Now, while the first three films that took place in the thirties referenced that era's turmoil and politics quite a bit, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's first hour in particular really kind of went over the top with "Hey, it's the 1950s": The film literally starts with an Elvis-scored road race, there's cold war, nuclear and UFO paranoia (Although the film's "ancient astronaughts" angle was more of a 1970's fad) "greasers", howdy doody etc.


Crystal Skull took place in the late 50s, so presumably Indy V will take place in the late 60s or early 70s. I'm wondering, will it reflect that era in some way, especially the political and social turmoil of the time? Will Indy watch the moon landing, or will the movie have something about Vietnam, The Beatles, Nixon etc?


I don't think the series has ever really ventured into East Asian religion/mythology filmwise, apart from arguably the opening of Temple of Doom (and those were pretty much just ashes, with no mystical connection that we know of). Perhaps Jones will go to China or Japan?