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 […]
Magic Crystal is a rip-off 22 years before Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was made? It doesn’t even resemble that movie except in the loosest way possible. It’s a kids’ adventure movie with kung fu. As far as the themes go it owes way more to ET.
At least he acknowledges that King Solomon’s Mines inspired Indiana Jones:
It certainly mines a lot from Lucas and Spielberg, but given Quartermain’s adventures were part of the inspiration for Jones, it’s a little more full circle than full-blown rip off.
Although I’ve never seen that version because everyone seemed to hate it.
Armour of God owes more to 007 than Indiana Jones, but was definitely influenced by both. As a side note I’m a big Jackie Chan fan (I own and have watched nearly his entire filmography) and I don’t really like this one and the sequel, mainly because of the character he plays.
And to be fair to Romancing the Stone, this screenplay was written long before Raiders of the Lost Ark premiered. It’s a case of a studio exec yelling, “Quick! What do we have that’s like Indiana Jones?”
Magic Crystal is a rip-off 22 years before Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was made? It doesn’t even resemble that movie except in the loosest way possible. It’s a kids’ adventure movie with kung fu. As far as the themes go it owes way more to ET.
At least he acknowledges that King Solomon’s Mines inspired Indiana Jones:
Although I’ve never seen that version because everyone seemed to hate it.
Armour of God owes more to 007 than Indiana Jones, but was definitely influenced by both. As a side note I’m a big Jackie Chan fan (I own and have watched nearly his entire filmography) and I don’t really like this one and the sequel, mainly because of the character he plays.
And to be fair to Romancing the Stone, this screenplay was written long before Raiders of the Lost Ark premiered. It’s a case of a studio exec yelling, “Quick! What do we have that’s like Indiana Jones?”