Continued my indoctrination prepping the Offspring for May 22 tonight by watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Easily the grossest of the Indy pictures (and thus the most memorable to the kids, I bet). Also, it was easily the lamest--in many ways it's a forerunner to the quality that is The Phantom Menace.
The thought that struck me tonight as I watched it, though, was a little less snarky: Will Kingdom of the Crystal Skull do what The Last Crusade failed to do? Namely, will we find out what happened to Short Round? Obviously, his grandchild was nicknamed Data and lived in Astoria, OR. But what happened to our plucky little street thief in between?
Saturday, April 26, 2008
No Time for Love, Doctor Jones
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3 comments:
he stepped on one too many bugs and was kidnapped by PETA...
Wikipedia cites the TEMPLE OF DOOM novelization and Marvel Comics' THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES for the information that Short Round emigrated to America with Indy and attended boarding school.
I agree TEMPLE OF DOOM is filler next to the other two movies, but if it hadn't thudded so hard, Lucas and Spielberg might not have gone for broke with LAST CRUSADE.
There is a lot to like in Temple of Doom, the first scene is good, the rope bridge scene is fantastic... And, apart from Kate Capshaw, and the mumbo-jumbo stones, a pretty good adventure. Not as good as Raiders or Last Crusade.
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