General Indiana Jones Thread

the Short Round show?

If they make one that is. Given how successful he's getting after EEAAO, I ABSOLUTELY don't see why they wouldn't. To see Short Round again and what he'd be up to in the 60s too would be amazing.

I find it amazing we never got an Indiana Jones: The Animated Series. The 80's and 90's were full of kids' cartoon shows based on hit movies, even R-rated flicks like Rambo and Robocop. Add in Indy's popularity with kids at the time and Spielberg's involvement with animation, and it seems like an Indiana Jones cartoon should have been a slam dunk.

Closest we got was Indiana Joe in The Super Mario Bros. Super show, and even then they had to make him The Blank.

They did heavily market Raiders to kids—there were action figures, storybooks, etc (the first time I went to my public library as a little'un, they had an Indy storybook on display in the front window). I remember that there was a line of Indiana Jones Choose Your Own Adventure type books, too.

Edited by Robbery on Jan 26th 2024 at 9:29:50 AM

I mean you consider how shockingly gruesome Temple of Doom even still is today, it's not like it's something most kids probably shied away from back then certainly. I wasn't even 10 when I first saw it back in the early 2000s. Haha.

There's a reason why it was the one that was on rotation most as a kid: shockingly, memorably brutal and stupidly simple. It was by far the easiest to follow for the most part while the other two I was biding my time until I got to the ending. Haha.

They had the Young Indiana Jones show, and I think by the late 80's Lucasfilm was just directing their attention away from a Saturday Morning Cartoon, possibly due to the reception of Droids and Ewoks. Due to Lucas having near sole control of his properties everything had to pass through him, which was different from other 80's animated adaptations.

My preference for more Indy content is an animated series that wraps up the Young Indy show.

Young Indiana Jones was a fantastic teaching tool.

I maintain that he should have lost an eye in Dial. Or Kingdom, tbh.

but iirc it kind of contradicts the show in a few other ways, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited by Chortleous on Jan 27th 2024 at 10:03:48 AM

I could see that being a case of Indy losing sight in it by getting hit by one of Archimedes' solar-mirrors by accident when the Greeks turn some of them up to try and blind "the dragon" flying in over their heads, while he is looking out the window.

It could have fit like that.

Helena punched Indy so hard he went blind. /Joking Mode

I think that ending was definitely originally written with the intent that Indy would stay behind. After the backlash other movies got for having the iconic hero die in the end, they probably realized they shouldn't do it again. Wouldn't be shocked if Harrison Ford wanted to considering it was always his idea for Han Solo to die.

Either way, it was the right call. Also, they probably put the opening credits at the end of the movie to hide that Karen Allen was returning—even though everyone probably already knew that.

Edited by futuremoviewriter on Jan 27th 2024 at 12:49:54 PM

IMDB and most media outlets spoiled Karen Allen's return pretty quickly.

Exactly. To the point that it was either It Was His Sled, The Un-Twist or I Knew It! by the time anyone saw the movie.

My friend doesn't have all the movies. Thinking of getting them all for him.

This is from Twitter, so no link, but apparently Harrison Ford is haunted by Indiana Jones' score wherever he goes. Apparently it was even playing in the operating room when he had his last colonoscopy.

Playing the Indiana Jones theme while exploring your tunnel... Man, these doctors have a weird sense of humour sometimes.

I wish to bump (is that the term?) this thread to share with you the news that an official short film about Mutt's experiences in Vietnam has been released. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI

What is this April Fool's you speak of? Seriously though, it's sort of funny how much this video fits.

Edited by king15 on Apr 1st 2024 at 8:10:23 AM

April fools! Right?

Frankly, that would've been a pretty fascinating thing to see admittedly. That'd be one sad short movie.

Almost like the whole No Man's Land scene in The King's Man. If you know, you know.

Again, interested to see how a rewatch of this plays out certainly—and especially because of how infamous the fourth movie, which I actually like, already is to so many as well.