Raiders of the Lost Ark, the way it never was

Here’s a great re-imagining of the trailer for Raiders of the Lost Ark, as if it was a 1950s adventure serial. That’s kind of funny, since 1950s adventure serials were exactly what inspired Indiana Jones in the first place.

From the YouTube page:

Raiders of the Lost Ark was a 50s film serial? Who would be best suited for the role of Indiana Jones? How would his villains translate to this era? What would the film’s musical score sound like?

Thankfully, since George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created Raiders as a homage to classic serials, these questions are easily answered. Both directors have acknowledged that specific films influenced key sequences across all four Indiana Jones films. I tried my best piece these films together and create a loose narrative. I hope you enjoy this homage to “Raiders” and the many great films that inspired it.

The same guy has also done trailers for Forrest Gump and Ghost Busters in the same style. He calls them “pre-makes”, which is dead-on.

I ganked this from Mike’s Facebook. He often finds cool things that I don’t always get around to blogging about.