It's lucky for Indy that this slim, young woman archaeologist was on his side and not working against him, because she had the strength to kill him at any second.
We are talking about a 70 years old man. A knockout blow is far more likely to kill him than knocking him out.
Helena's action was reckless to say the least.
But we are talking about Helena, who was going to kill Indy or let him lie at least from the beginning, I think she was OK with the outcome either way.
So we are lucky Indy did not die from it, and after the KO Helena did not simply kill him, because she was more than capable of those things.
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spurtle467 (1520)
6 months ago
Let's be honest, the only reason she was able to is because she's a woman and we're living in woke times. 60 year old Indy couldn't even be knocked out by that big Russian dude in Crystal Skull during their fist fight. But no, slim build young woman can incapacitate him with one blow. That character was the main focal point of what was wrong with this film.
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fc31 (4849)
6 months ago
But no, slim build young woman can incapacitate him with one blow.
That happens in movies, but in case of her it lacked build up, there should be a scene at least showing her training something similar to boxing to be more believable. Because that is not what a female bookworm can do.
I don't know if it was the laziness of the director or they cut some scenes.
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spurtle467 (1520)
6 months ago
Even during the boring car chase earlier in the film I was wondering where she got all these skills from. She was handling herself like a pro who was used to chases and fighting. Like some expert adventurer who'd done escapades like Indy all her life, when all we knew about her was that she was just some young Archeology graduate.
Marion was something of a damsel in distress in Raiders but she did have her moments, and they at least set her up to be someone who could kind of handle herself. Had her own place in Nepal, able to outdrink the much larger guy, gave Indy a good whack across the face. But even she wasn't half as in control as this Helena character who was the one rescuing Indy on more than one occasion.
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fc31 (4849)
6 months ago
That seems to happen a lot in both Lucasfilm and Marvel shows under Disney leadership, a lot of women simply born knowing, they hardly even need to be taught, and better than their teachers overnight.
I think this movie showed one of those situations.
Helena is simply good at everything without any efforts shown.
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