Topic: indiana-jones

Virgin Viewing: ‘Raiders Of the Lost Ark’

Virgin Viewing: 'Raiders Of the Lost Ark'

Here’s the thing about classic movies – they have a whole lot of dudes in them. The Godfather was basically a bunch of dudes killing each other with women sticking their heads in and getting martyred every now and then. Back to the Future made Jennifer a non-entity and then had Marty’s mom mack on him. Jaws was a bromance interspersed with shark-fighting. Despite being sort of tired of dude movies, the next movie on my Omigod What Do You Mean You’ve Never Seen THAT? Netflix queue was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Between Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, That Guy Who Played the Nazi Leader, and the rest, it seemed pretty dude-centric. A dudegasbord, if you will. But then something wonderful happened: Karen Allen. More »

14 Pop-Culture Tie-In Video Games You Didn’t Know Existed

14 Pop-Culture Tie-In Video Games You Didn't Know Existed
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Back to the Future: The Game
Bone
Are You Afraid of the Dark: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse
Discworld

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a newly-released movie in possession of a large budget must be in need of a tie-in video game. It is also a truth universally acknowledged that these tie-in video games are always horrifically awful. It is NOT, however, a truth universally acknowledged that there have also been a selection of tie-in video games over the years that did NOT coincide with the release of a blockbuster, and which are legitimately quite good games. Did you know that Are You Afraid of the Dark? had a game? It did! Blade Runner? Oh yes! Monty Python? You betcha! Here are 14 of the best pop-culture tie-in games you probably don’t know about, but definitely should: More »

Check out the top “Hey! Well Excuuuuuuse Me Princess!” movies/TV shows. – Firefly, The Princess Bride, The Breakfast Club, and others feature testy relationships between the (anti)hero and the lady he secretly loves but won’t admit to. (30 Ninjas)