I thought you said you didn't care?
Whatever happened to Short Round?
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I thought you said you didn't care?
On the internet it's the people who don't care who have the most opinions!
I thought you said you didn't care?
On the internet it's the people who don't care who have the most opinions!
Tom, can you please provide clarification as to where you saw that Capshaw and Spielberg had gotten divorced? I cannot find a single piece of information anywhere that would suggest that the couple's marriage had fallen apart (or was in any danger of doing so), so if you know something that I and others do not, please share it with us.
He can't because he doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. I thought that was clear by his lack of response.
That's how I feel too. I'd love to see Shorty smack that kid from Jurassic Park.
Yes, heaven forbid someone make films the whole family can enjoy.
He was probably thinking if Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison.
Heh... maybe it went like this. Indy and Willie leave India with Short Round in tow. Willie starts making all these plans for the future, Indy and Short Round groan constantly because of her constant yammering. Indy takes Willie to Hollywood where he introduces her to a Jewish director. They hit it off and Indy is free to go back to his University. But there's this damn Asian kid on his heels all the time.
So he get's the bright idea... he's such a good "assistant" he calls up his buddy Sallah. "Hey Sallah, take this kid for me."
"Oh I do not need any more children Indy."
"Send him on some endless quest. Have him find a ring. Send him with a few other kids you could stand to be rid of, maybe have at least one or two adults with him."
"That is a splendid idea Indy! Professor Tolkien had mentioned to me about finding some ring of some sort out in England that the Nazi's had taken."
"Perfect."
So Sallah assembled the Goonies Fellowship of the Ring and sent him along with a few other annoying kids and never heard from them again. Until Short Round popped up in the 50s. Talking about some giant Lizard in Japan.
So he get's the bright idea... he's such a good "assistant" he calls up his buddy Sallah. "Hey Sallah, take this kid for me."
"Oh I do not need any more children Indy."
"Send him on some endless quest. Have him find a ring. Send him with a few other kids you could stand to be rid of, maybe have at least one or two adults with him."
"That is a splendid idea Indy! Professor Tolkien had mentioned to me about finding some ring of some sort out in England that the Nazi's had taken."
"Perfect."
So Sallah assembled the Goonies Fellowship of the Ring and sent him along with a few other annoying kids and never heard from them again. Until Short Round popped up in the 50s. Talking about some giant Lizard in Japan.
He changed his name to Data and bacame a Goony.
After stumbling upon a immortality elixir to stay young for the next 50 years.
I thought that would be Spielberg? At least in the 80's. Kid's in Speilberg movies were geniuses compared to the "mean old adults" known as parents.
Oh and then there was the father/son obsession Speilberg loved to exploit for a few years.
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
I always figured he was either dead by the time of Last Crusade, or else Indy scraped together enough money to send the kid off to school.
I agree it would've been cute to see him make a cameo at the wedding in Crystal Skull (along with John-Rhys Davies as Sallah, of course)
Sallah would have been dead by this time (1957) and even if he wasn't, he and Indy wouldn't be friends due to political differences between Egypt and the U.S.A.
Short Round is over-used to you, not to me; it's Willie Scott that's the annoying person. Short Round actually helps Indy, as opposed to Willie screaming like a fracking banshee.
I've always been amused by the part where her voice drops dramatically in pitch mid-rant.
"I hate water! ...and I hate getting wet! ...and I hate ( much deeper ) YOU."
Yes, heaven forbid someone make films the whole family can enjoy.
So.... for families to enjoy a movie there has to be a little kid in the movie that acts like anything but a little kid? Oh, and also in the movie a guy's heart gets ripped out of his chest. But, hey, there's a kid in the movie!
Short Round was annoying. Not nearly as annoying as Kate Capshaw was (oy!) but annoying.
At least Kate Capshaw's character was meant to be annoying. We were supposed to like Short Round.
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
Yes, heaven forbid someone make films the whole family can enjoy.
You seem to making the same error Lucas and Spielberg made.
I was 11 when Temple of Doom came out and I know they included Short Round to try and appeal to kids...but it can't work, as I was relating to Indy.
Though it doesn't make a lot of sense, kids will say "Oooh! I'm THAT guy!" when they watch a movie, so kids like to think that somehow they are the sweaty, 38 year-old archeologist and the kid is just in the way.
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
I always figured he was either dead by the time of Last Crusade, or else Indy scraped together enough money to send the kid off to school.
I agree it would've been cute to see him make a cameo at the wedding in Crystal Skull (along with John-Rhys Davies as Sallah, of course
Sallah would have been dead by this time (1957) and even if he wasn't, he and Indy wouldn't be friends due to political differences between Egypt and the U.S.A.
Short Round is over-used to you, not to me; it's Willie Scott that's the annoying person. Short Round actually helps Indy, as opposed to Willie screaming like a fracking banshee.
Holy smokes there were some huge leaps in logic there! Sallah would be dead by 1957?!!?
He and Indy's friendship must end because of the Suez Crisis?
I'm not even going to explain how that doesn't make sense.
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
Then I guess you concede to my point. People change, human being aren't perfect, and sometimes friendships break up over things like politics, because....guess what.....people and things change, as do situations.
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
I think that makes even less sense than your first point.
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