by PlatinumX22 July 17, 2008
Verb. When you've been lead to believe something was awesome, but it turned out to be crap. I.e. The movie by Paramount Pictures "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
Friend 1: Did you prank your roommate?
Friend 2: Yeah, I totally "crystal skulled" him into eating an Oreo filled with toothpaste, instead of creme.
Friend 2: Yeah, I totally "crystal skulled" him into eating an Oreo filled with toothpaste, instead of creme.
by Ryan "RyTheNewsGuy" Ernde August 30, 2014
by dannyjegghead March 4, 2014
Something (often either an action or event) that taints the value/worth of everything previous.
Drawn from the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and refers to the damage done by the movie to the rest of the movies.
May not completely destroy the legacy, but rather it taints the image of the past.
Drawn from the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and refers to the damage done by the movie to the rest of the movies.
May not completely destroy the legacy, but rather it taints the image of the past.
by hoyahaxa33 February 24, 2011
A condition found in many theaters today in which semi-decent movies (or better) end in total failure, regardless of how amazing, relevant, entertaining, or realistic the movie was up to that point. Seems to have originated with the fourth Indiana Jones movie.
Jen: "So what'd you think of Knowing?"
Mike: "Definitely suffered from Crystal Skull Syndrome."
Jen: "That bad, huh?"
Mike: "Spielberg couldn't have raped it better himself."
Mike: "Definitely suffered from Crystal Skull Syndrome."
Jen: "That bad, huh?"
Mike: "Spielberg couldn't have raped it better himself."
by my only paradigm March 25, 2009
When a film is remade or a film franchise is rebooted that ruins the positive connotations you had towards the original films.
by Michigander Slammer May 23, 2015
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