It's difficult to keep up with the PT reviews because what's wrong with KOTCS is pretty simple and despite what he underplays is pretty much what's unsatisfying about all the Raiders sequels and that prequel that most people think is a sequel.
The PT is screwed up on so many levels it requires a lot longer to pull it to pieces.
He makes a sensible point about wanting to be Indy and some people don't want to be reminded of getting old.
But surely the way to go would to have made Indy the cooliest older guy on the planet and leave the audience thinking "I want to be like him when I get to his age".
Most people first encountered the character when they were kids so already they were projecting onto the character future (if unrealistic) aspirations.
I disagree about the politics thing though, the Nazis were villains because they were Nazis not because they were Germans.
The villains could have been whoever would want to misuse the power of the skull, so you could have had good and bad Americans and Russians without muddying the waters.
Nobody thought the Thugee were evil because they were Indians.
