"The Adventures of Indiana Jones" DVD boxed set

[Kai Lord]

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Indy: "Shorty! (speaks Mandarin Chinese)
Short Round: "Hang on lady. We go for ride."
Willie: "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! What is he nuts?"
Short Round: "He no nuts. He crazy."
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Classic!

Yep, chalk me up as another Temple of Doom fan, I actually prefer it quite a bit more than Last Crusade, though its definitely a step down from Raiders. How can you not like ToD, the whole movie is told in the formula of a D&D module!

Temple of Doom was nowhere near bad, IMHO. Though I did not enjoy it as much (because all of the marvelous supporting cast of the first movie had been ditched), I still thought it a fine heir to Indiana Jones' Legacy.

The supporting cast of Raiders was ditched for Temple of Doom because ToD was actually set in 1935, a year before the events that occured in Raiders (1936). One of the first, if not the first, films released as a prequel. Which makes it kind of funny that Indy nonchalantly reaches for his empty pistol holster when facing the two swordsmen near the cliff, as if remembering when he blew away the sword fighter in Raiders, an encounter that hadn't even happened yet!

 

[Darrin Drader]

Is it possible to like two equally? My favorite often goes back and forth between 1 and 3. While Temple of Doom is clearly not my favorite, it has enough memorable scenes to make it well worth watching again and again.

I mean who can forget Mola Ram reaching his bare hand into the guy's chest and withdrawing the still beating heart? That was the kind of scene that took some real stones for the producers to include since it was so far outside of what is normally considered acceptable. I mean, sure, a guy melts in Raiders, but this is a completely different animal. This is ritualistic murder!

The rest of the movie wasn't bad either. The monkey brains, the bugs, Indy turning bad. Great pulpy stuff there!

 

[Kai Lord]

The rest of the movie wasn't bad either. The monkey brains, the bugs, Indy turning bad. Great pulpy stuff there!

And who could forget Dan Aykroyd's cameo?

 

[Tom Cashel]

This was posted in a review of the DVD set on amazon.com:

Five star movies (well, maybe not "Temple...") given a 2-star treatment on DVD. Right in the middle of "Lost Ark" several entire scenes have been cut. So we jump from Indy stuck in the "Map Room" straight to dropping by to see Marion in a tent. How did he get out? We never find out. Why isn't he surprised to find her alive after she was (apparently) blown up? Because the scene where he DID find out and WAS surprised was also cut.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

 

[Tewligan]

Deny. I watched it last night, and I don't remember anything missing. He climbs out of the map room on the rope made out of tied-together fabric with the Nazi flag on the end, and he is surprised to see Marion when he finds her in the tent. It's all there, unless my treacherous brain has tricked me once again.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Thanks, Tewligan...that's exactly how I remember it happening, too.

 

[kkoie]

I actually have quite a number of friends who consider 2 to be the best of the bunch (I personally rank them all equally).

 

[Piratecat]

The thing that made me angriest about the 2nd movie was that it was a prequel - and by including obvious magic, it completely invalidated Indy's rant in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Arc. My first thought at the time was "Sheesh! You'd think they'd be able to write this without such obvious mistakes!"

Mark me down as someone who considers the 2nd flick an unmitigated disaster; not a horrible movie, but a darn bad Indiana Jones movie that fundamentally lacks the scale and importance of the first and third. Kate Capshaw was pretty dreadful, too.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Oh, I've marked you down, all right. You're on the list.

The thing that made me angriest about the 2nd movie was that it was a prequel - and by including obvious magic, it completely invalidated Indy's rant in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Arc.

Meh. Lots of cultures have "magic" rituals that include shamans who seem to be pulling out the "bad parts" that make people sick (when they're actually blood-soaked chicken guts). Just because the locals are superstitious doesn't mean Indy would believe any of it. After all, we see how far Mola Ram's "magic" got him...eaten by crocs, baby!

My first thought at the time was "Sheesh! You'd think they'd be able to write this without such obvious mistakes!"

Well, at least you weren't shouting it at the screen. (You weren't shouting it at the screen, right?)

 

[barsoomcore]

My question is: When are they going to release "The Adventures of YOUNG Indiana Jones" on DVD?

Now THERE'S a boxed set I'd buy. Those were awesome.