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Indiana Jones is an action / adventure series created by George Lucas. It is named after its title character, the archaeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones.
Overview
The Indiana Jones franchise has been going since the first film, back in 1981. It covers all of the films as well as all of the Indiana Jones merchandise. The stories concern mainly the (quite adventurous) life and discoveries of archaeologist and professor Dr. Henry Walton Jones, better known as Indiana 'Indy' Jones. According to the so-far released canon, the Jones character met and interacted with many historical personalities of the 20th century during his youth, while later he made discoveries concerning religious relics, legendary artifacts, places and topics, often having to do with the supernatural.
Indiana therefore not only met (and sometimes befriended) T.E. Lawrence, Pancho Villa, Albert Schweitzer, Nikos Kazantzakis, Pablo Picasso, Siegmund Froyd and others[1], but also discovered the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny, Avalon, Atlantis, El Dorado and even participated in the recovery of the Alien remains after the crash of Roswell. Despite however the importance and fame of his discoveries, because of some kind of counterbalancing fate, no trace remains of them thereafter, keeping thus their dangerous power forever hidden and lost.[2]
The nature of his discoveries often have to do with the prevention of the 'villains' obtaining the power. The villains traditionally have been Nazi agents, a concept largely inspired from the legendary Nazi mysticism. In the later timeframe, the Nazis are sort of 'replaced' by Soviet characters.
Setting
The setting of Indiana Jones adventures is the world of early 20th century, mainly around the World War II. In the earlier adventures, real-life events and personalities are heavily featured.
In the later adult Indiana Jones adventures, the setting becomes a sort of crossover fiction, since all myths, legends, legendary and holy objects, turn out to be true and actual, along with the related supernatural powers, in the Indiana Jones world.
Films
- "...the secret of the Indiana Jones movies’ success has always been their free-spirited inventiveness, a what-the-hell quality that can’t (or shouldn’t) be faked, even on a gigantic budget."
- ―nytimes.com[src]
Spin-offs
External links
- ↑ http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_historical_figures_portrayed_in_Young_Indiana_Jones
- ↑ Comment made by Indy after the collapse of Atlantis in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis