Why is Temple of Doom a prequel?
 

Its got absolutely no connection to Raiders of the Lost Ark in any way whatsoever, so they might as well have just made it a sequel and set it in 1937.

Have you not seen the movie?

The Indy in Temple is different from the Indy in Raiders (And WAY different from the Indy in Last Crusade)

If I thought that George, Steven and Harry did it on purpose I could go on for a long time about the evolution of the Indy character.... But I don't.... I think it was just dumb luck that Indy did as well as he did... even a blind squirrel gets a nut occasionally.

Sure, Indy's a lot more light-hearted and fun in Temple of Doom than in Raiders. He was very serious and grim in that film most of the time. So what?

Raiders is set in 1936. The Battle of Shanghai was lost to Japan in 1937, so I think that's why Doom is set in 1935.

I think Lucas was smokin grass.

Why making Temple of Doom a prequel doesn't make sense:

1. Harrison Ford has aged three years, and he's supposed to look one year younger.

2. The plot of Temple of Doom has absolutely nothing to do with Raiders. If Indy had died in Raiders, then obviously they would have had to make Temple of Doom a prequel.

3. "I don't believe in magic, alot of superstitious hocus pocus"-spoken by Indy in Raiders. Voodoism, Sankara Stones and possession didn't quite do the trick then.

George Lucas still doesn't get it either. If its to do with them wanting to do an adventure not involving Nazis, they didn't have to set it before Raiders to accomplish that, they could have just set it in 1937 India rather than 1935 India.

As for the Battle of Shanghai argument, they could have set it in 1937 before that battle.

A reason for it being a prequel could have been the relationship with Indy and Karen Allen

Well Last Crusade was a sequel, and it didn't have Karen Allen.

You also have to question why The Last Crusade was set in 1938, 8 years after Raiders was made, but only 2 years in the films? I know that the real life German Otto Rahn who looked for the Grail died in 1939, but the historical realities were still in place by at least 1943, when Italy was seized by Germany and the war in Europe really was getting larger. There was no need to refer to the area as the Republic of Hatay, which lasted 9 months, but simply Turkey.

Because WWII began in 1939. They wanted it set before the war, but during the rising of the Nazi regime, like Raiders.

Because Temple is set in 1935 and Raiders in 1936.

The only ones who can answer this question are George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. And quite frankly, I don't care.

I always considered it to be a sequel even trhough it displayed the year in letters at the bottom of the screen in the beginning.

When they released the movie, the trailer said nothing of it being a prequel it made it sound more like a sequel. So im sure there alot of people who think it is a sequel rather than prequel.

What is with you and the blind squirrel? That's at least the second time you've posted that line.

Shows what you know... That phrase comes up an awful lot in relation to Indy...

Give him a bit more back story?

A more intriguing question would be why ISN'T Casino Royale a prequel?

I hate to admit it, but ClintonHammond makes sense.:whip:

Hahaha, nicely put.

I once read that Spielberg/Lucas didn't want Indy mixing it up with Nazis again, so they just set it before Raiders. I really don't think there was much more to it than that.

Why is Temple of Doom a prequel?
 

Ok, I've long wondered about this, but why is Doom set before Raiders? I've personally never seen an explanation for it and would be very grateful if anyone has any production notes of making of material that gives some sort of answer to this!

Bcuz it was a cool idea. Maybe the first prequel? Not 100 % sure about that tho.

Haha... no.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prequel

Thanks, cool page and something Ive often wondered about. I dunno about GF2, granted it has alot of time spent on Vito's Flashbacks, but rly, its Michael's story..

Its becuase they wanted a new indy girl and did not want ot explain what happened to marion