Sherlock Holmes and the Temple of Doom

[Tennessee R]

I don't think this has been brought up ever before, but in
"The Sign of the Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
An Indian servant's name is Lal Chowder, now by a short line of changes,
Original SotF: Lal Chowder,
Then: Lal Chatter,
And the final ToD: Lal, Chatter


Of course, I got to thinking about how screenwriters might read other works for inspiration, and possibly could have taken that name, and used a variation.

Impossible to prove, I guess, and maybe a wild stretch of imagination, but, nevertheless, the name Lal Chowder caught my eye.

Do you think there's even a possibility?

[Gustav]

I think there's certainly a possibility.

[IndyBuff]

That's an interesting find and you may be on to something there. A lot of artists like to reference their influences and this may be one of those instances.

[Lon]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Young Sherlock Holmes. :p

[KDuncan]

Nice catch there. Sherlock Holmes is one of my three favorite books series, but it's been awhile since I've been able to read through them. I think there is a decent possibility that you're right. :cool:

[Kill Cavalry]

Speilberg certainly used a lot of Indiana Jones concepts to make Young Sherlock Holmes. Some of the shots in YSH even seem to be directly from ToD. I certainly don't see why they couldn't have taken from Sherlock Holmes to make ToD.

[Tennessee R]

I would like to say it was the Sherlock Holmes in me that found the connection, ;)
but if not for a strange chain of events, I should have never been keen of the whole matter.

I had been recently cleaning my study, (Or should I say office) when, during a particularly mundane sorting of old papers, I found a blue folder, in which I had so conveniently placed a home-printed copy of the Sign of the Four, some years ago. As I recall, I had placed it in a blue folder in 2003, (very much different than my normal procedure for home-printed books) for the purpose of travelling to Israel, on an archaeological dig, during which time, should I get bored, I would have some small entertainment to fill the lull.
If my head is clear, I hardly touched the volume on that occasion, (Save to use it's back pages to make a journal of the events of the trip) and possibly did not for a long time after.

In between the gap of several years, I managed to read through the work, and put it away again.

It was just days ago, when, after checking the forums, I found a thread on Chatter Lal.

This blue folder I opened, and started to read the novel, and sat it in plain sight, where it sat for several days, when, unoccupied as I was, I read on. As I was on a page, I must have had something to do, and everytime I came back to it, I was always on a page containing the name Lal Chowder.

As obvious as it must appear by now, I looked one too many times at that name and finally, my 'look' turned into 'see'.
As you must be weary of my narrative by now, I will close with, a great thank you to all who have responded, and to everyone, a good night.

Tennessee R.

[Canyon]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Young Sherlock Holmes. :p

Funny, so did I. :D