About the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull… I was really irritated when it starts off because I think there’s too much footage from the previous films. I still think they put too much of that stuff in. But, eventually, the trailer pulls it off and gives us the money shots. Most of the scenes from the new film in the trailer seem like they’re just from the movie’s opening, so I’m expecting another trailer down the line with more about the movie’s actual storyline. We still don’t know what the movie’s about from this.

But, I think it looks great! It seems to still have the old fashioned feel of the previous films, but with a modern edge. The stunts are a little over the top — some look like they would just kill ol’ Indy — but that’s ok. There’s a sense of fun and excitement here that’s very nostalgic. I’m excited about the film now when before I was hedging my bets.

The other thing that’s kind of interesting here I want to mention is that I think this is the first time Yahoo! has made a trailer embeddable for other websites. They get a lot of exclusives and trailers first before everybody and haven’t been sharing. I wonder if this is a special deal just for this important film or if Yahoo! is going to implement the embedding ability across the board. I hope they do, so I don’t have to do a “go look at Yahoo! to see the trailer” link anymore.

And lastly — guess what’s missing from this trailer? If you guessed “a crystal skull,” you’d be right.