Episode 23: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

“Drink blood out of Gandhi’s head”

The panel of peril awaken to find that the pilots of their small prop plane have left them in the lurch, hop in a rapid inflating dinghy, and glide to the safety of a tumultuous river, landing in a small Indian village just in time to watch this week’s film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)!

Uncannily, this exact series of events also befalls Indy (Harrison Ford), Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and Shortround (Ke Huy Quan) as they are drawn into the Indian locals’ search for the children and mystical shankara stones that are missing from their village. Indy and the gang are on a mission to find them all even if this conspiracy goes to very high places.

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwWfns4qqw

********PLOT SPOILER ALERT********

Steven Spielberg’s prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark sees our intrepid archaeologist on the hunt for the most valuable resource of all: coal children. His investigation sees him consult with the Maharajah and Prime Minister who, unbeknownst to Indy, are using the missing children as slave labour to hunt down the last of the shankara stones. Will Dr. Jones and the gang uncover the secret temple below Pankot Palace, and then the mine with kids mining, and then recover the stones, and then escape with their lives? Probably.

Just what did the panel think of this week’s movie, pray tell? How can they improve upon the villain’s masterplan? And who will be christened this week’s most diabolical?

Music by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay

Sound Effect from Pixabay

Music by NickyPe from Pixabay

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Barbara Streisand, Carrie Fisher & Irvin Kershner visit The Temple of Doom set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tYZBLX2lA