Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones rip-offs from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, The […]
King Solomon’s Mines should not be on there because it is a remake of the classic from 1950, which is a remake of the 1937 version, and they are all based on the novel.
No, they were totally fair in saying that. As much as Tomb Raider is a knockoff narratively, Infernal Machine is even more directly a knockoff mechanically.
King Solomon’s Mines should not be on there because it is a remake of the classic from 1950, which is a remake of the 1937 version, and they are all based on the novel.
The remake probably would not have been made if not for the success of Indiana Jones. That said, I’m all for more movies with Sharon Stone.
If anything, Indiana Jones is riffing on Allan Quatermain. (Among other pulp action heroes.)
This is like when Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine got called a Tomb Raider knockoff.
No, they were totally fair in saying that. As much as Tomb Raider is a knockoff narratively, Infernal Machine is even more directly a knockoff mechanically.