WhatsApp Pin Share Email 0 SharesIndiana Jones is the quintessential adventurer, and you can trace much of that reputation back to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Raiders of the Lost Ark has inspired spoofs, homages, references, and even entire adventure franchises across the entertainment landscape. Roger Ebert specifically singled out Raiders of the Lost Ark among the movie’s satirical references. Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin later explained that “Boulders” was deliberately modeled on the moment in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the giant stone ball chases Indy. Inside, the audience happens to be watching Raiders of the Lost Ark at exactly the moment Indiana Jones flees from his own gigantic rolling boulder.