40 Films in Robotech: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
This was the first Indiana Jones movie I saw in the theater… ROBOTECH MENTION: There are a lot of film references in Robotech media retelling the events of the one specific TV episode Annie’s Wedding . While Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom isn’t referenced by title in the TV show, a “temple” where human sacrifices will be made is mentioned, conjuring up Temple of Doom -type of visions. In Jack McKinney’s novelization of Annie’s Wedding, the character of Rook thinks of a revered old-time movie at the mention of the word “temple”… This excerpt is from page 146 of the Jack McKinney Robotech book Metamorphosis (1987). SYNOPSIS: Not exactly a regular synopsis, this explanation of how Temple of Doom varies from its predecessor, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), is pretty enlightening. This is from the book George Lucas: The Creative Impulse – Lucasfilm’s First Twenty Years (1992) by Charles Champlin… Raiders of the L...
