Talk:Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Issues
Couple of things. Those awards need sources more reliable than IMDb. Not doubting they won the awards, but we don't cite IMDb for anything in the article, not even things as simple as awards. Second, I don't think the 6 reviews in the "Cream of the Crop" are really representative enough to warrant mention. The fact that we normally get 7 to 8 times that with newer films (mainly because this is the internet age, and this film came out before the internet was really mainstream), it seems like undue weight to cite 6 people. I think the 58 reviews in the overall review page are enough in this instance.

What does--"George Lucas advised to editor Michael Kahn for a "fast-pace film". Lucas was dissatisfied with some shots for the dinner scene at Pankot Palace, feeling they "were not gruesome enough". More shots were commissioned.[4] James Kahn wrote the film's novelization released in May 1984.[12] Suzanne Weyn wrote a novelization released on May 1, 2008.[13] Hasbro will release a toy line based on the film in September 2008."--have to do with "Reception"?

There are also several quotes that do not have ending quotation marks, which is neither here nor there, because the "Reception" section relies too heavily on quoting, instead of paraphrasing like it should be.  BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  04:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * IMDB stuff has been fixed. In terms of "Reception" I think prior I called it "Release". I forget. I got sick reading out of those stupid Lucas/Spielberg books for research. Quotes are easy and I don't want to read through a 10-page review because someone loved or hated the film. I don't really see a big problem. Oh and I fixed the "Top Critics" thing.&mdash;Wildroot (talk) 04:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * That's not the point. We should not be heavily quoting people, we should be paraphrasing their work. Wikipedia should be its own thing, not a mirror of other people's works. There will obviously be times when it is too difficult to paraphrase someone, and you need to pull the entire piece of their dialogue, but that's generally not the case with reviews (especially when you just stated it's more about what was "easier"). It is not hard to read an entire review and pull some important pieces that the author notes and paraphrase into the article. Just grabbing quoted portions of their work actually does more harm because you aren't getting the full effect of their opinion. If you paraphrase, you can get more info in a smaller space.


 * In further clarification of the reception section. With only 5 reviews, you're going to need a source to support the statement, "The film received mixed reviews at the time of its release." Since we cannot count on Rotten Tomatoes to give an accurate view of the reception when it was released, we need someone else (someone that was around at that time will probably note such a thing) to verify that for us.


 * I just took a gander at the video game and soundtrack - both seem to fail WP:TOY (Currently, WP:TOY is proposed, so use the general WP:NOTE as the official criteria for the video game) and WP:NMG. They could easily be used to expand this article, which is currently sitting at 26kb of space (at readable prose, it's probably 15kb, which is extremely small for an article about a film of this proportion). I would suggest merging them into this page (trimming that game's plot down quite a bit) and sourcing where appropriate. You could use some of the game's external links to source some basic facts about the game. I would also brifely mention the NES verion of the game, but that seems ok to leave where it is (so just link to the NES game in the video game section).   BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  13:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. I reverted the Soundtrack into the film. I plan on putting the video game article in the Release section. &mdash;Wildroot (talk) 20:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Wow, there really wasn't anything encyclopedic in that article at all. I was able to put the whole thing in like two sentences. &mdash;Wildroot (talk) 21:02, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

New WikiProject Open!
I have finally created a WikiProject for Indiana Jones! Check it out. -- MISTER ALCOHOL  TC 20:28, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Citing development of movie
The article is wrong when it says "Harrison Ford suffered a severe spinal disc herniation while riding elephants.". He mentions that it was uncomfortable, but he really hurt his back in the fight in the bed room, when he flips the Thug over his back and they had to cut to deal with his pain. This is in the special features of the DVD set. How would one cite that? LaRoza (talk) 02:56, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The Raiders of the Lost Ark article references a couple of those videos like this:

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 * That should probably also have . For convenience you might also note that this short video is found in the special features of the DVD set. Is this what you mean? —Mrwojo (talk) 16:25, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Insult to India?
I've read the responses from a few Indians about how "they" were portrayed. To be clear: the Sri Lankans standing in for "all" Indians were described as vegetarians and shown as good people. The Thuggee Indians at Pankot are clearly shown to not be vegetarians and thus do not represent "all" Indians. (This is fiction, after all.) Not all Indians are vegetarians anyway, nor are they all Hindi. There are some Muslim Indians, not just Muslim Pakistanis (and the movie takes place BEFORE the split after all), but Muslim Indians, and even Christians and other sects.

The controversy is just a case of a single individual taking a personal insult when it's not intended. A case of someone over-reacting and getting his particular panties in a twist. This individual also gets upset about the portrayal of Kali and the Thuggees in the movie, even after it's clearly explained as a twisted version of the cult, and not a "real" version inside of a fictional movie. Raiders came out before Temple, and the twisted panties author makes no defense of the South Americans portrayed as "naked savages" in that movie, nor is there any account of South Americans being insulted by that portrayal.

Again, a single individual with his panties in a bind does not a controversy make.

IF IF IF someone somewhere can come up with more than just one individual crying "foul" then please link to it, otherwise, I suggest it be struck down as someone's personal nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.83.232 (talk) 23:46, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not "a single individual with his panties in a bind" it's actually the Indian government, who placed a temporary ban on the film. This article is written in a neutral point-of-view, with the addition of reliable sources. Why are so hyper-sensitive about this issue? Wildroot (talk) 06:33, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

What happened to the rest of this talk page?
A large portion of talk page entries appear to have been blanked - there is no visible archive and this page now has four entries - the page has been around since 2002! Past discussions need to be archives, not blanked. -207.245.179.136 (talk) 19:09, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems like it got blanked here . There was no archive created that I could see. -207.245.179.136 (talk) 19:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * There was an archive created. It's linked on top of this page, where the talk header is. Wildroot (talk) 07:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Short Round?
Short Round was origanly 11 in the movie...But Indy first met him when he was five...Many websites get his age wrong...He is not 8.

Dude! We ALL know that he is 11 and he's Indy's sidekick. Get your facts right!

Anything Goes: Mandarin or Cantonese?
From what I've heard, the lyrics as they are pronounced don't make sense anway, but on and off the internet the opinions seem to differ whether they're supposed to be in Mandarin or Cantonese (or Shanghainese??)... can anyone offer a definite answer? -- megA (talk) 15:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It states right in the article that Capshaw "learned to sing in Mandarin" for the musical number. - the WOLF  child  13:17, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Cast - Ke Huy Quan
Why is this actor listed in the article as "Jonathan Ke Quan"? I realize that the westernized name is what he goes by now, but for consistency shouldn't the name in the infobox and the "Cast" section go by how he was credited in the actual movie? -- 24.212.139.20 (talk) 20:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)


 * It might be that wp:commonname applies, which is a silly policy, so don't expect anything to make sense. - the WOLF  child  13:20, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Spielberg's wife
I edited out this parenthesis at the end of this sentence:

Spielberg and Lucas attributed the film's tone, which was darker than Raiders of the Lost Ark, to their personal moods following the breakups of their relationships (Spielberg with Amy Irving, Lucas with Marcia).[13]

It is incorrect; Spielberg had not yet married (his now ex-wife Amy Irving) until 1985. The citation does not mention Irving. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjcherno (talk • contribs) 01:17, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Colonialism
There needs to be some more discussion about the criticism of this film. In recent years, this film has faced controversy as a classic example of post-colonial cinema of the 1980's, perpetuating stereotypes of colonized peoples and casting colonialism in an artificially positive light. Specifically, the final scene, with respect to the miraculous arrival of colonial army, ought to be discussed at greater length. Jsweeney1 (talk) 00:55, 5 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Then go get some reliable sources, write a proposed addition in your sandbox, then post it on this talk page for consensus. Simple. - the WOLF  child  13:23, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Genre in opening sentence
,, to add a third opinion, I find it best to keep the genre in the opening sentence straightforward. WP:FILMLEAD says, " At minimum, the opening sentence should identify the title of the film, the year of its public release, and the primary genre or sub-genre under which it is verifiably classified." All the Indiana Jones films have supernatural elements in them, but the films are far more known as adventure films than supernatural ones. I think it is sufficient for the premise in the lead section's first paragraph to reflect to readers the supernatural elements (e.g., "black magic" being mentioned). Erik II (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 13:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the entire Indiana Jones is viewed as an adventure film series, not a supernatural one. I don't see it as an appropriate description, much less primary identifier. Liz  Read! Talk! 13:41, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I wasn't clear! I meant to say in the first place that I prefer just calling it an adventure film and leaving it to the description of the premise to point out supernatural elements. Erik II (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 13:57, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It can be both. There's a lot of adventure films that have no supernatural elements in them, so it's bad to confuse them. The last Indiana Jones film has been called "adventure science fiction". --Taeyebaar (talk) 17:11, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * A quick look at Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb show these films to be action & adventure, so it's clear that it is the primary genre. I don't find that there is confusion because being an adventure film does not mean it will be without supernatural elements. The premise is briefly conveyed and shows these supernatural elements, anyway. Erik II (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 18:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

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"Obscenity" and India
The category "obscenity controversies in film" is getting added/removed, and I think we need to talk about it. The film was banned in India for "racist portrayal of Indians and overt imperialistic tendencies". But a film being banned for offensive content doesn't necessarily qualify as an "obscenity controversy". Obscenity is the only grounds for banning a film under US law, but not necessarily India's. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 01:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Good point. I've re-removed the category. Trivialist (talk) 02:52, 1 August 2018 (UTC)