On Thursday, October 10th, 2013, CBS aired the 139th episode of its popular sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory". The episode is called: "The Raiders Minimization". In this episode, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) shows his girlfriend, Amy (Mayim Bialik), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" for the first time. Amy said she enjoyed it, despite the "glaring story problem". Story problem? That's right. According to Amy, "Indiana Jones plays no role in the outcome of the story. If he weren't in the film, it would turn out exactly the same." With that being said, Amy's theory ruined "Raiders" for Sheldon.
Did we ruin "Indiana Jones" for you? Hope not, because this is supposed to be interesting. On June 28th, 2015, I published a review on "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I, as you know, gave it a thumbs up. I said it was a movie worth watching, a major masterpiece. I still stand by that opinion. But after watching the part in "BBT" where Amy shared her theory about the movie, I was like, "She's right!"
Sure, "Raiders" is the love child of Spielberg and George Lucas, like Sheldon said, but apparently, Spielberg and Lucas didn't notice this error in their story. Now, you might disagree on this statement, but if you really think it over carefully, you'll see that "Big Bang Theory" has a point.
To me, I feel the same way I always feel about "Raiders" after watching that episode. So, Amy's point did NOT ruin the movie for me. If you haven't seen the movie, stop reading this and go rent and watch "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
One last thing, don't let this ruin "Raiders" for you. It's still an enjoyable story.
