1/6 Sideshow 1:6 Indiana Jones - Temple of Doom

[Asta]

And for fun, I don't know how many are aware that so much of Temple of Doom was inspired by the 1941 cliffhanger serial, Jungle Girl:

The gong in Club Obi-Wan, Shanghai:

The animal head stage scenery in Club Obi-Wan:

Rock crushing machinery from the mine:

The mine flood and precipice:

Mola Ram:

The Maharaja's voodoo doll:

(Seeing this finally explained to me the reason why an African voodoo doll appeared in India!)



Other elements were taken from The Tiger Woman (1944).

Topless torture:

The vision of hell beneath the palace:

Execution by lava pit:

The mine railway:

Further elements from this serial also went into other Indy films.

 

[Raiders March]

And for fun, I don't know how many are aware that so much of Temple of Doom was inspired by the 1941 cliffhanger serial, Jungle Girl:

The gong in Club Obi-Wan, Shanghai:

The animal head stage scenery in Club Obi-Wan:

Rock crushing machinery from the mine:

The mine flood and precipice:

Mola Ram:

The Maharaja's voodoo doll:

(Seeing this finally explained to me the reason why an African voodoo doll appeared in India!)



Other elements were taken from The Tiger Woman (1944).

Topless torture:

The vision of hell beneath the palace:

Execution by lava pit:

The mine railway:

Further elements from this serial also went into other Indy films.

Thats awesome!! Threepio was copied too, maybe they thought nobody would notice, but we do GL and Spielberg, we do.....

 

[Raiders March]

I know its with flash, but this pic hopefully shows that HF uper eyelids are never visible in pictures of him. So if you can't see them, the same would go for the upper eyelashes.
The lower ones might appear to be a little heavy due to this characteristic

 

[Rorywan]

Ergo the paint is very different on these 3 head we have seen so far.
Kuat's looks a lot better than the one on the previous page with the massive moustache shadow and Jennifer Aniston eyelashes.
Yours looks to be hitting a middle ground.

 

[Rorywan]

 

[King Darkness]

Ergo the paint is very different on these 3 head we have seen so far.
Kuat's looks a lot better than the one on the previous page with the massive moustache shadow and Jennifer Aniston eyelashes.
Yours looks to be hitting a middle ground.

Ergo Sideshow still can't provide any level of consistency other than consistent inconsistency.

 

[Asta]

Thats awesome!! Threepio was copied too, maybe they thought nobody would notice, but we do GL and Spielberg, we do.....

Lucas and Spielberg were reliving their childhood memories of watching re-runs of the pulp serials. All four films are full of homages to that, and it was entirely intentional. Though that hasn't protected them from claims of plagiarism from some quarters.

They re-watched a lot of those serials for inspiration before filming ROTLA, as Jim Steranko recalled:

George Lucas was working on a new film project and called Steranko, inquiring if he’d be interested in creating a series of production illustrations, just as Ralph McQuarrie had done for the Star Wars movies…’It’s an old-fashioned movie, in the mode of a serial,’ Lucas explained. ‘It’s based on an old story idea of mine and what I’d really like to do is see that movie!’
…

Steranko flew out to the West Coast to meet with [Spielberg] and discuss his approach and inspirations. Spielberg was busy editing 1941 at a Burbank facility when the two men connected. After chatting for a while, the director suggested they continue at dinner and they piled in his car to drive to a nearby restaurant. His inspirations became immediately obvious: the back seat of the car was stacked with a multitude of film cans. Steranko noted a few of their titles: Spy Smasher and Zorro’s Fighting Legion, the serial reference Lucas had mentioned during the initial phone call.

…

Raiders was not, [Spielberg] explained, a suspense film. The plot was rooted in the action-adventure genre. The characters were larger than life; the locations were exotic, at times, bordering on the fantastic; and the set pieces were to be evocative of their period. Action, he stressed, was the keynote, and the plot was to feature enough cliffhangers to stock a serial – which accounted for the homework in the car, which Spielberg would survey to hone his handling of the script’s daredevil stuntwork and explosive movement.

Jim Steranko: Arte Noir, Jim Steranko, J. David Spurlock & Angel de la Calle (2002)


It was getting deeper into the Indy films that finally lead me to a love of those old serials. Lucas and Spielberg took bits from many of them, so when I watched the serials for the first time each one was like a journey of rediscovery.

 

[Raiders March]

Steranko's concept art for Raiders is fantastic! That was indy right there on paper, he is a genius in my eyes, like Mcquarrie was for Star Wars

 

[Rorywan]

Ergo Sideshow still can't provide any level of consistency other than consistent inconsistency.

Ergo you are correct.

 

[TaliBane]

Steranko's concept art for Raiders is fantastic! That was indy right there on paper, he is a genius in my eyes, like Mcquarrie was for Star Wars

Yeah, those paintings are incredible and in some ways are as much "Indy" as the films are.

Lucas and Spielberg were reliving their childhood memories of watching re-runs of the pulp serials. All four films are full of homages to that, and it was entirely intentional. Though that hasn't protected them from claims of plagiarism from some quarters.

They re-watched a lot of those serials for inspiration before filming ROTLA, as Jim Steranko recalled:



Jim Steranko: Arte Noir, Jim Steranko, J. David Spurlock & Angel de la Calle (2002)


It was getting deeper into the Indy films that finally lead me to a love of those old serials. Lucas and Spielberg took bits from many of them, so when I watched the serials for the first time each one was like a journey of rediscovery.

Amazing posts, Kuat.

And... your pics are making me cave on this fig.

 

[Asta]

Steranko's concept art for Raiders is fantastic! That was indy right there on paper, he is a genius in my eyes, like Mcquarrie was for Star Wars

Yeah, those paintings are incredible and in some ways are as much "Indy" as the films are.

My first introduction to Indy was seeing the paperback novelization in WH Smiths and reading it before the film actually released.

My first image of Indy was therefore this:

I kept the book, so it remains my earliest piece of Indy memorabilia.

But I still can't find out who did the cover artwork.

Amazing posts, Kuat.

I captured many more stills from numerous serials that serve as possible inspirations for the four Indy movies.

And... your pics are making me cave on this fig.

Do it.

 

[Raiders March]

Haha...
(kuat of kuats pic)
Indy with pouches = IndyFett
That books pretty awesome, theres always something that starts a collection or (obsession)

 

[Raiders March]

For those of you who may not have seen these....
Jim's concept artwork for 'Rotla' , requested by Spielberg and Lucas

 

[Asta]

Haha...
(kuat of kuats pic)
Indy with pouches = IndyFett
That books pretty awesome, theres always something that starts a collection or (obsession)

I read the book in no time and it really caught my imagination. I'd already been fascinated by the idea of the 1930s as a golden age of adventure in a world that still held a lot of mystery, and a lot of mysterious places.

 

[Asta]

For those of you who may not have seen these....
Jim's concept artwork for 'Rotla' , requested by Spielberg and Lucas

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That one came directly from Yakima Canutt's stunt in the 1937 serial, Zorro Rides Again:

 

[TaliBane]

This was my intro, and still have my old copy (and the TOD version as well)...

Speaking of Steranko, I bought this kit just to get the Steranko-styled artwork on the box...

 

[Rorywan]

This was my intro, and still have my old copy (and the TOD version as well)...

Speaking of Steranko, I bought this kit just to get the Steranko-styled artwork on the box...

That kit looks superb.

 

[TaliBane]

That kit looks superb.

It is - I have three of them.

What's interesting is it actually gives you a pretty decent understanding/overview of the Digs set/site.

It's a pretty rare kit so I grabbed a few.

 

[bmarz1000]

I was fortunate enough to see an original last Summer in D.C.

 

[matrix69]

Really nice finally ...

Oh yes, and for me, the two hats are the same.

I think the sculpt is a huge improvement over previous offerings..great pics