Throwback Trailer Thursday: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.

In my quest to post a trailer every day for a week, in order to make up for some slow updates as of late, I’m going to take a slight detour today and post an old trailer instead of a new one.  You see, today is my 30th birthday, and among many other things that means that it’s been 30 years since I was first exposed to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.  My mother was watching the film when it caused her to go into labor with me, so I’ve got a pretty strong personal connection to the film.  I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at how that 1984 film was marketed in the theater, so take a peak at this vintage trailer and read on for my thoughts:

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