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This is a normal post I missed the chance to watch Goonies and Temple of Doom when I was a kid.
Turns out they're kind of crap if you didn't see them when you were the right age for them.

Quan is awesome in EEAaO though.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 11th Level MERPer, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 14:40, Reply)
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Temple of Doom was on telly round a friends house over the weekend, yeah it's not aged well!
 (I helped save b3ta! quackpipe swings like a pendulum do, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 15:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Perhaps.
But for their intended audience they were fucking outstanding. I still maintain that The Goonies is a better adventure than both Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story purely because everything that occurs is technically plausible. There's no other-worldly element to the story, and that made the whole thing entirely more immersive.

And the pearl clutching at The Temple of Doom's portrayal of ethnic groups/women/etc is all a load of outrage chasing bollocks. It's an '80s franchise of pulp-inspired movies set in the '30s. The fuck are these flappy cunts expecting? You certainly couldn't get away with a lot of those characterisations in a modern movie but that's hardly a damning indictment considering how easily people's sensibilities are apparently offended these days. Light years ahead in quality to the contemporary 'Young Adult' adventure franchises.
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 15:52, Reply)
This is a normal post 'everything that occurs is technically plausible'
I would seriously doubt that any unmaintained wooden ship standing in water for 350 years would still be in any condition to sail let alone still be intact.
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 16:51, Reply)
This is a normal post *Technically plausible to the intended audience.

(Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 16:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Plenty of sloth candidates on /links

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 17:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Tell that to Moana

(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 15 Mar 2023, 9:55, Reply)
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I rewatched ToD fairly recently and thought it was a pretty weak bit of story telling, especially compared to some of the other entries in the franchise. I don't think the criticism of the characterisations in the film is "outrage chasing", either. It just looks like lazy, crass stereotyping.
 (abc, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 17:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, it was just kind of shite.
Nothing about the supposed racist / sexist stuff.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 11th Level MERPer, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 19:07, Reply)
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They forgot that Indy films are supposed to be fun.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 19:17, Reply)
This is a normal post It feels like they think it's fun though
It's got fun bits in it. The rope bridge stunt is good. The mine cart chase has good bits, but then gets just too bullshitty. Not to mention the life raft plane thing.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 11th Level MERPer, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 12:26, Reply)
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And the death by volcano. And the heart ripping. Kids love a good heart ripping.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 13:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Those were my two favourite scenes as a child. Along with the magic glowing stones getting too hot to touch.
KALI MA! KAAAAAALI MAAAAA! KALI MA SHAKTI DE!

Absolutely loved that shit as a bairn.

Edit: Fuckit, time for a re-watch. It surely can't be any more disappointing than Cocaine Bear is undoubtedly going to be...

(Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 15:48, Reply)
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You seem to be missing Indy 4 for some reason.

Also I've heard good things about Cocaine Bear.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 16:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I am most certainly *not* missing Indy 4.
The trailer for Cocaine Bear looked promising, but I've also heard that it's basically just the same joke done over and over again with all the best bits picked out for the promo. Which wouldn't surprise me. Willing to give it a go, though!
 (Huw Edwards #yungbludisanonce, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 16:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Cocaine Bear?
Pfft, get with the programme, grandad, it's all about Cocaine Shark now...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 18:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Haha, entry number ten, they'll have a human ingesting the drug!

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 21:13, Reply)
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Will that be before or after Cocainado?
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 14 Mar 2023, 21:46, Reply)
This is a normal post bits of Temple of Doom are still good, like the nightclub / beginning, but not most of the rest
I wouldn't expect new viewers to like Goonies much either, but at least it's an original story (I love it)

(there's the outrage stuff with ToD, but there's also Kate Capshaw being annoying and adventure movies usually being better when children aren't major plot elements)
 (I helped save b3ta! custard, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 15:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Any adult that says that their favourite film is Ghostbusters or The Goonies is a fucking awful prick.
There, I said it.
 (Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Mon 13 Mar 2023, 16:02, Reply)
This is a normal post When Peter Venkman won't take no for an answer, and brings tranquilizers to a date, remember? Classic kids stuff

(I helped save b3ta! Turtle Power & Knuckles, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 19:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, I never saw Ghostbusters as a kids movie
It's standard SNL humour.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 11th Level MERPer, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 20:53, Reply)
This is a normal post I was a kid (10 / 11 yrs) when goonies and ToD came out
And I thought they were SHIT at the time. Fucking SHIT
 (L E T S G O "Stop buying into and spreading this shit", Mon 13 Mar 2023, 16:57, Reply)
This is a normal post "I asked for salted popcorn, mum. SALTED! WTF is this sweet shit? We're leaving"

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 13 Mar 2023, 20:51, Reply)