Temple Of Doom Fans

[Asta]

Starlog #83, June 1984:

 

[FlyAndFight]

Wow! That brought back some great memories.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Its amazing how long Spielberg talked about the remake of A Guy Named Joe (Always).

What a great time though for filmmaker... before Ovitz and the "Agencies" took over.

 

[Raiders March]

There were definitely some nice pieces throughout that line, the vehicles especially. But they never seemed to get Indy right. Close at times, but never right on the money. I really hope to see that wrong made right with Indy 5 under way. Indy has never gotten the respect the property deserves when it came to merchandise and collectibles.

The toys McCoy would be the main exception. That figure is awesome especially for 20 years ago. Real leather everything, decent head sculpt, metal idol and very cool packaging

 

[Shadow Master]

I'm happy to hear that Dial Of Destiny is said to be tonally more like Raiders and TOD. If it's anything like TOD it should be amazing. DOD really needs to bring back that rip-roaring, intense feeling the first two movies and especially TOD had. TOD leaves you feeling so breathless by the end of it.

 

[Dash]

I'm happy to hear that Dial Of Destiny is said to be tonally more like Raiders and TOD. If it's anything like TOD it should be amazing. DOD really needs to bring back that rip-roaring, intense feeling the first two movies and especially TOD had. TOD leaves you feeling so breathless by the end of it.

AGREED.

 

[Shadow Master]

I'm not really getting a hard-edged vibe so far from what's been seen of DOD but of course the trailers aren't going to reveal everything, which is a good thing. It'd be amazing if we it had anything akin to the mine cart chase.

 

[Brett Banner]

Just rewatched all the Indy films for the first time in many years after watching Dial of Destiny. Honestly? I think Temple is my favorite of all. I feel like this movie was on TV all the time when I was a kid, and was actually pretty surprised to find out when I grew up that everyone considered it to be the worst of the trilogy. The music is amazing (very heavily inspired by Prokofiev), Short Round is awesome, and I always thought Willie was pretty sexy and actually shows some skin unlike in the other Indy films.

If anyone missed it, the RLM guys just did a great video on it.

 

[jedibear]

Starlog #83, June 1984:

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Man o man. Those were the days. Just a few magazines like the awesome Starlog and a few others to satisfy the craving for coverage. Before the dark times. Before the internet.

 

[Asta]

Man o man. Those were the days. Just a few magazines like the awesome Starlog and a few others to satisfy the craving for coverage. Before the dark times. Before the internet.

TOD is still the most nostalgic of the films for me. It was a time, like it had been for Return of the Jedi, when news and promotion for the movie were everywhere, from newspapers and magazines to cereal boxes and crisp packets. But for news it was mostly just snippets to whet the appetite.

I still have the Smiths Crisps wipe clean gaming cards. I keep losing them though. Every time I've found them I put them in a safe place, and then can't remember where that safe place was. I just found one odd one in between some Jurassic Park scenes cut from the back of Weetabix boxes, and a couple of Weetabix Doctor Who cards from 1977.

It's going to bug me now until I find them again.


As opposed to TOD, ROTLA came out of nowhere for me. I didn't know anything about it until I saw this book (which I still have) in WH Smiths before the film came out.

Spoiler

 

[Shadow Master]

I thought Dial Of Destiny was pretty good and for a series finale, certainly not the worst I've seen. But you just can't beat seeing Harrison in his prime in TOD getting down and dirty like he does here. Though wasn't a good amount of the action done with a double because of a back injury or something to that effect?

 

[Mr.E]

I thought Dial Of Destiny was pretty good and for a series finale, certainly not the worst I've seen. But you just can't beat seeing Harrison in his prime in TOD getting down and dirty like he does here. Though wasn't a good amount of the action done with a double because of a back injury or something to that effect?

Yes, Vic Armstrong was Harrison's double throughout the original trilogy, but primarily during Temple.

 

[Shadow Master]

It's still pretty impressive at 80 he reprised the role, but seeing him at his physical peak in the first two and partaking in much of the physical action. You just can't beat that. Especially during the bridge scene.

 

[Shadow Master]

Hard to believe TOD turns 40 this year. Sure would be nice if it got a theatrical re-release. I've seen it countless times on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray, but the theatrical experience is always so one of a kind and gives a special dimension films only really have when viewed in a proper theatrical setting.

 

[Rotfish]

Just discovered this thread. I'm a millennial who didn't resonate with Indy as a kid, partly because the subject matter wasn't monstrous enough for me, but also because I didn't understand how to digest the premise. As I got older, I started reading pulp stories - Conan, Kull, crime and mystery, etc. - and really appreciated their tone and aesthetics, so I figured it was time to revisit the Indy franchise with that lens. The movies finally clicked, with my favorite being Temple of Doom due to how unapologetically pulpy it is. Sure, it's darker than the others, but there's a fun, playful quality to it that makes those dark elements go down smooth.

Oddly enough, I loved Tintin as a kid. I don't know why that clicked, but Indy didn't until later.

 

[Raiders March]

Just discovered this thread. I'm a millennial who didn't resonate with Indy as a kid, partly because the subject matter wasn't monstrous enough for me, but also because I didn't understand how to digest the premise. As I got older, I started reading pulp stories - Conan, Kull, crime and mystery, etc. - and really appreciated their tone and aesthetics, so I figured it was time to revisit the Indy franchise with that lens. The movies finally clicked, with my favorite being Temple of Doom due to how unapologetically pulpy it is. Sure, it's darker than the others, but there's a fun, playful quality to it that makes those dark elements go down smooth.

Oddly enough, I loved Tintin as a kid. I don't know why that clicked, but Indy didn't until later.

It really is great. Some of the stuff in it you can’t get away with these days, people are too worried about offending that stranger over there they don’t even know. Shorty, is an awesome sidekick, hasn’t been done better since his character and Willie can be whiny, but somehow you still end up wanting her to survive the ordeal. Raiders is definitely the benchmark, but ToD is very appealing in its on way too.