About that
Indiana Jones Gun scene...
This was one of
my favorite scenes in the “first” film where Indy stands there facing off with a sword swinging bad guy. And Indy just shoots him. The
production planned an big fight between Indy and sword guy but later
changed it to the “just shoot the guy”. Rumor has it, Ford had
the shits very badly and didn't want to run around swinging his whip,
so he suggested he just shoot the sword guy. (I've heard other
stories too.)
They repeated
this scene for Temple of Doom with a different ending.
There is an
interesting discussion about the fact Whedon mentioned the problem
with scene in an interview
with EW and it
was further discussed in the Huffington Post. And, it is a
problem I had with Temple of Doom for years now.
Flash to Temple
of Doom, Indy is in the same situation where now there are two sword
swinging guys. He pauses and smiles (almost to the camera) and grabs
for his gun to shoot them. He lost his gun earlier and panics. This
is a callback to Raiders of the Lost Ark. People are supposed to
laugh because he can't do the same thing as before. This would be fine and dandy if Temple was a sequel. Except, there is
one glaring continuity problem with the scene.
Temple of Doom
is a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark!!!
Temple is set in
1935 and Raiders is set in 1936. In the continuity of the series,
this “cute” scene makes no sense. We also know it is a prequel
because one of his companions that goes on a lot of adventures with
him is killed off at the beginning of Temple and isn't seen in Raiders.
While I am still not sure why Lucas wanted to make this movie a
prequel, it means Raiders hasn't happened yet.
I'm all for
callbacks as long as they fit within the world of the movie or story
and not “breaking the fourth” when it isn't a comedy or meant for
that breaking (IE Metal Gear Solid series). I have the same issue with the Ghostbusters II logo used
in the movie...
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