I have an idea. Let's have Spielberg insert an extra shot into the scene! We'll have a Nazi up above the snake pit, holding a big sheet of glass. He drops the sheet of glass aiming to decapitate Indy, ala The Omen, and just as he does a cobra rears up to bite Indy! Oh no, Indy's going to get...
"That way you could have both the original and "non-reflecting" version." I don't know, Jeff. I don't mean any disrespect, but with all the things we do and do not want from DVD releases, wouldn't this rank pretty low on the list of priorities?
I always remembered this scene, since the very first time I saw the movie in the theater. Indy crouches, looks up, right into the face of a rearing hooded cobra, and there is a brief reflection revealing a clear plastic divider between them. It's very fast, but it is there and it is...