Question: Best Indiana Jones knockoff

[Motorik]

I've seen that! It was fun. I should watch it again.

while we're on the pulpy theme I also quite enjoyed The Shadow with Alec Baldwin and Tim Curry chewing the scenery.

 

[Motorik]

Depends on your definition of knockoff...


How about this one?


The only thing I remember about National Treasure was the torture my bladder endured after being tricked by multiple false endings. I finally decided I had enough and made a run for the restroom, and missed the actual ending.

Bring 'em Back Alive was in the same timeslot as 'Tales of the Golden Monkey, on a different channel.

I had to choose between them, and mostly went with Golden Monkey. I'd be curious to watch both shows again, see if they up in any way today.

 

[Motorik]

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This may be the best reply.

 

[mongooz]

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Bring 'em Back Alive was in the same timeslot as 'Tales of the Golden Monkey, on a different channel.

I had to choose between them, and mostly went with Golden Monkey. I'd be curious to watch both shows again, see if they up in any way today.

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[Denverdave]

I'll go with the Mummy series. Great entertainment....

 

[rickenvox]

This one too

 

[Flamencology]

This one too

You might like this one, though it isn’t as good as The English Patient or DuckTales:

 

[rickenvox]

You might like this one, though it isn’t as good as The English Patient or DuckTales:

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Great movie despite being wholly derivative of Indiana Jones

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Isn't Indiana Jones a knockoff of some of the movies mentioned here, or at least a knockoff the source material for those movies?

 

[Flamencology]

Isn't Indiana Jones a knockoff of some of the movies mentioned here, or at least a knockoff the source material for those movies?

I would say not. ‘Influenced by’ is not the same thing as being a knockoff. Not even remakes necessarily are.

 

[Jbird]

If I remember rightly, Lucas based Indiana Jones on some of the adventure movies of the silent and early 'talkie' movies eras.

 

[Tralfaz]

Bring 'em Back Alive was in the same timeslot as 'Tales of the Golden Monkey, on a different channel.

I had to choose between them, and mostly went with Golden Monkey. I'd be curious to watch both shows again, see if they up in any way today.

I didn't know they were in the same timeslot, but at the time I lived in a city with only one network TV station, so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

 

[Flamencology]

If I remember rightly, Lucas based Indiana Jones on some of the adventure movies of the silent and early 'talkie' movies eras.

Off by a bit. Late-30s through the 50s. Lots of matinee stuff, as well as Gunga Din and Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

And it’s also got stuff like Lawrence of Arabia, as hinted at above. And stuff like James Bond. And it’s got Nazis. And it’s also funny.

It’s a great cocktail.

 

[Motorik]

Isn't Indiana Jones a knockoff of some of the movies mentioned here, or at least a knockoff the source material for those movies?

With the exception of Lawrence of Arabia, every film or TV show previously mentioned in this thread came after Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

 

[GusChiggins]

This one too

 

[Devil is Dill]

 

[Motorik]

And this!

 

[rickenvox]

 

[Tralfaz]