Bump.
Should Aliens, rather than the Soviets, have been the enemies in KOTCS?
I think an Alien force could've been both more menacing than the Soviets as portrayed in KOTCS, as when designing something alien you have plenty of room to work with and would've put a new twist on things--For example, it's usually the 'divine' or supernatural that's on Indy's side in the other films. What if the 'divine' or supernatural power was now the enemy?
Or, perhaps, the Aliens could've been the enemy and somehow been defeated in the end by a divine force--call it God or whatever, with Indy's help. Perhaps the Aliens could be defeated with some religious artifact that Indy recovers, which would be the Maguffin, and they could be portrayed as ''Demons'' instead of as straight out aliens in a space ship.