Posted by Aaron on September 02, 1997 at 14:47:58:
In Reply to: The Warehouse posted by The Northlander on September 01, 1997 at 20:16:25:
: : : This is a very interesting discussion to be had. The implication I transferred all along had been not that the government was dumb, but that the Ark of the Covenant was merely one of hundreds of powerful artifacts, mysterious or alien objects, uncontrollable treasures - what have you. I kinf of took that the US government would have the biggest collections (or Britian tied in with them) and the rest of the superpowers that were at the time falling in line. Yeah, of course the government is dumb, but they are not THAT dumb, and we all know that (it's what makes the government so scary).
: : : "Fools!"
: : I think that perhaps the government had encountered so many FALSE Arks created in the twisted heads of wakkos around the world that they thought the Ark was just another one of them--hence the lack of security: only that old worker guy.
: : Like Indy said: "They don't know what they've got there."
: : "Well I know what I've got here--" a tight schedule! So sorry people, gotta split!
: : -Aaron
: How many of you think that that warehouse was actually full of other supernatural/weird things? I had always assumed that it was a normal warehouse, and that's why the Ark was safe there - hidded in plain view.
: -Northy-
I dunno, the script originally called for every box in the warehouse to be labeled "TOP SECRET: ARMY INTELLIGENCE," but who knows? Maybe you're right.
-Aaron