Watched the blu-ray as well last night.. looks fantastic! I think this film will become just like Temple of Doom. Same reaction in 1984 but has since become a flawed but underrated, worthy addition to the Indiana Jones series.
Agreed. If you're going to buy that Indy survives certain things in the trilogy as "well, he could"... there shouldn't be any reason for the same not to be said about the fridge.. it's NOT impossible either.. just improbable as those other cases.
The fridge wouldn't be obliterated as it was lined with lead.. it actually would stay intact for the most part. As for a 50-odd-year-old man surviving? He wouldn't. But Indiana Jones would. Just as he did falling out of an airplane with an inflatable raft. Just as he did riding a sub ALL the...