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*** Which brings us to that dubious achievement that no other science fiction villain had ever (or since) accomplished: he is done in completely by his own stupidity, ''never once'' interacting with the hero in any way. In fact, the snafu with boarding the luxury liner is pretty much the only thing the good guys do that affects his plans at all.<ref>The original script did have one scene where this happens, but seeing as it would have consisted of Zorg getting the tar beaten out of him by Korben in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], it would likely have just made him look ''stupider''.</ref> |
*** Which brings us to that dubious achievement that no other science fiction villain had ever (or since) accomplished: he is done in completely by his own stupidity, ''never once'' interacting with the hero in any way. In fact, the snafu with boarding the luxury liner is pretty much the only thing the good guys do that affects his plans at all.<ref>The original script did have one scene where this happens, but seeing as it would have consisted of Zorg getting the tar beaten out of him by Korben in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], it would likely have just made him look ''stupider''.</ref> |
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* [[Big Bad|Serone]] from ''[[Anaconda]]''. This guy wanted to capture the eponymous reptile alive so he could sell it, using the rest of the cast as bait. Not that this was likely, given how dangerous it was, but even if he ''had'' trapped it, how in world would he have ''transported'' it? |
* [[Big Bad|Serone]] from ''[[Anaconda]]''. This guy wanted to capture the eponymous reptile alive so he could sell it, using the rest of the cast as bait. Not that this was likely, given how dangerous it was, but even if he ''had'' trapped it, how in world would he have ''transported'' it? |
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* In ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', Belloq and [[Those Wacky Nazis]] are this for a variety of reasons: |
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** First, Belloq looking into the Ark in order to use it as a conduit to God. You’d think someone who claims to be an expert archaeologist would do some research into such a valuable artifact; if he did, he’d know that [[The Bible]] says, "But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the Ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them." (Samuel 6:19) Indy has indeed done the research, tells Marion not to look, and thus they are spared while Belloq and the Nazis die horribly. Of course, as Indy would attest, Belloq is more a glorified thief than an “expert archaeologist". |
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** Belloq also claims that he thinks the Nazis are after the Ark because any army that carried it into battle was unbeatable, which [[Critical Research Failure|is not true at all.]] The Bible actually states that every army (God's chosen people included!) who carried the Ark into battle without God's specific direction to do so were soundly defeated, usually losing the Ark in the process. |
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** On top of that, while Belloq does dress like a priest, he is obviously not one, and ''is not even Jewish'', let alone a Kohen Levite (the only tribe permitted to serve as priests). [[Only the Worthy May Pass|Without any actual Kohanim present]], any attempt to open the Ark is a fool's game. |
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** And on a related note, the Nazis are a genocidal regime bent on exterminating the Jewish people; it doesn’t take a genius to realize that them trying to using a Biblical artifact of this nature as a WMD is a ludicrous idea, the [[Book of Exodus]] showing numerous examples of the fate of other civilizations who tried the same thing. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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