**Sorry guys. The tight asses over at Paramount and Movieweb sent us threatening sounding letters demanding we take the Crystal Skull image down, you know, instead of just dropping us a note and politely asking for us to take it down… after all… they’re ok with the 10,000 other images we put up to promote their stuff… if one happens to be one they don’t want up, heaven forbid they act courteous and just ASK us to take it down instead of getting a lawyer to threaten us… maybe it’s just the Canadian in me)**
Bright and early we got a tip from Joel G showing us the first look at Indiana’s Crystal Skull itself.
ActionFigureInsider uncovered a promotional flyer from a Japanese company which is producing a variety of trinkets for the Indiana Jones series (including miniature versions of the holy grail and the lost ark). Among the group of items is what appears to be the first look at the Crystal Skull.
Now Slashfilm got the image from MovieWeb and they are calling it a spoiler because people fear the “aliens” storyline suggested in Darabont’s treatment.
I think it simply looks like a stylized human skull. Maybe even demonic. Might even be alien, but frankly who cares? If its handled right is it any less unreal than biblical artifacts or the stone from the temple of doom? They all had their scifi/fantasy unrealism to them too, so why are people getting bent about including the existence of aliens in a pulp adventure world where a gold box full of ghosts melts the skin off of Nazis?
Do you think they are jumping the gun about the alien storyline? Is this just a stylized chimpanzee skull used in ancient rituals?
(EDITOR’S NOTE - I’m not sure how some people consider a picture of a Crystal Skull in a movie called “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” a spoiler. That being said, this image is already being set to be used in marketing and merchandising campaigns for the film, so fear not, it’s not a spoiler)
35 Comments, Comment or Ping
Hamid
This film is going to own the summer, if not the year!! No one can do classic adventure like Spielberg. The Mummy and Tomb Raider movies never came close!
Feb 5th, 2008
armageddonman
My predictions:
1. The crystal skull is actually the real skull of an alien.
2. It’s therefore proof for extraterrestial life.
3. It will also lead to a cache of alien artifacts in an Aztec pyramid or something like that.
4. That’s why everyone wants it.
5. The other (historic) crystal skulls are just copies of the original skull.
Sounds like the plot for a videogame.
Feb 5th, 2008
Ransom
Looks alien to me.
Feb 5th, 2008
Andy
thanks for putting the image up fron without any spoiler or “have to click this link first”… WTF?!
Feb 5th, 2008
Simple_Simon
I’m hoping for the best. I just can’t help thinking, “midichlorians”.
It would NOT be the same if some alien power melted the faces off of a bunch of nazis.
Feb 5th, 2008
Kristina
I can hear the X-Files theme playing in my head for some reason…
Feb 5th, 2008
SteveO
Andy, this is not a spoiler because it doesnt show anything that ruins the plot. Its a skull. Skulls look like that or close.
I think it looks like a monkey skull myself but what the fuck do I know. I have no issue with aliens in Indiana Jones movies as long as the movie keeps that old 1920s comic book pulp feeling.
I still say its a monkey skull that everyone is going to think is an alien or some shit. Indy will uncover the truth.
Feb 5th, 2008
Hamid
The funny thing with all the negative comments throughout the net about Crystal Skull, nitpicking at every little detail, is that if Temple of Doom was being made today, people would be going crazy, saying “there’s a kid!” “he has a sidekick!” “it’s about some cult and not a biblical adventure!” “it opens with a musical number!” And yet, it’s the same bunch who love Temple and keep saying Crystal Skull will suck. Sheesh!
Feb 5th, 2008
grit jones
How about a damn spoiler alert?
Feb 5th, 2008
James
Hamid, you nailed it! Great post! I can’t add anything else to the conversation, except to also echo the need for better SPOILER control on this site.
Feb 5th, 2008
Kanthan
spoiler????????? its doesnt ruin any aspect of the story, just keeps you guessing even more. Its not like seeing the monster from cloverfield is it
Feb 5th, 2008
Jano Aguayo
No! That is not from the movie…that’s a picture of Calista Flockhart dropped by accident by Harrison Ford!
Feb 5th, 2008
Phil Gee
I can only say it so many times before I lose my voice.
“GIMME A TRAAAAAAAAAAILER”
Feb 5th, 2008
bjon86
Gimme a fuckin break, Rodney. It’s OBVIOUSLY an alien skull. Do I care? Hell no. Besides, the idea that there are aliens out there and their existence has been known on this earth for a long time now is a hell of a lot more believable than the fuckin HOLY GRAIL! So if people are gettin all bent out of shape about this, they need to shut the fuck up and put a fuckin dick in their mouth.
Feb 5th, 2008
sfsilver
I would have to say it does function as a spoiler. Unless they intend to make aliens part of the marketing. It does not look human.
Feb 5th, 2008
bjon86
It’s NOT a fuckin spoiler!! That same image of that same fuckin skull is in the background of the fuckin movie POSTER!! JESUS!
Feb 5th, 2008
John Campea
Hey bjon86
I agree, but chill out.
Feb 5th, 2008
bjon86
hahahahaha. I cuss a lot. It doesn’t mean much. Just think of it as Chris Rock talkin to you at a coffee shop. He’d still be cussin and yellin his ass off while sippin some cafe mocha.
Feb 5th, 2008
Kryptonite
bjon86:
You’re not Chris Rock. Get over yourself.
Feb 5th, 2008
Erik Schubach
This is one movie I have been waiting for with baited breath.
I wasn’t sure how they would pull this off with a definitely aging Harrison Ford… But then I saw the Live Free or Die Hard, Rock Balboa and Rambo movies. If they can pull it off that well, Harrison darn well can too.
The Indiana Jones movies have been on my list of favorites since I first saw Indy on the silver screen. It even spawned copycats such as the Tales of the Gold Monkey television series (which I loved too).
Feb 5th, 2008
PlutoNick
Of course it’s a spoiler. It’s a different things having a skull in the title and another one shown in the poster in an artistic way, and another thing to actually present us with an alien skull, lifting any doubt. The producers evidently wanted to trick us thinking that the skull is a jewel or something
Feb 5th, 2008
salahfan28
Hey this site has the picture up still.
http://www.fusedfilmblog.com
Pretty cool blog that has good thoughts.
Defintitely an alien skull though.
http://www.fusedfilmblog.com
Feb 5th, 2008
PhoenixP3K
I hope they don’t pull down the site. Don’t care much for the skull tough. I mean it just looks like a crystal skull with silver teeth. There is nothing worth asking for a take down. Baka!
Feb 5th, 2008
Gordon Shumway
Reminds me of The Phantom with Billy Zane. Uh-oh. Amazing how people can say its definately alien, these people who know definately what an alien looks like. Presumcious wouldnt you say.
Feb 5th, 2008
Rodney
If this was the poster for the movie would people have still been barking SPOILER over it?
Just wondering.
Feb 5th, 2008
updog
This site still has the pictures of the crystal skull still up!!!!!!!!!!!
http://fusedfilmblog.com/
Feb 5th, 2008
Gordon Shumway
That japanese keyring thing shows it to be very alien actually, although i woudnt have known from the face-on angle.
Feb 5th, 2008
J.P.
Jajaja.
People saying “Its a normal skull” should go back to higschool.
Sorry.
Was a spoiler. We fackedup. And thats it. Nobody dies.
Feb 5th, 2008
Dude
http://www.fuenf-filmfreunde.de/2008/02/05/indiana-jones-der-crystal-skull/
It’s a Grey, for sure.
Feb 6th, 2008
bjon86
yo Kryptonite
I didn’t say I was Chris Rock, bitch. I just said I cuss a lot and it doesn’t mean I’m pissed off. Except for when I called you “bitch.” Next time you take the time to write a comment, make it worth it.
Feb 6th, 2008
Prophecy
Pandering to Paramount again John? You’re like their little bitch lapdog. I guess you’ll be getting a set visit to TF2 for this huh?
Feb 6th, 2008
Forward thinking
This site has the key chain crystal pictures as well
http://fusedfilmblog.com/
Feb 6th, 2008
Prophecy
Asleep at the switch? Why hasn’t my above comment been deleted? And why haven’t you responded to my email?
Feb 6th, 2008
Dr. Tim
The reality of the Crystal Skulls is simply this: There are no Maya myths about crystal skulls * all that we know of their culture and civilization is based upon their writing * glyphs * their glyph system has been thoroughly translated, and there is no mention of crystal skulls * 13 or otherwise. The skulls are not Aztec either * though they have a resemblance to certain artifacts from throughout the region, Tenocha, Toltec, Mixtec, etc. The skulls are all frauds. Of the three most famous * the British Museum skull and the Louvre skull, they are the work of a 19th century forger. The MH skull was only examined prior to the availability of electron microscopy * which is what in the end, verified the other two as frauds, and the owner Anna clings to her family mystique and refuses electron microscopy which is the only way to verify it as authentic or fake. http://www.crystalskulls.us for the full true story
May 24th, 2008
Rodney
Dr Tim, maybe you have never seen an Indiana Jones movie before, but there is no such thing as the Temple of Doom or artifacts from the bible (that have the qualities presented in the films) either.
Its called fiction Tim. If you put the book down once in a while you might get to enjoy some.
May 24th, 2008
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