Yes, he certainly is. But I always thought that the phrase "expert on the occult" just meant that he had a considerable "knowledge of the hidden." In other words, I thought the phrase did nothing more than denote his experience with different relgions and did not necessarily denote his chosen profession.
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Lucas and his writers have done a fine job portraying Dr. Jones' professional life. However, the more I ponder that "expert on the occult" bit, the more I long for an Indiana Jones who voluntarily quests for a paranormal archaeological relic. Which is to say, without someone just dumping an adventure in his lap. It would be kind of cool to see what he would go after if he could pick something himself.
(Purely speaking about the films. I haven't read any of the books.)
Lucas and his writers have done a fine job portraying Dr. Jones' professional life. However, the more I ponder that "expert on the occult" bit, the more I long for an Indiana Jones who voluntarily quests for a paranormal archaeological relic. Which is to say, without someone just dumping an adventure in his lap. It would be kind of cool to see what he would go after if he could pick something himself.
(Purely speaking about the films. I haven't read any of the books.)
Well, I'm sure he does that whenever he can. But even in the Indiana Jones universe, I'd imagine that legitimate supernatural artifacts are still very scarce and very hard to uncover. Which is why we always see him going after non-supernatural items in the films' unrelated prologue sequences.
From a dramatic standpoint, however, it's simply more interesting to have Indy sucked into an adventure through outside means than have him simply wake up and say, "Hmm, no good movies out this week-end, I think I'll go search for Excalibur."
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Originally Posted by Lance Quazar
From a dramatic standpoint, however, it's simply more interesting to have Indy sucked into an adventure through outside means than have him simply wake up and say, "Hmm, no good movies out this week-end, I think I'll go search for Excalibur."
The fact that he was familiar with the Thugee ceremony in ToD shows that he had knowledge, at least to some extent, on the occult and various rituals.
You beat me to the punch he's witnessed black magic first hand and has experienced things that should have never been seen by any one in over a hundred years he's better than any book you can find at that time!
