Indiana Jones (universe)
Indiana Jones is an action adventure franchise created by George Lucas which focuses on a fictional hero named Indiana Jones, an archeologist from the 1930s who travels the world collecting relics from booby-trap laden tombs, beating up Nazis and cultists, and always getting the girl. The franchise includes several films, a television series, a couple dozen video games, scores of books, and tons of other merchandise.
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Personal
I remember watching and absolutely loving Indiana Jones films when I was a child. My oldest memory is when Last Crusade came out. I know I had already seen Raiders, and I'm pretty sure I had seen Temple, so I was really looking forward to Last Crusade. I first saw it, right after it was released on VHS, at my uncle's house around 1989. Although my family didn't have the films, I would frequently watch them when I was at someone's house who did, or when they randomly appeared on TV. I also played a lot of the different video games based on the series. When The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, I watched the first episode, and even recorded it to VHS, but because I didn't have my own TV, I missed a lot of the episodes. When the Indiana Jones VHS boxed set was released, I got it and loved it. I had always been aching for a new film to come out since the 1990s, and, when Crystal Skull was finally released, almost 20 years after Crusade, I really hoped it would be good. Sadly, I was severely disappointed. Because of that, I have no interest in the fifth film that's currently in production.
Through my formative years, I saw the character Indiana Jones as a real paragon of masculinity. Tough and rugged, yet handsome and intelligent. However, while I still think he has a lot of good attributes, looking back on the series in my late-30s, I realized that he's actually pretty awful as well. His primary goal is to rob indigenous people of their most sacred artifacts. You could argue that he does this to help educate people, but he thoroughly neglects his students. Finally, much of his life was spent sexually assaulting women and even girls.
Works
Films
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Indiana Jones 5 (in production)
TV Series
Video Games
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
- Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game
- Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
- Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
- Indiana Jones: DVD Adventure Game
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- LEGO Indiana Jones: Mobile Adventure
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
- Indiana Jones and the Lost Puzzles
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
- Indiana Jones Adventure World
Books
These have been almost 100 books made about Indiana Jones including full-length novels, children's novellas, graphic novels, game books, comic books, and non-fiction books.
Games
There are about a dozen traditional Indiana Jones games including board games, card games, and even a pen-and-paper role-playing game.
Media
Posters
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Fan Art
Fan art by FableFire.
Fan art by Joey Spiotto.
Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Donkey Kong. Fan art by BazNet.
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