"It belongs in a museum!"

September 29, 2016 1:06 PM

Indiana Jones: the Animated Series (slyt)

A delightful fan-fantasy from animator Patrick Schoemaker.
See sketches and production art on his blog.

posted by overeducated_alligator (13 comments total)

Loved it. I would love for a weekly show drawing upon the same animation style as used by Legend of Korra, itself one of the most beautiful animated shows in recent memory.
posted by Atreides at 1:15 PM on September 29, 2016

"Bad dates."
posted by Bob Regular at 1:20 PM on September 29, 2016

That is some awesome Bluth-style animation!
posted by grumpybear69 at 1:27 PM on September 29, 2016 [2 favorites]

There's also some inspiration from the amazing animated Batman (there is only really one that counts). Someone did their homework.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 1:46 PM on September 29, 2016 [3 favorites]

I'm always blown away when someone manages to capture a real person's image in a cartoon style, without ending up in the uncanny valley or breaking visual consistency with other characters. Doing it with animation is even harder.
posted by CaseyB at 1:49 PM on September 29, 2016

I think I could love this. I love Raiders and one of the reasons is that every shot is like a frame from a graphic novel. As I assume Bob Regular is suggesting upthread, the "bad dates" scene, with the shot down through the ceiling fan, is a particularly striking example. But really, almost every single shot.
posted by merlynkline at 1:57 PM on September 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

A nice, clean style that would totally work for me, and I'd watch every episode.
posted by CygnusXII at 3:27 PM on September 29, 2016

Patrick Schoenmaker co-illustrated a children's book I wrote a few years ago (and very lovely it is as well).

I'd not seen this video before and it's delightful.
posted by dng at 5:43 PM on September 29, 2016 [3 favorites]

I loved the Indiana Jones movies SO MUCH when I was a kid (with the exception of shitty Temple of Doom). This does a really great job of capturing that feeling of exoticism-and-kinda-exploitation tinged fantasy and adventure and distilling it into a little montage. A reminder.
posted by teponaztli at 5:55 PM on September 29, 2016

So can this be real now??
posted by littlesq at 6:03 PM on September 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

That was awesome.
posted by Aznable at 6:12 PM on September 29, 2016

I fed too many quarters into Dragon's Lair to be denied this fanimation from becoming a real series.
posted by not_on_display at 9:05 PM on September 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

There's also some inspiration from the amazing animated Batman (there is only really one that counts).

Brave and the Bold?
posted by JHarris at 6:04 PM on October 2, 2016