally, I like the fact that they go on a mad train dash and the way the red line eases into the final straight to Port Said is so nicely done.Le Saboteur said:Yes! It was really cool, but I still don't know why Indy and Remy didn't cut across from Cairo to Suez. It's practically a straight shot. And I believe the rail line was up and running by 1918.