TheFirebird1
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Yeah...this sort of leads into my problem when someone suggests that we simply "bring the Nazis back". By the late 1950s into the early 1960s, the number of active ex-Nazis was certainly substantial, but not enough to justify an actual threat. And at this point it's like flogging a dead horse, not to mention the fact that Steven has felt extremely uncomfortable using the Nazis as villains again after researching for Schindler's List, and I can't say I blame him. The atrocities they committed during the war were nothing short of terrifying on a massive scale.dr.jones1986 said:What made you change your mind as far as finding merit there now?
I agree they made great villains in Raiders and Crusade but I feel using them during the Cold War when there were so many other deplorable regimes that were actually in power at that time doesn't make sense. Disney would never use communist China even though they would make sense during the 60's because of Disney's dependence on the Chinese market.
And did everybody just forget that there was a megastate known as the Soviet Union up until 1991? They provide the perfect templates for villains. An ultra-modern, harsh, extremely rational and tactical fighting force that viciously eliminated any opposition standing in its way, while still being quite unlikable is the perfect enemy for Indiana Jones. And reintroducing them as villains can rectify Crystal Skull constantly referring to them as "Russians" (though many Ukranians, Tajiks, Georgians, and Belorussians I know would most likely disagree), while also giving them the threatening bent they sometimes (though not always) lacked in the last installment.
As for Communist China as the villain, well, yeah, that's not happening. America itself is so tightly tied to the PRC economically that even U.S. politicians refuse to call out the various civil rights abuses going on over there, including the suspected internment of Chinese Muslims in concentration camps. But hey, at least they buy Disney movies!