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Gilles V

10-22-2000, 03:51 PM

We all know that Indiana Jones is based on the old saturday matinee serials and movies. There's a reference to "Citizen Kane" at the end of the film but there are more!
There's even a reference to "The Maltese Falcon" in the Last Crusade and Infernal Machine adventure games.
In the Last Crusade they refer to John Ford's westerns (see beginning of film) and in Young Indy's Adventures the old Indy looks exactly like the older John Ford himself.

Who knows more of these references? Let's throw them all on the table!

duknewyork

10-22-2000, 06:39 PM

Well, I'm not sure about this, but I think that there is some reference to the Bible in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I can't remeber where I heard this exactly, but I think its true.

Indy Canuck

10-22-2000, 08:45 PM

I know there's a reference to "The Maltese Faclon" in the game "Fate of Atlantis".

In Omar's house you can pick up a black bird statue, which Indy'll claim "it's the stuff dreams are made of!" when he looks at it.

Crusader

10-23-2000, 07:52 PM

A similar falcon can be seen in Indy's office. in Last Crusade the graphic adventure. The "what-is" describes it as a : "thousand-year-old falcon". Thousand years as in "millenium" ;-) However, it looks much like the one in Atlantis, and of cours elike the actual "Maltese Falcon"

In my opinion, though, the best references are the ones to the Indy films themselves! The famous swordfighters/empty holster scene in Temple of Doom as a reference to Raiders (accompanied by a brief rendition of the Basket Game, actual score of the Raiders scene) and the Ark inscription in the catacombs, in Last Crusade, also under the presence of the Ark Theme.

...P.S. Now, this is not a reference to an actual film, but the motorcycle duel between Indy/Henry's tricycle and the German biker, especially at the scene where Indy grabs a flag post and uses it against him, is much like an actual knights' joust! Almost every classical film with a medieval setting, contains a joust scene...

Col. Musgrove

10-29-2000, 07:11 PM

The letters on Jock's plane, OB-CPO, refer to Obi-Wan Kenobi & C-3PO. 3PO and R2-D2 are on the walls of the Well of the Souls. The night club in Temple of Doom is Club Obi Wan, in blue neon letters like Obi-Wan's lightsaber. I've never seen it, but I've heard about 2-1B, the Rebel Alliance's medical droid who gives Luke a fake hand, is seen in the warehouse gunfight in Mystery of the Blues. Michael Sheard, the German sub commander and Hitler, plays Admiral Ozzel in Empire. Julian Glover who plays Donovan is also plays General Veers in Empire. Harrison Ford plays somebody or other in both of those series.

Can anybody think of any other Star Wars references I forgot?

Jawad M

10-30-2000, 04:10 AM

If you have seen Chicken Run, you will see two Indiana Jones references in the film. Both of these references the main character Ginger is shown as Indiana Jones. The film comes to Video and DVD on November 21st. So if you haven't seen it do check it out.

Jawad

Aaron H

08-24-2001, 01:39 PM

Let's see...who wants to post a reply?

QueZTone

08-24-2001, 02:17 PM

a great scene (prolly one of the funniest) of the Simpsons where Bart acts like a real jones trying to get money from Homer's room...you have to have seen this one! Great when the garage door closes and the Raiders March is thrown into play in its full glory! Wonderful, almost as good as Indy swinging a vine and then dropping in the water :D

tall square

08-25-2001, 11:51 AM

In the Fate of Atlantis, if you make Indy look at the things on the shelf in his office, one of the things he says references another Harrison Ford movie, Regarding Henry.

Indyz Azn Gurl

08-30-2001, 07:36 PM

But I came from school, walking in the rain, and I was wet, and exhausted.

So, I dried myself off and changed I plopped on the couch and just rested for a while.

Ok, and my brother watches "Pokémon" and I heard a LC reference, that woke me up.

The lead character I think he's name is "Ash" or something, he told them villians Team whatever "That belongs in a museum!" and he pointed to some weird trophy.

tall square

08-30-2001, 07:48 PM

There is also a big reference to Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the Infernal Machine, but we've already discussed this, I think.

Finn

08-31-2001, 04:37 AM

Here´s one from the Empire Strikes Back:
In a scene before Han Solo leaves the echo base in order to find Luke, there´s a short shot in where we can see a bullwhip on his side..!
---
Imagine why...

GWRedwall

08-31-2001, 08:17 PM

I thought the Star Wars movies were made before the Indy movies though.. :confused: Maybe I'm mistaken...

GWRedwall

08-31-2001, 08:19 PM

But can someone tell me what the references in Chicken Run are? That movie is so funny.. but I haven't noticed the references...

DutchIndy

09-01-2001, 03:42 AM

The Big Boulder scene in Raiders was "borrowed" of a "Daonald Duck" cartoon. Some time later (after Raiders) it was used again in "Ducktales".
There are many tv-series, games and movies that used Indy stuff. In "Monkey Island" Guybrush says: It belongs in a museum. And in Infernal Machines, you can play as guybrush. (F10 makemeapirate). These are only lucas ref's, but there are many, many, many more!
In "Bobby's World", there are some episodes that Bobby dreams of being Indy.
Anyway, there are mucho ref's!

-Dutch

Sacred Goor

09-01-2001, 04:25 AM

I may be wrong about this, but in TOD, Indy's entrance in the Club Ob-Wan is a dead ringer for Bogart's first appearance as Rick in Casablanca.

Hand in pocket, walks down stairs, white tux etc.?

Any ideas?

Cheers

Gilles V

09-01-2001, 11:37 AM

Damn, I think you're right.
Have written it down so I wouldn't have to remember.

tall square

09-05-2001, 07:29 PM

I was just watching this commercial for some auto repair company (Midas, perhaps), and this repairman climbs under a moving car to check out the bottom. The way he does it looks a lot like Indy in Raiders.

Indyz Azn Gurl

09-05-2001, 07:33 PM

:rolleyes:
Ya'll probably seen this but...

Remember that dumb new Pukémon game??

Well, there was that guy dressed exactly like Indy.

But they made Indiana Jones looks dumb when he told the other guys "just help me push" but it said to "pull". :p

tall square

09-06-2001, 05:13 PM

and noticed that in a couple of scenes (the hospital and the pub), a man with a fedora is standing next to Jack Ryan (Harrison). I figured it had to be an Indy reference.

Harrison trivia from the same movie: Right before Jack Ryan is assaulted on the street (the scene before his wife's car is crashed), the first scene where you see him walking he is in front of a street sign that says Hanover St. (Hanover Street was an early HF film)

westford

09-12-2001, 06:40 AM

In "Sam and Max Hit the Road" Sam steals the short guy's wig in a somewhat Indy-esque fashion.
And has anyone seen the guy dressed as Indy in the Phantom Menace? He's supposedly in the race crowd, but I've never spotted him.

Aaron H

09-12-2001, 06:58 AM

I saw that one too...but I can't seem to find it. I was never really proven that it was Indy. But it sure looked like him!

Aaron H

09-12-2001, 07:03 AM

I found it!
http://www.theforce.net/episode1/newspics/hidden_indy.JPG

Thanks to our friends at TheForce.Net for the photo!

Finn

09-12-2001, 08:06 AM

Cool... BTW, looks like there´s another guy Lucas empire created in that pic too...

DutchIndy

09-12-2001, 08:28 AM

Grimm?
Cool pic BTW!

Finn

09-12-2001, 08:30 AM

I think that´s Manny... (from Grim Fandango).

DutchIndy

09-12-2001, 08:34 AM

Yep, that's who I meant.

Finn

09-12-2001, 08:39 AM

Right.

Indyz Azn Gurl

09-12-2001, 04:07 PM

Sabrina VS. a Pirate

The pirate was doing the fancy sword stuff but Sabrina just rolled her eyes, pointed her finger and caged that pirate. ;)

Indyz Azn Gurl

09-13-2001, 07:03 PM

After Michelle was found at Disney World and they went at all the rides and stuff.

DJ kept imagining her boyfriend, Steve was like everywhere.
Of course...
She imagined Steve was...
Indiana Jones. ;)

************************************************************
Drew Carey Show...
(I know I said it once...why not again?? ;))

Drew went to his uncle's funeral and his uncle was like a MOVIE FANATIC!
His room was full of movies props and all.

Lewis saw the "Ark of the Covnent" prop, went over to it...
Lifted the top and all these mists started to foam out.
Lewis had Belloq's reaction and said..."It's beautiful!!!" Then pretended to melt and slowly went down to the ground, popped back up and was drinking a beer!

LOL!

westford

09-14-2001, 03:18 PM

Thanks Aaron, I might get some sleep tonight - lol!

Indyz Azn Gurl

09-24-2001, 06:45 PM

Hmm...
Don't really remember seeing this ep, but I just found it. ;)

Gabrielle in Indy's clothes. ;)
http://www.klio.net/XENA/xenapixf/SCROLLS/scroll05-GunMoll.jpg

And no Ameera, I didn't post "Xena". ;)

Basil

09-25-2001, 10:06 PM

*snicker, snicker*

I plead the fifth...

Finn

10-16-2001, 09:21 AM

I read the book again some time ago, and in the moment where Pitt and Giordino find the lost ship in the middle of the jungle, there was an Indy reference.

Giordino throws a smoke torch down from the helicopter to that place where the ship is and says:
"X marks the spot."

DutchIndy

10-16-2001, 12:28 PM

X markes the spot is a VERY OLD, Adventure cliche. It was a joke in LC. A great joke;)

Indy Banzai

10-16-2001, 03:01 PM

Train scene:

After Silent Bob throws one of the guys off the train, he jerks his thumb at him and says:

"No TICKET!"

Tessa

10-16-2001, 06:29 PM

There was a comic strip that was Indiana Jones related just recently. I believe it was posted at Indyfan...

*trying to think*

My brain is fried!!! ARGH!!!

All I remember these characters were fish, sad I know.....

Roscoe Mathieu

10-17-2001, 02:01 AM

I noticed, of ALL THINGS, a Graduate reference (or, more precisely, a Simon & Garfunkel reference) in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

On the bulletin board (and remember, this is set in 1937), among calls for roommates, cars and typewriters for sale, and other such goodies, is one note with the words:
"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?"

Which is from the last verse of Simon & Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson, one of the songs from The Graduate.

...

Also, did anyone else notice the peculiar number of Monkey Island 1 references in the latter half of the game?
Sure, everyone knows about the death message about Indy holding his breath, but did you consider:
Guybrush transporting the acidic grog to melt a lock = Indy transporting the battery acid to melt a safe?
Guybrush using the Navigator's Head to find his way to the heart of the catacombs below Monkey Island = Indy using the Orchlarium Detector fish to find his way to the heart of the Laberinth?

Aaron H

10-17-2001, 06:37 AM

Welcome to the Raven Roscoe!

GWRedwall

10-17-2001, 02:14 PM

There's another reference in the cartoon show "Doug". The main character, Doug, often imagines himself as some strange guy with a fedora, leather jackett, and whip, and he imagines his best friend in Arabian clothes... :)

[also, he imagines himself as a Bond-ish super spy]

Finn

10-18-2001, 12:03 PM

In the part of Inca Gold where Pitt & Co find the stone devil, and the treasure cave, Dr. Shannon says that she will go first, and Giordino replies:

"It´s OK for me. As long as it´s somebody else than me who sets off the traps which the incas have set in the Cave of Doom..."

And Pitt says: "Don´t care of him. He´s been watching too much Indiana Jones movies."

[Edited by FinnJones on 10-18-2001 at 01:05 PM]

Indyz Azn Gurl

11-05-2001, 08:13 PM

westford

11-06-2001, 11:27 AM

I caught the end of a really bad kids TV show the other day. Basically they had a bunch of kids doing stupid challenges in a fake jungle, and the presenter was dressed like Indy. It was on ITV in the UK, so you lucky Americans won't have the misfortune of seeing it.
And then I saw an advert (for a new pokemon computer game - uh, like the world needs another one!?) that so wanted to be Raiders. I wasn't impressed.

Indyz Azn Gurl

11-06-2001, 07:37 PM

Yeah, I saw that one westford. :p

Attila the Professor

11-07-2002, 07:46 PM

I was on a plane ride to Japan, and they had TV's on the seat backs. On of these shows was this really odd Japanese game show, with lots of crazy stunts, like giant log rolling and going through mazes with these 2 big guys chasing you. So anyway, there was this one stunt where people had to hold on to the round cylinder that was very big (would need about 5 arms length to reach around it), and they were playing a techno version of the Raiders March. That was cool.

And in Northeast Ohio, outside of Cleveland, there's these 2 guys, Big Chuck and Little John, who do one of those late-night movie things (some of you other Americans may have heard of Ghoulardi - they used to work with him). In addition to showing the movies, they do lots of skits, like a Western series about the Kielbasi Kid, and lots of other funny stuff. So, one of their skits series is Cuyahoga Jones and the Castle of Doom, with Big Chuck playing Cuyahoga Jones, and Little John playing Short Stuff, with a Cleveland Indians baseball cap. They play the Raiders March and the Ark theme (again, one of those weird techno/rock-type versions) and the villain wears a pith helmet, and they're trying to get this Kapushka Diamond that looks like a small disco ball. I'll tell you one of the gags, if anyone wants to hear anymore, I will.
Cuyahoga and Short Stuff need some rope to get inside the castle, but they only have $5 when they need $10. They come across this guy in the middle of a field (dressed as a Red Baron-type), who gives thrill rides on his glider to anyone who pays him $5. If they don't scream, he pays them $10. So, they get in the plane (Cuyahoga sits with the pilot in the seat, and Short Stuff sits on the wing), and they show a glider doing some fancy flying. The glider lands, and the pilot pays Cuyahoga, and this exchange follows:
Pilot: Well, you're real tough mister, here's your 10 bucks. I was sure I could get you to scream.
Cuyahoga: Well, you almost got me one time.
Pilot: When was that?
Cuyahoga: When Short Stuff fell out of the plane.

The pilot breaks the fourth wall, and the skit ends with Short Stuff falling through the air, and the announcer saying some sort of "Oh no, gang! What will happen to Cuyahoga and Short Stuff! Tune in next week, for the next installment of Cuyahoga Jones and the Castle of Doom", as they show the title in the familiar Indy script.

The jokes are kind of corny, and a lot of things are based on old jokes, but its actually pretty good. They have fight scenes, traps, a rope bridge, a chase, a desert, natives, a real big Pat Roach type of guy, and some other stuff - not bad.

Indy 4

11-07-2002, 08:00 PM

Anyone seen the Magnum P.I. episode, where Tom Selleck the orginal "Indy" before Harrison Ford was cast. In the show titled "Raiders of the Lost Art", Selleck is dressed in a fedora, jacket, and tan safari shirt. In it he dodges traps at the beginning in a Polynesian temple in a jungle. He fights some enemy agents in a bar, and a guy named Symthe is a copy of none other than Belloq. The whole episode was a reflection of Raiders, almost an exact copy. I personally think it was Tom Selleck wanting also to do a role he wished he could have done.
Tom Selleck is a very good actor, but Harrison Ford will always be the actor who made Indiana Jones. No other actor could fill the part like Ford.

thefumegator

11-07-2002, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by Indyz Azn Gurl
Drew Carey Show...
(I know I said it once...why not again?? ;))

Drew went to his uncle's funeral and his uncle was like a MOVIE FANATIC!
His room was full of movies props and all.

Lewis saw the "Ark of the Covnent" prop, went over to it...
Lifted the top and all these mists started to foam out.
Lewis had Belloq's reaction and said..."It's beautiful!!!" Then pretended to melt and slowly went down to the ground, popped back up and was drinking a beer!

LOL!

Originally posted by Indy4
Magnum P.I. had a MAJOR Indy reference

Anyone seen the Magnum P.I. episode, where Tom Selleck the orginal "Indy" before Harrison Ford was cast. In the show titled "Raiders of the Lost Art", Selleck is dressed in a fedora, jacket, and tan safari shirt. In it he dodges traps at the beginning in a Polynesian temple in a jungle. He fights some enemy agents in a bar, and a guy named Symthe is a copy of none other than Belloq. The whole episode was a reflection of Raiders, almost an exact copy. I personally think it was Tom Selleck wanting also to do a role he wished he could have done. Tom Selleck is a very good actor, but Harrison Ford will always be the actor who made Indiana Jones. No other actor could fill the part like Ford.

Does anyone know where we could find either of these? I would REALLY like to see them. If someone resourceful could get clips of them, maybe we could get them posted on TR.N

Cheers,
Wes

Indyfan82

11-08-2002, 09:22 AM

Hey,
this is in reply to duknewyork. Yeah, I know it was the 2nd. post on this thread. But I just had to reply to that big time understatement.

"Well, I'm not sure about this, but I think that there is some reference to the Bible in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I can't remeber where I heard this exactly, but I think its true."

some reference?!?! Yeah, there's one or two references to the Bible in Raiders!!!!! :-)

Well first off, the fact that Indiana Jones is looking for The Ark of the Covenant is a reference. Obviously, it's a Biblical artifact that the Israelites carried around. This Ark contained the presence of God and the Ark was kept in a special section of the temple. The temple was actually a big tent and was broken up into different sections. There was the courtyard and then the section with the gold altar and the altar of burnt offerings. And in the innermost section, which was called the Holy of Holies, the Ark of the Covenant was kept, and the presence of God inhabited it. The Israelites had poles to carry the Ark around with, just as God had instructed them. No one was to touch the Ark because God resided in it. There is an account in the Bible of Uzzah, a man who died because he reached out to straighten the Ark as it was being carried on a donkey to Jerusalem. Of course, God was angry at the way His Ark was being moved, as it was in direct disobedience to His Word.
This is the same reason why Belloq and anyone looking at the Ark got consumed in the movie. Let me clarify that. That's the reason portrayed in the movie. I can't say that God always works in that manner, but He certainly can if He chooses to. I know He definitely punishes sin though. You can read through Exodus chapters 25-40 for more about the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle(or the Tent of Meeting or the temple)
The Ark comes up a good few times in the Old Testament. Marcus mentions that the Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to areas. He also claims that the army that carries the Ark before it is invincible. Of course, this was done for dramatic effect in the movie, but it's not totally true.
Of course, the Israelites won in battles, but it was not because of the Ark. It was because they trusted in God to win their battles for them and He did. There was a time when Israel carried the Ark into a war they were losing and God did not grant them victory because they were in sin. Instead, the Ark got captured by the Philistines, who put the Ark in the temple of their god dagon. The statue of their god kept falling down and breaking in front of the Ark. God sent a sickness on the Philistines and finally they returned the Ark.
It was the power of God that defeated the other armies and Israel's trust in Him that brought about the victories. That's why Israel seemed to be invincible, because their God is invincible and as long as they followed and obeyed Him, He would protect them.

Anyway, remember that while the Ark of the Covenant is a real artifact in the Bible, the movies don't always portray everything exactly right. Check out the book of Exodus and 1 Samuel chapters 4-7 for more details on the Ark and for the complete story of the Philistines capturing the Ark and returning it. Also, the account of Uzzah's death can be found in 2 Samuel chapter 6.

All these accounts in the Bible obviously helped inspire some of the scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark. So remember, the movie was great, but the Book is always better! Read the Book!

Attila the Professor

11-09-2002, 02:37 PM

Originally posted by Indyfan82
Hey,
this is in reply to duknewyork. Yeah, I know it was the 2nd. post on this thread. But I just had to reply to that big time understatement.

"Well, I'm not sure about this, but I think that there is some reference to the Bible in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I can't remeber where I heard this exactly, but I think its true."

some reference?!?! Yeah, there's one or two references to the Bible in Raiders!!!!! :-)

Well first off, the fact that Indiana Jones is looking for The Ark of the Covenant is a reference. Obviously, it's a Biblical artifact that the Israelites carried around. This Ark contained the presence of God and the Ark was kept in a special section of the temple. The temple was actually a big tent and was broken up into different sections. There was the courtyard and then the section with the gold altar and the altar of burnt offerings. And in the innermost section, which was called the Holy of Holies, the Ark of the Covenant was kept, and the presence of God inhabited it. The Israelites had poles to carry the Ark around with, just as God had instructed them. No one was to touch the Ark because God resided in it. There is an account in the Bible of Uzzah, a man who died because he reached out to straighten the Ark as it was being carried on a donkey to Jerusalem. Of course, God was angry at the way His Ark was being moved, as it was in direct disobedience to His Word.
This is the same reason why Belloq and anyone looking at the Ark got consumed in the movie. Let me clarify that. That's the reason portrayed in the movie. I can't say that God always works in that manner, but He certainly can if He chooses to. I know He definitely punishes sin though. You can read through Exodus chapters 25-40 for more about the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle(or the Tent of Meeting or the temple)
The Ark comes up a good few times in the Old Testament. Marcus mentions that the Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to areas. He also claims that the army that carries the Ark before it is invincible. Of course, this was done for dramatic effect in the movie, but it's not totally true.
Of course, the Israelites won in battles, but it was not because of the Ark. It was because they trusted in God to win their battles for them and He did. There was a time when Israel carried the Ark into a war they were losing and God did not grant them victory because they were in sin. Instead, the Ark got captured by the Philistines, who put the Ark in the temple of their god dagon. The statue of their god kept falling down and breaking in front of the Ark. God sent a sickness on the Philistines and finally they returned the Ark.
It was the power of God that defeated the other armies and Israel's trust in Him that brought about the victories. That's why Israel seemed to be invincible, because their God is invincible and as long as they followed and obeyed Him, He would protect them.

Anyway, remember that while the Ark of the Covenant is a real artifact in the Bible, the movies don't always portray everything exactly right. Check out the book of Exodus and 1 Samuel chapters 4-7 for more details on the Ark and for the complete story of the Philistines capturing the Ark and returning it. Also, the account of Uzzah's death can be found in 2 Samuel chapter 6.

All these accounts in the Bible obviously helped inspire some of the scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark. So remember, the movie was great, but the Book is always better! Read the Book!

Yes, the Bible is excellent. But I think the original post was meant to be sarcastic.

There are a few instances where the film turns out better than the book - High Noon is an excellent example, as is The Wizard of Oz.

Sir Flinders Petrie

11-09-2002, 05:55 PM

Sarcasm should be taught in schools.

Jastro_Indy

04-26-2003, 06:41 AM

Atilla, i think that you're infamous Japanese Show is called 'Takeshi's Castle'.
It's on the British 'SKY Digital' Channel 'CHALLENGE'

They play the Raiders March quite a lot on that show.

Funny though, because they fire plastic cannon balls at the peoples......

Another Pokemon reference though, my friend watches it:

The rival guy wears the Indy clothes and carries a whip in one episode about digging for pokemon.

Cuyahoga Boru

05-11-2003, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by Attila the Professor

And in Northeast Ohio, outside of Cleveland, there's these 2 guys, Big Chuck and Little John, who do one of those late-night movie things (some of you other Americans may have heard of Ghoulardi - they used to work with him). In addition to showing the movies, they do lots of skits, like a Western series about the Kielbasi Kid, and lots of other funny stuff. So, one of their skits series is Cuyahoga Jones and the Castle of Doom, with Big Chuck playing Cuyahoga Jones, and Little John playing Short Stuff, with a Cleveland Indians baseball cap. They play the Raiders March and the Ark theme (again, one of those weird techno/rock-type versions) and the villain wears a pith helmet, and they're trying to get this Kapushka Diamond that looks like a small disco ball. I'll tell you one of the gags, if anyone wants to hear anymore, I will.
Cuyahoga and Short Stuff need some rope to get inside the castle, but they only have $5 when they need $10. They come across this guy in the middle of a field (dressed as a Red Baron-type), who gives thrill rides on his glider to anyone who pays him $5. If they don't scream, he pays them $10. So, they get in the plane (Cuyahoga sits with the pilot in the seat, and Short Stuff sits on the wing), and they show a glider doing some fancy flying. The glider lands, and the pilot pays Cuyahoga, and this exchange follows:
Pilot: Well, you're real tough mister, here's your 10 bucks. I was sure I could get you to scream.
Cuyahoga: Well, you almost got me one time.
Pilot: When was that?
Cuyahoga: When Short Stuff fell out of the plane.

The pilot breaks the fourth wall, and the skit ends with Short Stuff falling through the air, and the announcer saying some sort of "Oh no, gang! What will happen to Cuyahoga and Short Stuff! Tune in next week, for the next installment of Cuyahoga Jones and the Castle of Doom", as they show the title in the familiar Indy script.

The jokes are kind of corny, and a lot of things are based on old jokes, but its actually pretty good. They have fight scenes, traps, a rope bridge, a chase, a desert, natives, a real big Pat Roach type of guy, and some other stuff - not bad.
Having grown up just west of Cleveland I remember this series of skits very well. They did these just about the same time Temple came out. This was also one of the inspirations for my screen name. Very cool! Glad I'm not the only one around here that remembers them.

Attila the Professor

05-11-2003, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by Cuyahoga Boru
Having grown up just west of Cleveland I remember this series of skits very well. They did these just about the same time Temple came out. This was also one of the inspirations for my screen name. Very cool! Glad I'm not the only one around here that remembers them. [/B]

Hmmm...how about that...good to nice another Indy/Big Chuck and Little John fan...you don't see too many of those. And welcome to the Raven, the uh, place that dreams are made of.

Marion

05-19-2003, 02:57 PM

I dont know if this has been mentioned yet but in Rush hour two when they are trying to get the detonater it is like TOD when they are trying to get the antidote

Guff Puff

05-29-2003, 04:13 PM

2 references (both on kids things)

1. On the Rugrats movie, we see at the beginning the babies dressed as archologists trying to reach the treasure (the cookies) while playing the Indy Jones theme.

2. On Sabrina (my sis was watching it) Sabrina does a spell to make either Jack or Harvey (can't remember which) to be a bit more adventurous, he walks in the door dressed as Indy and whips Sabrina to drag her closer to him.

Marion

06-01-2003, 05:33 PM

I don't know if any of you guys have sen this movie "The Transporter" or not but anyway there is a truck scene in it very much like the one in Raiders. Its practically a copy with him going under the truck then flinging the guy out trying to get control of it. It was an all right movie but I encourage you to get it and watch that part at least. Its garunteed that you will have a good laugh at the similarities.

00Kevin

06-01-2003, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by Marion
I don't know if any of you guys have sen this movie "The Transporter" or not but anyway there is a truck scene in it very much like the one in Raiders. Its practically a copy with him going under the truck then flinging the guy out trying to get control of it. It was an all right movie but I encourage you to get it and watch that part at least. Its garunteed that you will have a good laugh at the similarities.

I thought the same thing, though I'ld call it a rip-off!!

the scene is basically a combonation of of the raiders truck chase and the truck chase from "License to Kill"

in LTK, bond gets a ride in a small plane and drops onto the top of the tanker truck. the main bad guy and a left hand man are in the back seat of a car nearby, the main baddie shoots at bond with the gun and misses. bond hops in the drivers seat and throws the driver out, and thus begins a huge great chase, 1000000000x better then in "the transporter"

in the transporter: the guy hitches a ride on a small plane (holding the pilot at gun point) and jumps down on top of the truck, the baddies shoot at him and miss. he gets in the drivers seat and disposed of the driver......

raider: at one point, indy notices nazis on the side of the truck via the side view mirror...then a nazi, holding onto the door, falls off onto the street......later a nazi jumps in the front seat and throws indy out the front, indy climbs around the underside of the truck, he then climbs up the back and around the side and returns the favor.....

tansporter: back to the guy, he notices a man in the mirror, the man jumps in and they fight, the bad guy throws the good guy out the front, good guy climbs around the underside then up the side, he goes to the front, eventually the foe falls off the door or something.

the transporter chase was not an exciting chase for me as it was, even worse because I kept being distraced by all the rip-off action and I couldn't enjoy it.........

Pale Horse

06-02-2003, 06:58 AM

In the trueset of Indy adventures, I was dragged by a truck leaving high school. I will glorify a rather simple event, really.

I had lept into the back of a friends pickup to speed out to lunch, when I dropped my books off the side. As I reached over the edge of the bed to grab my fallen books, my buddy floored it to get the truck out into the intersection. The momentum propelled me over the tailgate, and for some unknown reason, I was able to hold on to the bumper as he drove down the street. After what seemed like forever, (but was probably only a half a block or so)I let go and rolled to a stop in the middle of a 4 lane street, road rash and all. He never looked in the window to see if I was there.

To bad I didn't get back in and throw him out the windshield.

Marion

06-03-2003, 07:13 PM

I am so glad that we are on the same page!!!!!

Nox

06-03-2003, 08:41 PM

To add another reference... Dexter's Laboratory, a show on Cartoon Network, has a parody episode of the beginning of Raiders. Dexter has to get some nuclear core type thing from his sister's room and it duplicates nearly all of the traps - a window that when passed releases candy canes, a doll to replace the nuclear core thing, a giant ball of yarn that rolls down, etc.

Rumpled Fedora

06-05-2003, 07:08 PM

On a cartoon called Jackie Chan Adventures, a villian with a whip tries to snatch a necklace that Jackie Chan found in a tomb. When this happens Jackie Chan says "This artifact belongs in a museum!"

grumpus

06-11-2003, 07:37 PM

i dont know if anyone has anwsered this but where is the picture of R2-D2 in Raiders, what scene is it.

00Kevin

06-12-2003, 05:47 AM

there is an R2 on the wall of the map room....or was it the well of souls.....................something...

grumpus

06-30-2003, 12:56 PM

I know this is a old thread but yesterday "Power Rangers the movie" was on and some time in it their animal spirit things fly around them just like in the end of raiders, expect they dont all die.

Pale Horse

07-08-2003, 09:15 AM

"The Scorpion King" recreated the rolling gong from TOD almost exactally.

Attila the Professor

07-19-2003, 06:59 PM

The 1939 film Only Angels Have Wings, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Thomas Mitchell, is about an air mail service in Peru. The story begins in a fictional Peruvian city named...Barranca.

Something tells me the name of Indy's first treacherous guide probably isn't a coincidence.

IndyKate

05-06-2008, 06:41 PM

Having grown up just west of Cleveland I remember this series of skits very well. They did these just about the same time Temple came out. This was also one of the inspirations for my screen name. Very cool! Glad I'm not the only one around here that remembers them.

I LOVED those skits! They're one of the only things I miss about Cleveland.

indyflys_solo

05-10-2008, 10:03 AM

Stoo

05-10-2008, 10:20 AM

In the Mark Bros. movie "Duck Soup" (one of the best political satires I've ever seen), Chico is told by Groucho to go out on the battlefield and win a war. Chico retorts that he won't go out, not unless he's in one of those "big armored things that go up and down." Groucho says "Tanks?" to which Chico responds "You're welcome."
In Last Crusade, the Sultan of Hatay's "...horses, camels, desert vehicles, provisions, and tanks," and Donavan's "You're welcome" are Lucas and Spielberg's homage to the real movies of the 30s... ;)Awesome find, indflys_solo!:cool: :up:

You should post the info in this thread, too, for the skeptics on there:
http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?t=13828

jonesissparrow

05-10-2008, 10:52 PM

I never actually realized how apt Henry Sr.'s "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers!" line was until I actaully watched a few Marx Bros. films. Funny to think that Henry had probably gone to the theatre and seen those movies too...
In the Mark Bros. movie "Duck Soup" (one of the best political satires I've ever seen), Chico is told by Groucho to go out on the battlefield and win a war. Chico retorts that he won't go out, not unless he's in one of those "big armored things that go up and down." Groucho says "Tanks?" to which Chico responds "You're welcome."
In Last Crusade, the Sultan of Hatay's "...horses, camels, desert vehicles, provisions, and tanks," and Donavan's "You're welcome" are Lucas and Spielberg's homage to the real movies of the 30s... ;)

I would've never have thought of that,LOL!

The other day I thought I remember this Three Sooges short from 1949 called Dunked in the Deep and there's a scene where Moe pretends there's something on the floor and Shemp looks down and get whacked on the head with a watermelon, I thought this referenced subtely in ROTLA when Indy is about to fight the big German and he pretends to look down on the ground for something and German looks down as well and Indy whacks him in the stomach.:whip: