Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (Reaction & Commentary) 

Short Round came to the U.S. with Indy, and attended and was housed in university, eventually earning degrees in Physics and Engineering. He worked as a college professor, in Astoria, Oregon, though his true delights were in inventing and being a family man. His son, nicknamed Data, went on to have adventures on his own and with his peer group called "the Goonies."

Fun fact. The village elder who tells the story about the stones, can't speak a word of English and was reading of large qu-cards and copied Steven's Spielbergs movements

One Interesting Easter egg in this movie is near the beginning you can see the name of the club, its called club obi wan.

That scream that you're referring to is called a "Wilhelm Scream" It's kind of a stable in various types of movies and television shows, it even makes appearances in video games

The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion. That's the scream you heard in the first Indiana Jones movie... it's used in almost every movie 😘

Two things: 1. The scream is recycled from hundreds of movies and is called the Wilhelm Scream. 2. The guy who meets Indy, Willie and Short Round at the airport is Dan Akroyd.

When the plane’s engines stopped, its the same sound as when the Millemnium Falcon’s hyperdrive malfunctions.

Well, back in 1935 Asia hadn't yet come together to pass the Treaty of Chicken Safety yet. They were not required to stock their airplanes with chicken-sized parachutes and most shipping companies chose to cut corners and not even bother. There were events like this where many chickens died in plane crashes that eventually led to the treaty being signed in 1967. Now those chickens can be recovered and finally delivered to their destination where they can then be killed and served to hungry people.

I love Temple of Doom, it’s fun seeing Indy’s character prior to how he was in Raiders and Crusade...he’s not trying to find artifacts because they “belong in a museum”...he’s all about that fortune and glory! And while this movie leans into the “horror” more then Raiders or Crusade, it nails it when it comes to the comedy 😆

The novel and comic adaptations explained that the feast was a result of the guests being drugged by the Blood of Kali. Indy figures there's something very wrong about Pankot since no self-respecting Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh (Pankot Palace is depicted as being in East Punjab, thus all the turbans and the maharajah's surname being Singh) would even touch that stuff. The British commander has similar thoughts, hence why the soldiers show up at the end. The feast scene, the violent portrayal of Kali worship, and the British being portrayed in a heroic light are why this movie was banned in India. They couldn't even film there despite casting a lot of Bollywood actors. The village was filmed in Sri Lanka and the villagers are speaking Sinhalese, not Hindi. The man who helps them on the plane is a brief cameo by Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd.

"I don't understand how they fell in love so fast!" I think you're confusing love with lust lol

During the scene where Indy fights the Thugee assassin in his bedroom. There's a shot where he knocks over a lamp, then he flips the guy over his back and then somersaults over him. Harrison Ford flipped the stuntman over his back and ruptured two spinal discs in the process, resulting in a herinated disc. Harrison was in so much pain that, whenever he was done shooting a scene, a gurney was brought in on set to have him rest on between takes. But the pain worsened when he had to ride the elephants for the scene in Sri Lanka. Finally, Harrison was flown back to Los Angeles for weeks of surgery and therapy. But Spielberg wanted to continue the filming schedule since they were running out of time. So Harrison's stunt double, Vic Armstrong, shot all of the scenes of the Indy. And after Harrison was released from the hospital, all the close ups of his face were shot afterwards.

"Where are your parents?" Probably dead, that's how you usually get child monarchs.

With the exception of Marion, I think with Indiana Jones it’s more sex than love.

“Nobody cares about the chickens”, I almost agreed until I realised Im eating a bucket of KFC

Fun fact: the large bearded thugee is played by the same actor, who is the large German (killed by propellers) in Raiders of the Lost Ark! He is played by Pat Roach, a English actor and pro wrestler

I didn't hate Willie, but she was definitely my least favorite romantic interest in the series. I always got the vibe that it was just a physical attraction, not love like he felt for Marion. Short Round was one of my favorite characters of the series. As a kid he made you feel like you could be Indy's sidekick! I always felt they should have brought him back as a potential adopted son for Indy and Marion.

Fun fact- the guy talking to Indy on the way to the plane is Dan Aykroyd doing a British accent lol

i like part 3 the most and im happy thats still to come.

No chickens were harmed during the making of this movie!

"I heard the same scream" Well you likely heared it many many times by now. It is called the Wilhelm Scream, it is used for movies for years now and even back than was a somewhat well known insider that comes up in SO MANY movies

"You've got a voodoo doll? What kind of sorcery is this?" Voodoo, you just said it. lol Indiana Jones was never really meant to be realistic. It was an homage to '30s/'40s pulp adventure movies. There was big anniversary DVD box set years ago that I still have, with a "making of" documentary they'd shot for it, and they talked to the stunt coordinator for the movie and he was saying how Spielberg was pitching Raiders of the Lost Ark to him and was trying to describe Jones and after he rambled for a few minutes the coordinator apparently just asked him "Does he ever lose his hat?" Spielberg said no, "Say no more, I understand completely." lol

Fun Fact: The Thugee that got crushed in that Rolling device was played by the same actor who played the mechanic who Indy fought in the airfield scenes in the first movie

The Temple of Doom takes place at an earlier time than Raiders of the Lost Ark.

And this was the moment where all Sam types went “so you’re telling me there’s a chance!”

Depending on how good your hearing is, that 'scream' has been in almost every single action or adventure movie since 1977.

I think the original idea behind was just to make old school "serial" movies. They don't need to have a continuity, if they don't want to. Just like early James Bond films, where everything sort of resets when the need it to, while still hanging on to some elements or plot points if useful. With Indy-series the continuity came as an aftertought with some novelisations and a prequel television series. Simply put: they were making it up as they went along.

* I have to admit Duaf, your reactions to this one cracked me up several times lol, especially the screaming beaver. I wasn't expecting that lol. Great reaction video.

this movie actually takes place before Raiders of the Lost Ark

When i was a kid this one was my favourite (not anymore because the third is just a perfect film), i love the dark vibe of temple of doom, it's like Indy going to hell and back

13:44 Take a moment and appreciate one of my favorite moments in all of movie history! It is a moment that is absolutely brilliant and very under appreciated! I love that moment for three reasons! 1. Indiana Jones never sees him. 2. The audience or much of the audience also never sees him until he strikes! 3. This is all despite the fact that he is hiding in plain sight! Brilliant setup and execution! This scene needs to be appreciated more than it is!

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade will always be my fav Indy film 😎

"Is he that innocent?" (sees Indy launch a flaming kabob into a guy's torso)

26:37 His name is Amrish Puri. He was an Indian actor, who was an important figure in Indian theatre and cinema. He is remembered for playing iconic villainous roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries.

The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion. The sound is named after Private Wilhelm, a character in The Charge at Feather River, If you want to test those stunts, react to Mythbusters

That famous scream is a Wilhelm Scream. It's been in movies for decades. It's kind of an inside joke.

The things is, that India has probably the largest population of vegetarians in the World. And the few that does eat meat usually only eat chicken, lamb and goat.

The Wilhelm Scream is used in pretty much every movie ever made. It's a staple in Hollywood.

'That scream' is referred to as the Wilhelm Scream. It is in many, many, many movies

Interestingly this movie is actually a Prequel. It takes place one year before the first film.

Seven minutes in, and I'm laughing at your determination that we care about the chickens. XD

the little boy named "Shorty" is perhaps the grandfather of "Data" from the 1985 movie "the goonies" 😄

I believe the people of the village were thanking Indy, Willie and Short Round for coming to help bring back their kids and save their village. They may have prayed to their Indian god Shiva to send someone to help them and see their arrival as the answer to their prayers.

That scream you keep hearing is the Wilhelm Scream. It’s a sound effect used in tons of movies. It’s in Star Wars too.

Shorty and all his gadgets went to the US and became part of "The Goonies" along with "Sam" of "Lord of the rings" :)

The creatures that were inside of that stuffed python at the feast are called caecilians. They're burrowing limbless amphibians but often get confused for eels, snakes or even giant worms but they have rows of shark like teeth, tiny tentacles under their eyes and many are poisonous, so no one would really eat them. They're really fascinating creatures that most people don't even know exist.

"Nobody cares about the chickens." This belongs on a t-shirt now.

Never seen anyone react this emotionally to this film before. Wonderful!

Fun Facts: The club at the start is called Club Obi-Wan & also the man who shows Indy, Short Round & Willie to the plane in Dan Aykroyd of Ghostbusters / Blues Brothers etc fame.

"Where are you parents!?" Omg I couldn't stop laughing.

The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion. The sound is named after Private Wilhelm, a character in The Charge at Feather River, a 1953 Western in which the character gets shot in the thigh with an arrow. This was its first use following its inclusion in the Warner Bros. stock sound library, although The Charge at Feather River is believed to have been the third film to use the effect. The scream is believed to be voiced by actor Sheb Wooley.

I love the fact that Short Round is also a Goonie :)

The really big Thuggee guard was played by Pat Roach. He also played both really big villain thugs in Raiders, the big Nepali/Sherpa in the fight in Marion's bar and the Nazi who fights Indy under the spinning plane. It was a gag for him to be a really huge thug in each of these three Indiana Jones films.

Great video! I'm so glad you're watching one of the greatest trilogies of all time!

16:25 Don't worry, Duaffy. We feel your anger. It gives you focus and makes you stronger.....oh, wrong franchise.

The Kali Ma chant has a tendency to stick with you to the very end of your days

In the Indiana Jones universe the diamond from the beginning is the Peacock’s eye which once belonged to Alexander The Great and it was part of the golden peacock statue and that diamond was used as a statue’s eye during Alexander’s reign

After seeing the face you made with the "bugs" in Indy's previous reaction, I was looking forward to seeing you react when I saw Cate Capshaw, literally covered with bugs of all kinds hahahahahahaha

Wow, I'm impressed. You are really the first person that cared about the chickens on the plane! And you noticed too the various water levels in the different takes at the end.

I'd be intrigued by a "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"-style story about the 2 Chinese pilots working for gangster Lao Che who bailed out in their parachutes in the middle of the Himalayas. They'd have to get to civilization from extremely harsh terrain, report back to their boss, who would eventually learn that Indiana Jones survived and likely punish them. It could be quite the Henchmen's Adventure.

Billy was a big step down from Marion. The actress was Steven Spielberg's wife, btw.

It's weird this movie has a call back to Raiders Of The Lost Ark because Temple Of Doom is a prequel.

Can we have a moment of silence for the chickens....

The guy that got flattened in the rock crusher is the same guy that both got a chair broken over him (while his arm was on fire) in Raiders in Marions bar, and got chopped up by the propeller

Love the cut away to the groundhog screaming LOL.

If memory serves me right, Willie from this movie was for long, (if not still) considered for one of roles who screamed sooo much through whole movie.

Don't worry. A lot of people didn't like the romance in this movie even when it came out. There were a lot of things they didn't like.

The darkest and the most violent Indiana Jones movie ever made. This film is the reason why the PG-13 rating was made. Red Dawn and Dreamscape were released with PG-13 ratings.

The scream at 5:18 is known as the Wilhelm scream. Started in 1951 and used in many movies and also some video game like Grand Theft Auto.

1:46 "How do you do? I am Jones. _Indy_ Jones. I like my Martini _shaken;_ not _stirred."_

17:15 The recurring theme in Indiana Jones is that religion folklore and tales are true. Ark of the Covenant comes from Judaism, and all this with magic and taking a person's heart out and Sankara Stones come from Hinduism. The next movie centers around Christianity

My favorite scene from all the movies with the Indiana Jones music is when the kids get back to their families.

I'm sure someone else has mentioned it, but this movie takes place chronologically before Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The kid ended up moving to Astoria Oregon and joined the Goonies

Yes, you did. It´s the "Whilhem scream", It is a classic of adventure cinema and a private joke between filmmakers

Another Ester egg as Indy boards the plane and talks to Lao Che you can see 2 gentlemen walking by in the background - they are Steven Spielberg & George Lucas. Though one needs a big TV.

29:20 indie took sort round with him to america, where short round was adopted by a cuple of indies friends, and than, he went to college and became an archeologist just like indie :) they remaided frieds troughout their lives.

Yes that sound effect is in everything from this to star wars and lotr Wilhelm sound effect. The song anything goes is really good Cole porter the lyrics in English are great ( in olden days a glimpse of stockings was looked on as something shocking but now God knows anything goes)

min 16:21 "they're gonna take the hat! Aaaargh!!!!SHHHHHHHHIIIIIEEEETT!" 🙈🤣🙈🤣🙈🤣

There is book more technically a journal called The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones and it shows that the kid Short Round became and Archeologist. I highly reccomend that book.

Keep in mind for the Indiana Jones movies, they were very much invoking the themes and feel of the old 1930's and 40's serials like Buck Rodgers and such, ones where each story was encapsulated in its own, with little to do with the rest of the stories other than the main character just going on another adventure. Its not like today where multiple movies HAVE to all link up together very tightly and where all the characters carry over somehow. In the three main Indy films (the fourth movie doesn't count) other than Indy, only Marcus Brody and Sala are the two other side characters we see that were in more than one movie. Other than that, his love interests and whatnot do not factor into the adventure. Think of them almost like the James Bond movies, the older ones, where there would be new Bond Girls all the time, new villains, just a new adventure with each story.

The biggest flaw in this movie is that it's not clear that it's a prequel.

Shortround was in college during the time that Indy perused Ark. Dr. Jones valued an education above all else.

I never really noticed but Willie becomes real useful halfway through this movie, like she really gets over herself and helps out

"That Scream" is the Wilhelm Scream! It's in all the original Star Wars movies, and thousands of other movies and TV shows.

15:37 I choked on my coffee laughing at this. Did not expect that xD

Your pitch shifts always make me laugh. 😂

5:21 that scream is the "Wilhelm Scream", it's been in a LOT of movies since the early 50's. There are several RU-vid compilations of it, pretty funny.

That scream you noticed... well, congratulations! You find the Wilhelm Scream! The most iconic scream in the history of Hollywood. And let me tell you another thing: maybe you don't Know it, but you had hear it many times before. Here's some link for you to know about the famous Wilhelm Scream: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UfRPPMXY5SQ.html

My qualities I share with Samwise: 1. sweet 2. kind spirited 3. often selfless 4. loyal to friends 5. willing to show kindness to others even when they have treated me poorly 6. hairy feet 7. a foodie 8. keep a flame burning for my old sweethearts 9. value long-lasting loving relationships with deep connection 10. not interested so much in flashy things like fancy houses or magic jewelry (though I do like fast cars...), capable of enjoying the simple stuff 11. well-intentioned but often socially awkward anyway Qualities I share with Indy: 1. adventurous 2. well-traveled 3. passionate about and knowledgeable of history 4. well-educated 5. done much fieldwork into mating habits research and capable of enjoying those types of relationships for what they're worth (as seen in the first 3 films) 6. but ultimately, a romantic at heart (as seen in the fourth film) 7. don't get along very well with Nazis 8. willing to try anything once 9. willing to stand up for what I believe and fight for those people and things that I care about. 10. a rational skeptic 11. independent Unlike both Sam and Indy, I like snakes, spiders, and all animals. Except maybe flies and mosquitoes. I probably looked more like Harrison Ford when I was younger. At this point, probably more like Sean Astin. I didn't really care for the romance in this film, either. But more because I didn't really like the singer than because I didn't like Indiana Jones. She seemed extremely shallow and high-strung, among other things. Though... if I was a woman... I don't think I would like Indiana Jones, either. The guy is a little too married to his work. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

The way Jones behaves, is explained in the third one (best one for me)

"That scream, I'm pretty sure I heard that same scream..." You've heard that scream a lot more than you remember. Google "Wilhelm scream."

Despite its problems, I really enjoy this one. Giving Indy a kid sidekick to pal around with amps up the humor (for more Short-round, check out The Goonies), and Willie is great satire of the damsel in distress trope. You will probably enjoy The Last Crusade best of all.

That's the Willhelm Scream. Also, while chickens can fly, more or less, they can't fly planes so I don't think they could have helped.

2nd video I've watched and I'm already a fan! :)

That "Leakage" was actually a manual fuel dump

That scream is the Wilhelm scream. I think it originally comes from a Western. It's in lots of movies.

You did hear the same scream. It's called "The Wilhelm" and you will hear it in just about every film that a sound person can put it in. It's an inside thing. Once you identify it you cam't unhear it.

Fun fact, the actor playing Shorty couldn't read english so he improvised his lines with the direction he had, Willie is played by the wife of Steven Spielberg the director and the scene where they were surrounded by gross insects, the insects were real ^^ and this movie takes place before the first one as you said

Four questions I've always had about this movie. 1. Why were the sacrifice's arms being held up above him? 2. Why was a thuggee wrapping their arms around the sacrifice's neck and holding the sacrifice's head back? 3. Why did Mola Ram stare at the sacrifice's chest for a few seconds after he held his hand over it? 4. Why was Mola Ram wriggling his hand when it was going into the sacrifice's chest? If someone knows the answers to my questions, please reply and let me know. Thank you very much. 😊