Montana Smith
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Rocket Surgeon said:Wow.
The Cairo Swordsman wore Speedos.
I have a carded one somewhere. And it wasn't until I got a loose one sans robe that I realized what he'd been concealing all those years!
Rocket Surgeon said:Wow.
The Cairo Swordsman wore Speedos.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i9jBiosg1x4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>...when it came time to make the Raiders of the Lost Ark prequel, Temple of Doom, Spielberg decided to match Indy up with Willie Scott, a stereotypical ditzy, blonde nightclub singer (played by an actress who later married Stephen Spielberg).
Alright, we understand Spielberg's motivation here...
But hey, at least in this flick Spielberg resisted the urge to insert a sassy, precocious child... ah, wait, sorry. This movie featured lots and lots of Short Round, the Chinese kid from Goonies.
...but this choice leads to some disturbing questions.
How They Nearly Ruined The Movie:
Willie, the blonde bimbo, is supposed to serve as the comedic relief, but does so by embodying about every ugly stereotype about women ever invented. She's shallow and materialistic; during a gunfight, she's crawling on the floor trying to find a diamond and mourns, annoyingly, about a couple holes in her dress. Later, she's very interested to meet the Maharajah because she hears he's rich. She's stupid; she loses Indy's gun because it's hot, and complains about cracking a nail (damage to her nails being a recurring complaint). She gets hysterical when there's danger; she almost lets Indy and Short Round die because she freaks out at the sight of a bug.
It's like Spielberg was trying to make up for having previously written a strong female character in Marion. Remember her from Raiders? She punched people, drank men under the table and stood up to the Nazis. What the hell happened to Spielberg's opinion of women between 1981 and 1984?
There's a mild disparity, is what we're saying.
As for Short Round, he embodies several dozen of the Bad Child Character traits we mentioned above, with the added fun of being foreign, which the film wants us to find endlessly hilarious. So the adorable little scamp gets lines like "He no nuts, he crazy!" and "You cheat very big!" One of his very first lines in the movie is "Hokey dokey, Dr. Jones, hold onto your potatoes!"
Let's just stop there and enjoy this YouTube clip of him getting punched in the face:
Rocket Surgeon said:The 7 Most Irritating Characters From Otherwise Great Movies
#2.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Cracked is SO funny! Ha Ha Ha!
Montana Smith said:Shorty was a far more annoying stereotype. Willie was the foil, and intentionally annoying. Shorty was a precocious mini-Indy and unintentionally annoying.
kongisking said:Eh, I found both amusing. Shorty moreso than Willie, but nevertheless, both were fun characters.
JasonMa said:The 3rd dumbest moment really isn't. Mythbusters tested it (using that specific scene as the example) and found that if you could keep the raft level in air with you on top of it it would slow you down enough to survive the fall. Its highly, highly unlikely that anyone could do that and walk away from it, but isn't that what Indy's all about, surviving against narrow odds?
This dumb video actually has its own thread: CineMassacre: The Top 10 Dumbest Indiana Jones MomentsThe Drifter said:And something else to tickle your fancy.
Check out the original thread for a discussion about the Top 10 choices in this less-than-intelligent video.JasonMa said:The 3rd dumbest moment really isn't.
The Drifter said:Look what's at the number one spot in the Top 10 Sequels that Aren't As Bad As Everyone said...
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Two years ago!The Drifter said:I'm not too sure if this has been posted anywhere on the forum, but here is an article showing Harrison Ford's handwritten notes on his copy of the Raiders script.
Rocket Surgeon said:Two years ago!
JuniorJones said:TWO Years! Well, that's some kind of Drift...
Montana Smith said:Internet connection in a rusted out old car is a bit hit or miss.