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For Sale Mar 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM

Intro to Temple of Doom

Posted by QueasyAccident5196

Is it supposed to be an homage to James Bond? All of it feels very Sean Connery - from costume, to setting, poison, double crossing, etc. Is that just a coincidence because that set up was trendy at the time or were they trying to make Indy a more sauve and Bond-esq character. Especially because he is suppose to younger in Temple
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shed1 Mar 30, 2026 +28
Famously, Spielberg wanted to direct a Bond film and George Lucas convinced him that he had a better idea. That idea was Indiana Jones. So yes, I think it is a nod to James Bond just like having James Bond as Indiana's father in The Last Crusade is a nod to the same.
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Party-Fault9186 Mar 30, 2026 +8
Bond is why Indy had a different love interest in each film of the original trilogy as well.
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Ex_Hedgehog Mar 30, 2026 +5
the biggest mistake of the films. But I can't really stay mad since Spielberg found his wife.
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Party-Fault9186 Mar 30, 2026 +7
Flawed as it is, I could never turn against **Skull** simply because they finally wised up and brought Marion back.
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Pale_Possibility5083 Mar 30, 2026 +1
For anyone who doesn't know, the core driving ethos of Indiana jones is “Anti James Bond” which can translate any number of ways, where at times it mirrors bond at others it’s the complete opposite 
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scorch-still Mar 30, 2026 +5
George Lucas has stated that Indy was heavily inspired by Bond
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Raytheon_Nublinski Mar 30, 2026 +1
Moneypenny, why is it always snakes? Oh James No seriously, I’m in a room full of snakes and they’re trying to kill me. Call Q and ask him how I can kill them with this watch he gave me
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239not235 Mar 31, 2026 +1
Shnakesh
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Alucard1138 Mar 30, 2026 +2
Yes. On vacation in Hawaii after the opening of a new hope, speilberg ssid he wanted to do a bond film. Lucas said he had something better and pitched Indiana jones. Or vice versa. Opening to temple of doom is very much a bond homage
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239not235 Mar 31, 2026 +1
The Club Obi-Wan seuence at the start of Temple of Doom was originally a setpiece in Raiders about Indy collecting the pieces of the headpiece of the Staff of Ra. It was set in a warlord's pleasure palace and included the use of the giant rolling gong as a shield to escape by diving out a window. They had to cut it out of Raiders for length, but Lucas and Spielberg liked it so much, they recycled it for IJATTOD. Once they had the idea, they resurrected Lucas' original concept for Indy of being a high-living international playboy. Lucas always wanted Dr. Jones to be living high off the hog off his earnings as a grave robber, but Spielberg wanted him to be more of an everyman.
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Algae_Mission Mar 30, 2026 +1
It’s supposed to be an homage to the classic musicals of the 30s and 40s like Yankee Doodle Dandy and Anything Goes…hence the song.
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FruitySalads Mar 30, 2026 +1
Anything goes!
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mithridateseupator Mar 30, 2026 -5
I wouldn't look more into it than realizing that Indie is an adventurer getting into trouble over valuable items and beautiful women in an exotic location.
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JazzmatazZ4 Mar 30, 2026 +5
No it's true. It's a Bond homage.
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mithridateseupator Mar 30, 2026 -5
Not true? Indie isn't an adventurer getting into trouble over valuable items and beautiful women in an exotic location?
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HummaKavula95 Mar 30, 2026 +4
Not true about it isn’t anything more than what you just said…
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MrMojoRising422 Mar 30, 2026 +3
the suit indy is using is clearly a bond homage
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