Fixed has secured his nomination for best post of the thread.

I mostly agree with your guys' points, though I still think you're a bit harsh on it. I'd certainly take Temple of Doom over damn near any of the summer blockbusters the last few years. Also, you complain that it takes its sweet time getting to the Temple, but I kind of appreciate the fact that you have all this buildup, and then the last 30-35 minutes is pretty much non-stop action sequences, very relentless and exciting.

Its still a toss-up for me whether Last Crusade is better or not, because the tone in its action sequences is a bit too goofy for me, and I prefer the set pieces in Temple of Doom (also I will never forgive Last Crusade for ruining the Marcus character and turning him from an intelligent former adventurer to a senile buffoon). I think I also appreciate that instead of going the typical sequel route, they took a chance and made a movie that has a different feel, different bad guys, different time period. Last Crusade plays mostly like a watered down not as good version of Raiders, though Sean Connery goes a long way towards making it awesome.

This! This is what the Zombieland commentary should have been; An intelligent, objective examination of a movie I enjoy. Even though I think the movie works, I can greatly appreciate this commentary because the criticisms are constructive and valid. Great work, guys!

I could be mistaken, but a few times, you guys seem to imply that Short Round first met Indy at the top of the movie. Based on the way they talk to each other (He knows to call Indy "Dr. Jones", for example), I was always under the impression they were already established friends before this movie begins. Am I missing some important exchange in the picture (that's right, I said picture) that disproves this?

Agree 100 % with the DiFers on this commentary. The difference is, though, I've never really liked ToD, even when I was a kid. I was always a Raiders guy then a Crusade guy when I saw that in the cinema. I love both about equally now, despite the way they fecked up Sallah and Brody in Crusade.

If kids are remaking it, does that mean Short Round should be played by an adult?

The commentary pretty much nailed every complaint I had with the movie.

Just out of curiosity, have there been many prequels that actually WORK? Temple of Doom had the advantage that there had been only one movie so there's not much continuity or character to screw up, but in most cases they create tons of problems where none existed before. Or they fill in character pieces you really didn't need. It doesn't help that they often come when the creator has run out of things to do with the existing characters/world, so they go back and do an origin story or tell stuff hinted at in the real books.

The Horiatio Horblower books are sort of OK, mostly as I read them "in order" as a kid. Coming back to them as an adult and reading them in publication order, not so much

Gentlemen, well done. Once of your best critical commentaries in a long time.

You had me at the canned laughter.