NOKW - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Raiders of the Lost Ark

Basic Plot:  The first movie in the Indiana Jones franchise, in this one, Indy fights Nazis and is (obviously) looking for the Lost Ark.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that this is the only movie in the franchise that doesn't include the words "Indiana Jones" in the title.  The fact that an ancient civilization would set up such an elaborate set of booby traps just to guard such a small statue.  The fact that Indiana Jones has never been fired from his teaching job considering he is never there.  The fact that despite only being a professor, Indy somehow avoids numerous attempts on his life throughout the movie.  The fact that Indy was the only white non-Nazi guy in that archaeological dig and was able to walk around without being noticed.  The fact that Indy somehow survives a really long trip on a submerged submarine without any food or water, oh and he was just holding onto the tower of that submerged submarine, as in underwater.  The fact that the Nazis originally wanted to open the Ark of the Covenant in Berlin in front of Hitler, which would have ended the reign of the most evil man in history (until Voldemort showed up) but decided to test it on a small deserted island first.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that not once is Short Round mentioned.  But Brainfart, this is the first movie in the Indiana Jones franchise and Short Round was in the second movie, why should he be mentioned?  That's easy, naive reader.  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was the second movie in the franchise, but it was technically a prequel.  Yup, the events in Temple of Doom where chronologically before Raiders of the Lost Ark and therefore, Short Round should still be around, but we never hear his name mentioned even once.  Now, I know it's not fair to bring this up considering Raiders was made first and Short Round's character wasn't created until after the movie was made, but that doesn't excuse Spielberg from at least mentioning him in the third movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  I am not okay with that.

"If I had to guess, Indy probably just stuck him in a sweatshop somewhere and forgot all about him."