Yep, she seems so enamored with the crystal skulls, their origin, and their potential that they become much more than just a bounty to her.
That was a surprise to me.
I knew Spalko wouldn't just be some Soviet agent blindly following orders from upstairs to find the Crystal Skull and not giving a second's thought to whether the Crystal Skull could have power or not. Dovchenko is probably like that. Whether the Crystal Skull has powers or not is presumably irrelevant to him.
I knew she would believe in its powers, and that that would fuel her efforts on the undertaking to find it, but I didn't know she would be in awe of it in an academic sense, in and of its own, the way Belloq is fascinated by the Ark. I thought she would believe in it but see it merely as a means to an end and have little interest in the thing itself, ie. more like Hitler.
I know we don't see Hitler in the movies, but presumably the Ark itself doesn't interest him, just what purpose it can serve for him.
I knew Spalko wouldn't just be some Soviet agent blindly following orders from upstairs to find the Crystal Skull and not giving a second's thought to whether the Crystal Skull could have power or not. Dovchenko is probably like that. Whether the Crystal Skull has powers or not is presumably irrelevant to him.
I knew she would believe in its powers, and that that would fuel her efforts on the undertaking to find it, but I didn't know she would be in awe of it in an academic sense, in and of its own, the way Belloq is fascinated by the Ark. I thought she would believe in it but see it merely as a means to an end and have little interest in the thing itself, ie. more like Hitler.
I know we don't see Hitler in the movies, but presumably the Ark itself doesn't interest him, just what purpose it can serve for him.
