Is LEGO Indiana Jones a Faithful Adaptation?

LEGO Indiana Jones is one of my favorite games of all time, and I've always been curious as to how much of the game borrows from the films. Raiders, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade all have their own weight to pull, so let's dive in and analyze every easter egg, secret, and reference we can find within the game!
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[@bd1p]

Hey! This video took a long time to make, and it’s a way different style than i’m used to. If you enjoy, feel free to share around, and let me know how you enjoyed this style :)

[@burpboy-]

do you work at my local hannafords or is it a different greasy man

[@burpboy-]

this is a dire question, mr. 1p

[@bd1p]

i do not work at your local hannafords

[@soyboydj6875]

Yes this is great I would love to see more of it

[@seantressel1754]

You may not be Indy, but you come damn close to him... But, your costume choice is more Jock Williams from the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)... Thanks for making this video, bd1p...

[@eeeeeeee9084]

There's also Lego Indiana Jones 2 which is clearly a super faithful adaptation, who could forget the iconic scene in temple of doom where the main characters fight a giant thuggee statue monster 😂

[@ghjjiyeqsg1052]

Yeah, the Hub World formula used in Indiana Jones 2 just didn't feel right. Levels felt too short and miniscule

[@bowythebunny5622]

I grew up with this game, so I used to love that. And also I loved the lego crystal skull Since some of it made me laugh for no reason. I get what you mean tho, it wasn't that faithful to the movies (I first watched them in 2018)

[@mikejeffries3333]

And who could forget the scene in Crystal Skull where they fight Russians in an adjacent train who have a giant crane machine of death for some reason? Or when Dovchenko transforms into a super-ant being that they have to stop with traffic cones? Or, of course, when the Ugha King steals the skull from them and they have to climb up a super tall pyramid while fighting all those warriors and then fight him in his big temple? You know? The Ugha King? Who totally existed?

[@bowythebunny5622]

@@mikejeffries3333 XD I know but, I didn't know at the time. The point of the game is to just have fun with it, not 'how faithful it is to the movies.' That's just my opinion tho. Clearly u guys find it annoying, so imma gonna leave this conversation 🤣😅

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I'm not going to lie. I actually thought the level with the manikins was the result of the game being unfinished, as I didn't know they were supposed to be manikins. It's kind of hard to tell with LEGO minifigures.

[@CamReviews]

In Lego Indiana Jones II in the first movie hub world you break antennas for a red brick which is a reference to when they were filming. During the filming for the scenes on Sallah’s terrace, 350 television antennas had to be removed to make the area look like it’s in the 1930’s

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Makes sense. I knew the Crystal Skull took place in the 50s, when there was television. But that was clearly meant to make up for the fact the original cast was over 20 years older.

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986the orginal trilogy was set in the late 30s, it’s only make sense that it’s the 50s after. Besides just age wise it would be the next era for Indy to explore

[@ralsei66]

i feel like the indiana jones franchise would absolutely peak with a story were our main protagonist henry jones jr in fact, does wear the fish hat.

[@CurtisCreates]

The adaptation process from source to games that TT games does has always been cool. I also love how the audio team adapted the movie's soundtrack for the games, and how for this game they also sourced music from Young Indiana Jones.

[@guybunchofnumbers123]

The DS version had some differences that may or may not be more accurate (its been years since I played it, but the yellow dinghy was in a level or as bonus minigame)

[@LaserTrapProductions]

DS runner here - I'd say the level choice was actually better, such as having a level in Crusade when Young Indy goes after the cross. The yellow dinghy you mentioned also is the intro to the "Rapids" level - a level that kind of does its own thing compared to the movie. When we start talking about the content within the levels though, the DS version is definitely less accurate. I know the PC & console game does its own thing sometimes too, but the little references just aren't there on DS.

[@gruff3863]

Can we make this a series? With doing Lego Star Wars and Harry Potter next.

[@gucibinitr]

Indie would find the fish hat in the middle of a fight and wear it for a quick disguise out of there

[@lasercraft32]

I always like the creative ways that they incorporate a second character into the levels... Like the shovel guy in the first level, who (if I remember correctly) was just a nameless side character who dies to the traps in the movies.

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

Nah, I’d argue Satipo is a known character since he backstabs indy and also is the longest on screen member of the adventure crew, + he’s in most of the scenes of the idol temple

[@lasercraft32]

@@mr.azizsshitposts Oh okay... I thought he was just a nameless background character.😅

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

@@lasercraft32 yeah it’s fine lol he was played by Alfred Molina aka doc ock

[@alarictheredboi276yearsago4]

@@mr.azizsshitpostsholy crap really? Didn’t know that. V cool.

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

@@alarictheredboi276yearsago4 yeah!

[@MelumThawne_]

The temple of doom adaptation is better than what was in the second game, with that flaming four armed rock monster. I played the game before seeing temple, and was disappointed with the lack of flaming four armed monsters.

[@bowythebunny5622]

Same 🤣

[@whyamistupid3826]

Erm, actually it had six arms. - 🤓

[@bowythebunny5622]

@@whyamistupid3826 oh 🤣

[@alastairtrowbridge4721]

The lego games based on actual movies feel like what you think happens in the movie after not seeing it for a couple of years.

[@Crudeliciousbops]

I really think TT should pull a Skywalker Saga with the 5 Indy movies, and create a bloated openworld with countries instead of planets and regions around locations as hub areas. The faithful details from the films, references from extra material and easter eggs from other Lucas productions would be amazing to experience.

[@StupidMarioBros1Fan]

This video was a lot of fun, personally I think the game is a good blend of faithful-ness and creative liberty as most of the changes are related to gameplay. Whether it's "there isn't enough here so let's add filler" "this wouldn't be fun/exciting so let's change it" or "we want to include this be couldn't for technical reasons" Do you plan on covering the second game? I would love to see a comparison with the remade levels as well as how accurate KotCS is. I would also love to see a video for the Star Wars games but understand if you don't want to as most of the movies were redone multiple times.

[@Agent_Pol]

As much as some of the levels might not be accurate to the source material, one thing that highlights through the whole game is the soundtrack usage for both cutscenes and in-game, i didnt knew some of the music came from the Young Indy Show until later, not to mention they really nailed it with mixing the tracks altogether, it makes the game feel more cinematic in a special way.

[@san_holo7784]

Someday bd1p will release a video about Bionicle Heroes.... Not today... But someday...

[@legometaworld2728]

This is honestly the most hyped I’ve been for a LEGO video in a while, well done. I based my LEGO Indiana Jones stop-motion series on the games first and foremost so some inaccuracies are distilled through that and I’m honestly glad about it, it feels like I’m giving distinguishable from the hordes of picture-perfect scene recreations that flood KZbin. Some details also had to be traced from the films themselves, though, otherwise it’d almost be a separate IP.

[@DaltonLunday2103]

You should try this with Star Wars,pirates of the Caribbean,lord of the rings,etc

[@Audio_noodle]

Very unrelated, but i remember finding a glitch in lego indiana jones 2, where you could in the "hub world" control a gator and use vehicles like normal with that gator, it was some weird ass bug with the mind control ability and something else, idk if it's a known glitch, i remember it being very specific and basically useless ;D

[@SpiderMan-gf1lc]

the knight attacking Jones at the end of The Last Crusade is actually pretty faithful to the movie as the knight does attack our protagonist there but, due to being old as hell, fails and resigns. The only disparaging element is, well, he actually being able to pose a challenge lol

[@Brocetga]

32:49 Iehova is not "the hebrew spelling of Jesus", but the Hebrew name of god in the old testament. Great video, by the way Edit: Fixed the time stamp

[@samuelmyers3904]

I was about to comment this, but you're still slightly off. Iehovah is the Latin spelling for the Hebrew god. The original name was YHWH, but it was considered too holy to be spoken, so they used the word "adonai" (which means "father") instead. Ancient Hebrew didn't write vowels, but translators added the vowes from adonai to it to make Yehowah. This was eventually translated into Latin as Iehovah (and later Jehovah). The name is translated in most modern English Bible translations as LORD. (Edit: punctuation errors fixed)

[@Brocetga]

​@@samuelmyers3904 Thanks for the correction! Guess it shows that I wasn't the most attentive student in religious education

[@bujustic]

​@@samuelmyers3904side note: the Four Letter name of God is also where we get "Yahweh" from

[@JunkieRemix]

8:44 what’s funny about that rooftop part is the brown platforms might be a reference to how brown Lego pieces are widely known to be very brittle so the brown Lego platforms breaking once you reach the middle is honestly funny if intended

[@danielhalasz5434]

I might just be a huge Indiana Jones fan for pointing this out but if i remember correctly Tanis was an ancient Egyptian city, ruled by the Pharaoh Shishak, who placed the Ark of the Covenant within a secret chamber called the Well of the Souls. So it is actually the Well of Souls everytime you mention Tanis in the Raiders level analysis. But i really love the passion you created this video especially about LIJ which is my favorite lego game of all times so thank you for your job and keep up the good work man!

[@Scania114AzulGelo]

For the first 2 minutes of the video all I could think about, for real, was "woow, I really want a hat like that", so yeah, Indiana Jones would be SUPER cool with it!

[@chavothemouse6687]

Dude this was a great video! I’ve always noticed a lot of these too but of course it never made me hate this masterpiece of a video game. Actually great video dude I was hooked the whole time and you’re videos are some of my favorites whenever I have a Lego game itch

[@AerospaceCoot35]

2:03 No *laughs hysterically and runs away*

[@Sploberrie]

Giving 2-6 the mechanic of the water bursting out and destroying the previous part could also lend itself to giving it a similar checkpoint mechanic to 3-6 in LEGO Star Wars, where the room is being gradually destroyed, so if you die you have nowhere to respawning, so it reverts you to before the room was destroyed and lets you try again.

[@richardkirkland6805]

The light didn't have anything to do with the trap in the original movie. It was a ploy by Indy to misdirect Satipo. If Satipo betrayed Indy and left, he would be so focused on avoiding the light that he would step on the traps ACTUAL trigger, a tile on the floor.

[@bd1p]

well he fooled me

[@richardkirkland6805]

@@bd1p Yep, if you look at the scene, Indy actually stomps at the same time he puts his hand into the light, making it look like the light activates the trap

[@mr.azizsshitposts]

@@richardkirkland6805that’s cool!

[@bluesides8323]

You missed 2 other important costume mess ups in Temple Of Doom. 1. The palace guards are hostile in the game but there's no indication in the movie that they know about the thuggee 2. None of the thugs in the mineshafts are wearing the slave driver costumes There are some other inaccuracies but they aren't important.

[@totalbuffoon]

Indy not wearing his jacket in level 5 of Raiders has always bothered me.

[@CaptainGreenCoin]

I had heard a rumor a few years ago that that wall kick was accidental that he was actually about to fall and he just went with it and he went towards the wall and kicked off of it to make it look cool

[@kiwirabbit8874]

11:38 WHY AND HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THAT 😮😮😮

[@rocketlaunchjr]

Your hat has my full support.

[@giggitz2085]

Another banger video from bd1p. I'd love to see more of these covering different tt games

[@omegagoose7447]

Great video, and all. On an unrelated note, I literally own the same cup as you in 11:46! For some reason this is weirdly exciting for me!

[@Kalx-Kobalt]

I played lego indy a lot when I was a kid. I think we got it after I had watched raiders(granted throughout the movie my dad covered my eyes for certain liike the opening of the arc). When I found out about the young indy stage and the fact that it took place in utah made it my fav level instantly. Now looking back I see why there was a certain nostalgia when I was finally watching temple of doom and the last crusade for the first time.

[@Matt-rq3bu]

Cool video! Great work.

[@loganmartin2667]

TT needs to make Lego Indy 3 with all 5 movies, similar to what they did with Skywalker Saga more recently. Doubtful anything like that will ever happen due to the state of Lego not making any more new Lego Indy sets..

[@NathanielTC]

That’s a cool ass fish hat.

[@allielabrecque1883]

this video combines all of my special interests, thank you

[@PhantasticMrPhrog]

I would love to see this video format done for other Lego games like TCS and all the other movie game adaptations

[@DATFilms]

In 1/1 when you enter the waterfall, you can see the Paramount mountain too.

[@GodsLeastFavorite-vs3xv]

I remember getting on my ancient Xbox 360 and decided to play a L O T of old games I played as a kid (4-10). A lot of games I beat, like Lego Marvel,Batman the First,Call of Duty and much more. But one of the few games I wasn't able to beat was... LEGO Indiana Jones the Complete Adventure! I wasn't able to beat the second level of the game because I couldn't figure out how to use the wrench.

[@ECSOrder66]

1:09 Yeah, but that's the crazy thing. It actually did show those. Both of those. 🤣

[@Dnedri]

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:19 understandings 1:52 Side note ¶ 2:08 Raiders 2:29 Level 1 6:26 level 2 7:41 level 3 | 8:15 intermission 10:00 level 4 11:46 level 5 • 13:16 level 6 ∆ 14:36 Raiders conclusion ¶ 15:15 ToD 15:32 level 1 16:36 level 2 18:49 level 3 20:18 level 4 21:40 level 5 • 22:18 level 6 ∆ 24:00 ToD conclusion ¶ 24:35 TLC | 25:12 Young Indy 26:52 level 1 29:20 level 2 30:22 level 3 31:08 level 4 31:45 level 5 • 32:17 level 6 × 33:58 LIJ conclusion 34:38 Outro

[@Arlgm]

Really good analysis, I was captivated by it. Admittedly I've never seen a single Indiana Jones movie out of sheer ignorance and not because I refuse, but this was still pretty fun despite my lack of knowledge.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Raiders to Last Crusade are must-sees. The movies after Crusade you can check out if you want or not.

[@MarcinSzyniszewski]

Excellent video! :)

[@dyll_pyckle]

Indiana Jones would be cool wearing that cool ass fish hat for SURE 😤 (btw great video! I’d love to see more like it - whether it’s the clearly more grounded and realistic Indy 2 lol or other Lego games!)

[@greatoverlordchikonmaster7226]

24:51 Funny thing about this, Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford

[@greatoverlordchikonmaster7226]

33:49 He does attack Indiana Jones in the movie, just he falls over immediately and decides that Indie won

[@godgamesandgeekiness6893]

Please please do this for LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga! This is such a cool type of video, I love seeing background things I’ve never seen before like all the different backgrounds in the Indiana Jones movies.

[@orizach01]

oh man more videos like this for other lego games like star wars or harry potter would be really cool

[@DeadnotAlive]

One of the most memorable games from my childhood alongside the complete saga🐐

[@swagrobloxgamer1531]

LIJ TOA is one of my favourite video games ever. I got the game for my 7th birthday along with a PS2. I have probably completed the game 10 times. I also played the game before I saw any of the movies, but I think the developers did a great job in recreating the movie.

[@McGriddle69]

I’m excited to see what machinegames does with Indiana Jones whenever that game comes out. It has been 2 years since it was announced.

[@alexadame436]

I wonder if the Himalayan section was from a deleted scene or from the novelization as the Lego games do that sometimes

[@duckpartain9462]

12:46 I think there’s a gramophone at the camp after they find the arc

[@paultownsley5521]

At 26:52 you can see some pretty cool Easter eggs in the Venice cut scene you can see Belloq a Thugee henchmen a club Obi wan dance girl and jock walking past Indy and you can see a hovitos tribesmen driving the boat

[@wonderproductions3949]

I think his would approve of the hat.

[@razvandobos9759]

I really wish we could fight the Hatay soldiers in the Last Crusade once we got to the level Canyon of the Crescent Moon. They should’ve included the Hatay Army that helped escort Vogel and Donovan to the Grail. And Vogel’s Hatay tank should’ve had the turret like what Indiana Jones 2 had.

[@iainkilcar7463]

The grail night in the movie acts like Elrond from lotr wheras the lego one acts like Gimli. 😂

[@ackepace]

I used to do this all the time as a kid, I had played the game so much that I knew every level and cutscene by heart, so when I was old enough to watch the movies I sat there like "That's diffrent from the game" or "Oh, that's actually in the movie aswell". To this day there are some stuff from the game I confuse with the movies. Like the last time I rewatched Last Crusade, I was certain the scene from the Lego game where they make the chandelier hit the ground in the liberary happened in the movie, but obviously that wasn't the case.

[@vurrse]

100 percent for this game was so fun all the achievements not so much but it is a great game now I gotta do Lego Batman (I have done hp 1-4 and pirates too)

[@honilock577]

I knew Indy fans were extreme, the thing with the hat leather and all but DAMN! What did I just watch..😂 Great video bro

[@Angreface]

Indie would totally wear that fish hat

[@davebob4973]

this is the only oriiginal lego game ive never played and once i finally got it the disc was too scratched to read

[@KaleSteak]

cool ass fish hat bro

[@bimmylee1744]

Some of the things you mentioned that weren’t in the game-like the rhino train car- were put into the DS game, even if it’s way less faithful

[@MisterSandmanAU]

Holy shit hes on camera

[@Elbeno6548]

the whip surfind in raiders DOES happen in the lego game it's in the first cutscene of pursuing the ark

[@austinlawrence1655]

You can make this into a full series

[@aaronskuse2207]

I mean…. It’s probably more faithful than Dial of D̶e̶s̶t̶i̶n̶y̶ Diarrhea.

[@christopherbottger]

I actually like Pankot Secrets. It is very atmospheric.

[@Toby-Wan_Kenobi]

I know that with Lego Star Wars was made using old scripts and directors papers, causing missions such as (ep3 - 4) the jedi temple one to be completely based on scenes not in the movie. I feel that it isn't entirely impossible that the team at TT games got a partially different revision script that had extra scenes such as level 2 of raiders

[@bd1p]

this game was released long after the movies had been finished, besides 4&5

[@rosquo]

this was a good ass video dawg

[@Thatkrillnguy]

Is and will forever be my favorite Lego game

[@roonkolos]

Now I'm curious how the Lego versions of the star wars movies and Harry Potter ones stack up

[@paultownsley5521]

Are you going to to some other reviews of Lego games doing faithful adaptations if so you should do one on Lego stars the complete saga

[@Prince_Of_Fish]

i would like a film based on the lego games where the charavters are realistic CGI or something and fight giant snakes and spiders.

[@KR_Kosmik]

Praise the fish god

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great vid

[@helixsol7171]

The subscribe button glowed when you brought up subscribing

[@berzlii5572]

Do this Whit every Lego game

[@chlebiri]

Watching this while my 4 y old sis plays the game with our dad

[@daniellion5291]

Thats a different bridge bro

[@fishpop]

A lot of these inaccuracies are partly cos this was only the third LEGO game in the series. If made today then it would likely be more faithful.

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Harrison Ford in his prime would absolutely pull off that fish cap. Hell, it wouldn't look bad on current day Ford either.

[@williams7713]

My bet is tt got footage never before seen of all the movie sets

[@sumthinorother9615]

11:21 I, as a pedantic dork, want to emphasize that an unfaithful adaptation is not necessarily poorly adapted. I’d argue being a good level is the _most important_ part of good video game adaptation. (I’m sure you know this, it was practically a slip of the tongue. Engagement though, fun video)

[@lycorisrad]

Great video

[@TimmyTomsen]

Would be interesting if you compared the other Lego games to the movies as well to see how faithful they are!

[@bibleboiben]

I felt motivated by this masterpiece ❤

[@MatiNuva1724]

Do You have in plans to do the other LEGO TT comparisons like that?

[@jcrossan1351]

“The Elon Musk family mines” 💀

[@Copimic141]

the adaptation need a voice dub

[@reallyFrogman]

I know there wasn't a gramophone outside the boxers hut but I think earlier in the movie one of the higher ranking nazis was listening to music on a gramophone.

[@charleshaskell2056]

I can't read his mind, but that's a damn good hat, and anybody who doesn't want to wear it is WRONG.

[@Sazoji]

you should do this, but treat the game as source and critique the movie for not including the extra lore of indy having to build 5 ladders to get somewhere

[@MightyGames7]

W video, fun to watch.

[@expendableindigo9639]

What’s the DKC music at 30:08? I’ve been looking for it for years and found it once but forgot the name.

[@TheGreenPuff]

TheGreenPuff!