Indiana Jones ripoffs poll noms

I figure we can go multimedia here - movies, videogames, comics, tv - whatever.

Some obvious ones:

Romancing the Stone
Pitfall (2600 game)
Tomb Raider (taken as a whole)

The High Road to China (has anyone ever actually watched this?)

Jackie Chan's Eastern Condor/Armor of God

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

The Mummy/The Mummy Returns.

"Bring 'Em Back Alive" starring Bruce Boxleitner

Ultravox, Loves Great Adventure video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AqRnKyaL2CE

... more racist than i remembered

Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf

Goonies

I kinda want to put the P-Jax "Kong" in here, too

The giant insect scene on Skull Island was more Indy than anything in the new Indy.

that one terrible movie with Bill Maher in the Indy role

the indiana jones fanfic i wrote in 5th grade :/

http://www.waynesbooks.com/images/graphics/tsrij4.jpg

ducktales

http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/05/indy_fountainofyouth.jpg

Jeez, I just (kinda) remembered a movie with Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum that might almost qualify where they play mismatched globetrotting psychics on the trail of some funky treasure. Vibes, I think.

I have spent far too much of my life watching random shit on basic cable.

http://www.fast-rewind.com/vibes.htm

Aka: Secret of the Golden Pyramid

lol vibes

huh, vibes was directed by ken kwapis, who directed a bunch of freaks & geeks episodes

Oh shit, National Treasure, obv!

The Golden Child (Eddie Murphy IS Black Indy!)

Crocodile Dundee

the indiana jones fanfic i wrote in 5th grade :/

-- bell_labs, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:17 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

link?

Ultravox, Loves Great Adventure video

^Came her to say this. More 80s-ponytail-synthy than I remember.

haha i think it's located somewhere in the apple IIE in my parent's basement

I keep thinking "The Man Who Would Be King" - but that's bass ackwards

Treasure of the Four Crowns, which was also in 3-D.

That must be why I didn't encounter it on basic cable.

that one terrible movie with Bill Maher in the Indy role

-- Jordan, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:16 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Okay, I've checked IMDB, and I think it must be this:

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
... aka Jungle Heat (USA)
... aka Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (USA)

and I think it sounds like you're understating it when you say 'terrible.'

Sabre Wulf (Specccy game. Just a guy in the jungle though so maybe pushing it)
Rick Dangerous (Amiga game. Grade A ripoff. Made by the Tomb Raider guys!)

Serpent and the Rainbow?

the voodoo movie??

yup, that's the one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcxArNLHQ0

Ooh, text adventure game "Infidel"!

<img src=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Infidel_box_art.jpg>;

From imdb.com (not necessarily for this poll.)

"Punky Brewster" - Punky dresses as Indiana Jones, the lead character from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

"The A-Team" - Murdock wears a fedora and calls himself 'Pasadena' Murdock

Garfield's Feline Fantasies - The arrows hitting the stick, Garfield's "Step where I step" comment, his look as Odie reaches for the banana, the way the banana is displayed and the result as Odie takes the banana from the podium are similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark.

three from wikipedia, middle one is definitely stretching, haven't seen the others:

# Sydney Fox, a female archaeologist and martial arts expert, protagonist of the television series Relic Hunter.
# Malcolm Reynolds, spaceship captain in television series Firefly and its feature film continuation Serenity (Nathan Fillion tried to copy Harrison Ford's mannerisms)[32].
# Flynn Carsen, librarian and relic protector, played by Noah Wyle in the Librarian series of films.

> # Flynn Carsen, librarian and relic protector, played by Noah Wyle in the Librarian series of films.

I believe the correct expression is 'waht'

And yeah - I don't think I'll include brief tributes in other shows or whatever that aren't in and of themselves IJ rips. Like, there's a good one in an early episode of the Simpsons where Homer falls down the stairs after a fleeing Bart ala the rolling boulder scene in the original movie.

Murdock ftw

I always thought Malcolm Reynolds was much more, I dunno, Jack Ryan-ish...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412915
looks to be for the kids although plot keywords for the sequel:
Surprise Party | Archeological Dig | Mine | Babe Scientist | Adventurer

Jurassic Park

(Nathan Fillion tried to copy Harrison Ford's mannerisms)[32].

^^^ this is why i always thought this dude was so lame

Two Librarian sequels directed by and with Jonathan Frakes!

Does that deserve a ! or have I lost the plot

re: The Librarian

Bob Newhart. Kyle McLaughlin, Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis?

the "waht" factor is not decreasing!

Sahara, which is on TNT every weekend now, and is like a shot-by-shot remake of an Indy film.

Oh yeah, haven't seen that. Isn't the one with Aragorn as a mexican cowboy on a cross country race in the Middle East a qualifyer, too? It's another one I skipped.

The one with The Rock and Christopher Walken was pretty good, though.

Stargate: Daniel Jackson + Col O'Neil = Indy goes scifi. Kinda.

that ps3 game UNCHARTED: DRAKES FORTUNE

If Hidalgo counts than does any movie where the main character gets dirty and maybe wears a hat count? I nominate Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls as a Predator ripoff.

'alias' tried to work in a shitload of indiana jones-type crap.

> any movie where the main character gets dirty and maybe wears a hat

Lots of these movies don't have hats!

Good question though. I haven't seen Hidalgo, but isn't it also a 20s or 30s period piece? It should probably get another ripoff point for that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207919/

Relic Hunter

(oh, ledge already mentioned this, but hadn't seen it)

http://www.elitedvdngaming.com/images/uploads/gold_monk_promo.jpg

Loved Rick Dangerous!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW8B0dkjq4Q

lol i've seen that Noah Wyle Librarian movie - it is hilariously cheesy and awesome and fun. Lost fans: Penelope Widmore is also in this, in one scene she says "Get your own geek" and proceeds to beat up Kelly Hu.

Ooh, text adventure game "Infidel"!

<img src=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Infidel_box_art.jpg>;;

-- Oilyrags, Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:59 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SO ALL OVER THIS

And oh what a rip-off. Surprised Infocom was never sued.

http://www.theasylum.cc/images/posters/aq_large.jpg

The Quatermain stuff is kinda weird - it was hugely popular in its day, and is def. one of the giants of the pulp adventure lit. that begat the Saturday Matinee serials that begat I.J., but its current revival is undoubtedly exclusively due to the success of I.J.. So it's sort of both an inspiration and a ripoff. I'm going to rule that the revivals get a slot in the poll despite the chicken/egg question.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2003/lxg/downloads/quartermain_desktop_800.jpg

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/firewalker-box.jpg

^my 11 y/o birthday party

MacGyver

But Indie is a rip off of

DOC SAVAGE MAN OF BRONZE

http://bp0.blogger.com/_v0fV15P7uQo/Rmf77qtRYhI/AAAAAAAAAwA/BAlqLXMwRqI/s400/DOC+SAVAGE+MAG.JPG

MacGuyver? how so?

this dude on the History Channel:

http://www.hillel.org/NR/rdonlyres/FD50DFC5-37C2-4EDD-98E9-3C78B1C8FBEB/0/news_notable_06_011707.jpg

No doubt there's a little Doc Savage in Indy's veins, but also plenty of many many others - including Alan Quatermain, James Bond (I think the proximate cause of Spielberg's creation of I.J. was when he was turned down from directing a 007 flick), Dick Tracy, blahbhalhlarhlblka

Man, that guy in Roz' post looks like he got lost on his way to a Halloween party.

Indeed I just like writing DOC SAVAGE in caps.

xpost

also

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008OP4G.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

oops already been posted.

what the hell

DOC SAVAGE

http://www.hillel.org/NR/rdonlyres/FD50DFC5-37C2-4EDD-98E9-3C78B1C8FBEB/0/news_notable_06_011707.jpg

this guy is so annoying on his show

i've never seen his show but i know a number of a certain bookish female type who just adore him. the show (and him) looks kind of ridiculous, frankly.

he looks like a doooouche xp

Does he have a proper name or is his slot in the poll going to be "some knob who plays dress-up on the history channel"?

Actually, that would probably be better than a proper name.

would smash relic hunter

really cunt-her, more like, amirite?

xxx-post

He has this obnoxious faux-naif quality that makes me want to throw food at the tv.

"So Druids DIDN'T build Stonehenge?"

ducktales

-- bell_labs

ha i'm thinking tail spin

and rescue rangers for that matter

lol rescue rangers

http://www.juliestudio.com/rangers/intro.JPG

ducktales

-- bell_labs, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:19 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i used to think this when i was a kid but its actually the other way around - indy ripped off the carl barks donald duck comix they based duck tales on!

http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/photos/gamecovers/Boulderdash_II.jpg

lol

I think more than just a font is required. Here's a screengrab of the game:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/C64_Boulder_Dash.png

Uh...yeah.

donald duck had this game on genesis where you would shoot plungers and madness, it was fun but too easy

congo bongo

xxp BUT HE'S GOT A HAT AND TEH WHIP SEE!!! AND THE BOULDER AND THE CONVERSE TRAINERS

http://www.talespinhq.com/Layout/talespin.jpg

omg I totally forgot about Congo Bongo until just now

lol @ boulderdash

I keep thinking "The Man Who Would Be King" - but that's bass ackwards

That was my first thought too, maybe the poll could also include Indy precursors/influences. TMWWBK even has Sean Connery.

How on earth are Serpent and the Rainbow or Jurassic Park Indiana Jones ripoffs?

A scientist guy who makes his living studying really old things the usually digs up somewhere is tasked by some sorta mysterious rich dude to fly to some exotic location and check something out, and then all hell breaks loose and the dude has to use his academic expertise and good ol' grit to save the day. Plus he's grumpy and wears a hat. There's a pretty girl, a dude in leather, a British guy with a gun, some kids, off-road vehicles, jungles, deserts, and scary reptiles. The score was composed by John Williams and Steven Spielberg directed.

Now am I talking about an Indiana Jones movie or Jurassic Park?

metroid series

every shit template hollywood action movie ever

Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) "in 3-D"

A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.

http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/media/fourcrowns.jpg

That was so bad but so cool. There was another one called Metalstorm which was just bad, and not on topic here.

A scientist guy who makes his living studying really old things the usually digs up somewhere is tasked by some sorta mysterious rich dude to fly to some exotic location and check something out, and then all hell breaks loose and the dude has to use his academic expertise and good ol' grit to save the day. Plus he's grumpy and wears a hat. There's a pretty girl, a dude in leather, a British guy with a gun, some kids, off-road vehicles, jungles, deserts, and scary reptiles.

Okay, maybe the premise of JP and Indiana Jones is kinda similar, but what happens after that is totally different. For example, in IJ the "scary reptiles" are the basis of one or two scenes, whereas in JP they're the whole point of the movie. Based on this any adventure film with a grumpy, academic hero could be called an Indy rip-off.

Anyway, I'd like to nominate Da Vinci Code as an Indy ripoff, I think it's much closer to the IJ movies:
- both feature an academic hero who's specialized in ancient mysteries,
- both take place in exotic locations with a cultural history signifigance,
- both are about the search of legendary objects in religious mythology and, more specifically, the Holy Grail,
- both feature the protagonists unlocking secret codes in order to reveal the mystery,
- in both the protagonists are against members of a powerful organization (Nazis, the Catholic Church) which also has an interest in the mysterical object they are after.

ok well im super drunk right now after playing bass in an awesome metal show and i have a hot chick waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: ENORMOUS UNRELATED RANT REMOVED

Indiana Tom and the Nu Banning Style?

you have a hot chick waiting for you in bed? yet you choose to post a hefty sized ramble on ilx instead.

poor you

I tried playing Indy:Fate Of Atlantis on my amiga emu the other day, after the initial disappointment of it being in French I played until I was bored of Indy falling through holes and generally being just a clumsy idiot accidentally discovering the way forward.

Does it get better?

yea that game rox

torrent the CD version w/voices

does ladyhawke count

does the da vinci code have hats?

I dunno from Ladyhawke. Isn't that the one with Ferris Beuller and Fake Zatoichi who turns into a wolf? If it is, I'm thinking prob. not.

But Hudson Hawk? Mmmmmmaybe.

Remo Williams?

Well, it's definitely got the inexplicible first-name plus common as dirt last name thing going on.

Ultimately it's following a different adventure archetype, upon reflection.

(actually I just like bringing this movie up why because it look intersting)

Yeah, I was thinking it's more James Bond than Indy.

James Bond + Karate Kid = Remo Williams

Sounds about right.

Indy ripped off the carl barks donald duck comix they based duck tales on!

Hell, Indy pretty much rips from Tintin too.

And if we're adding in The DaVinci Code, then we might as well add The Name Of The Rose and Brotherhood Of The Wolf

guys the davinci code rips it off from a totally different source, get it straight

so many elements taken from Last Crusade tho

I'm thinking I'll whittle this down to 20-25 options. No need to make it like the football jersey poll.

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Nobody said Tusker, and so I claim my five pounds!

http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/xype/tusker.gif

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I should have it up tonight. Been busy with work. Can you believe the GALL of those people?

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