Sunday, January 30, 2011

Roberts-Temple of Doom

In the beginning Indiana is approached by a small village for help when one of their shrine stones goes missing. They believe that he was sent to them from Shiva to return it to them. Indiana is apprehensive and faithless until he realizes that the stone may be a Sankara stone which if retrieved would promise fortune and glory. His journey for the stone is not to help the village but to advance himself. Fast forward to the end. Indiana has drunk the blood of Kali, been rescued by Shorty, and now the original trio are trying to make their escape across a flimsy rope bridge. This is where Indiana's Apotheosis occurs.
Originally doubting the faith of the villagers from before Indiana now invokes the power of Shiva in order to defeat the villain. He no longer seems worried about his original goal of fortune and glory and instead threatens to dispose of the stones when Willie and Shorty's lives are threatened. Finally he is not upset when two of the three stones are lost to the crocodiles below. He has the one that was needed for the village's shrine. He returns it to the village and concludes his journey.

1 comment:

  1. Good blog. Indy not only saves Wille and Shorty, but he returns the stone to the village. That is a very important lesson and step for Indy, but you probably noticed that He is out for fortune and glory at the beginning of Raiders.

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