Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom first aired in June, 1993 as just that – Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom. No mashing up of two episodes with dates in their titles although, when you watch it, there’s clearly two stories in play that…
Month: August 2024
Demons of Deception
Demons of Deception is a rather misleading title given to the mash-up movie that comprises Verdun, September 1916 and Paris, October 1916 as its source material. While it suits the Paris episode decently enough – through the exploits of the courtesan Mata Hari – it doesn’t fit the Verdun episode…
Trenches of Hell
Well, isn’t this something special? While the previous movie – the seventh, for anyone counting – finally got two episodes mashed together that didn’t feel too wildly incongruous, this eighth movie knocks it out of the park. Not only do Somme, Early August 1916 and Germany, Mid-August 1916 go together…
Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi
One of the first things you notice about Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi is that it was written before The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles hit television. As such, there are moments that are in-sync with what we know of the Young Indy character, but these are obviously by…
Love’s Sweet Song
Love’s Sweet Song takes in the standalone episodes, Ireland, April 1916 and London, May 1916 and – as far as these Frankenstein’s monster mash-ups of episodes go – works reasonably well in terms of the story moving logically from one to the other. Sure, there’s the bridging scenes, filmed at…