Sounds like a good theory to me.

Posted by Fall Guy from pool0462.cvx7-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net on November 16, 2000 at 17:19:34:

In Reply to: Well... posted by Aaron on November 16, 2000 at 16:57:19:

Not that you're nuts, that is! ;) To have the X obscured by a refracting top layer sounds feasible and interesting. If that was the filmmakers' intent, then I believe that they should have invested a bit more effort into making it more obvious (Indy crouching on the floor, peaking through the floor at different angles...). Anyway, it still doesn't explain why the design of the X actually changes...
FG

: Take a look at some of the floor-level shots [not the bird's-eyes]. Maybe I'm nuts, but I swear that there is the slightest hint of an X visible, though it looks entirely green from that level.

: I think that we are supposed to believe that the floor around the X is a specially selected type of stone that lightens from a different angle. Perhaps there are two layers of stone around the X; the top layer, a transparant quartz-like stone with a green tint, and under it, a whiter layer? It kinda reminds me of that Icelandic quartz that makes objects appear double because of the angles that it makes...

: I dunno. What do you think? I really think I see a little bit of X on the ground level as well.

: Aaron
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I don't think so... Sam 17:31:39 11/16/2000 (16)
- An intriguing idea nevertheless! Fall Guy 17:55:02 11/16/2000 (6)
  - Probably not... Crystalline? Are you kidding??? 18:01:46 11/16/2000 (5)
    - I was talking about what material it was SUPPOSED to be, not what was used to build the freakin set! Fall Guy 18:10:14 11/16/2000 (4)
      - Chill out dude! Sam 18:15:22 11/16/2000 (3)
        
        I'm cool! But you didn't understand: Fall Guy 18:20:08 11/16/2000 (2)
        
        Fellas : Please see my post above.....I was just checking this out.....(NM) Indiana Jimmie 18:26:18 11/16/2000 (1)
        
        Hey, I got my peace-pipe right here... (nm) Fall Guy 18:30:51 11/16/2000 (0)
- Fine, fine... graml 17:46:43 11/16/2000 (8)
  - Huh? Sam 17:52:11 11/16/2000 (7)
    - Just ribbin' you... graml 17:57:37 11/16/2000 (6)
      - I've been to the Grail Temple. Sam 18:06:06 11/16/2000 (3)
        
        Well duh! graml 19:14:05 11/16/2000 (1)
        
        Guh! (don't bother) Fall Guy 19:39:14 11/16/2000 (0)
        
        Nobody is diputing that errors are made. We were merely toying with an idea. (nim) Fall Guy 18:14:27 11/16/2000 (0)
      - You're a rascal, graml! Fall Guy 18:00:25 11/16/2000 (1)
        
        Some might even call me the Rascal King! graml 19:15:57 11/16/2000 (0)

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: Not that you're nuts, that is! ;) To have the X obscured by a refracting top layer sounds feasible and interesting. If that was the filmmakers' intent, then I believe that they should have invested a bit more effort into making it more obvious (Indy crouching on the floor, peaking through the floor at different angles...). Anyway, it still doesn't explain why the design of the X actually changes...
: FG

: : Take a look at some of the floor-level shots [not the bird's-eyes].  Maybe I'm nuts, but I swear that there is the slightest hint of an X visible, though it looks entirely green from that level.

: : I think that we are supposed to believe that the floor around the X is a specially selected type of stone that lightens from a different angle.  Perhaps there are two layers of stone around the X; the top layer, a transparant quartz-like stone with a green tint, and under it, a whiter layer?  It kinda reminds me of that Icelandic quartz that makes objects appear double because of the angles that it makes...

: : I dunno.  What do you think?  I really think I see a little bit of X on the ground level as well.

: : Aaron
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