Re: Temple of Doom

Posted by Steve from ppp-87.COL.cableone.net on October 25, 1999 at 09:58:34:

In Reply to: Temple of Doom posted by Mikal C Johnson (KtCym SOCAE) on October 25, 1999 at 06:38:43:

: Okay you ToD freaks... I never said I didn't like the movie. It just isn't one of my favorites.

: Primarily, it is an Indy movie, so I like it for that.
: And despite the gross-out factor, it does have it's Disney-like moments.

: But everyone, please observe the people who defend this movie as "the greatest" Indy film. We get such well thought out arguments as, "ToD ROCKS!!!!!" and "ToD RULES!!!!!"

: Okay, so, rock and rule. It sounds like those stoner punks I avoided all through high school in the eighties.

: I think Indy deserve better defense than that, even for what I consider my least favorite of the movies.

Yes, perhaps this movie does deserve more of a defense than was given. At the same time it is understandable why many of our younger Indy fans really like this one. They can readily identify with Short Round. I think the response you mention is no more than youthful exubrience(sp?) Oh, to be young again! Michaelson, do you feel like I do, in the feeling that "youth is wasted on the young"? Steve

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: : Okay you ToD freaks... I never said I didn't like the movie. It just isn't one of my favorites.

: : Primarily, it is an Indy movie, so I like it for that.
: : And despite the gross-out factor, it does have it's Disney-like moments.

: : But everyone, please observe the people who defend this movie as "the greatest" Indy film. We get such well thought out arguments as, "ToD ROCKS!!!!!" and "ToD RULES!!!!!"

: : Okay, so, rock and rule. It sounds like those stoner punks I avoided all through high school in the eighties.

: : I think Indy deserve better defense than that, even for what I consider my least favorite of the movies.

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:      Yes, perhaps this movie does deserve more of a defense than was given. At the same time it is understandable why many of our younger Indy fans really like this one. They can readily identify with Short Round. I think the response you mention is no more than youthful exubrience(sp?) Oh, to be young again! Michaelson, do you feel like I do, in the feeling that "youth is wasted on the young"?      Steve

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