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Indiana Jones Gets Robbed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-time-for-love-doctor-jones dept.

HotChk101 writes "Over 2000 production stills, plenty of sensitive paperwork including a complete production budget breakdown, possibly the script from Indiana Jones 4 and multiple computers were stolen from Steven Spielberg's Universal Studio office. The thief started contacting multiple entertainment websites including TMZ.com and offering the stolen goods for a sum of $2000.00."

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  1. New Movie Title by badenglishihave · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of Indiana Jones"

    1. Re:New Movie Title by PriceIke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Steven Spielberg's office lies at the end long underground tunnel, protected by a series of trecherous and deadly booby traps. The thief narrowly escaped clutching the script, only to find himself lying on the Paramount studio lot surrounded by lawyers threateningly aiming pens at him.

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    2. Re:New Movie Title by iggy_mon · · Score: 2, Funny

      not only that but all he wanted was $2000!

      must have been the plans for the re-re-re-issue... now with 1.3 seconds of extra bloopers!

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    3. Re:New Movie Title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean walkie talkies right?

    4. Re:New Movie Title by IcyNeko · · Score: 3, Funny

      Look, dude, if the thief had to outrun a huge rolling ball, I think he earned what he stole. :D

    5. Re:New Movie Title by Scaba · · Score: 4, Funny

      He actually wanted $200,000 until he read the script.

    6. Re:New Movie Title by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

      He had only gotten that far because he remembered that in Latin, "George Lucas" begins with an "I."

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    7. Re:New Movie Title by dapyx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Allegedly, after reading the script, the thief exclaimed "This belongs in a museum!".

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    8. Re:New Movie Title by cashman73 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I heard he just wanted $2, and he sent a young punk kid on a bicycle to collect it!

    9. Re:New Movie Title by MicktheMech · · Score: 5, Funny

      Marcus Brody: "You see... the pen is mightier than the sword!"
      Dr. Jones, Sr.: "I'll take the Penis Mightier..."
    10. Re:New Movie Title by Bassman59 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't remember the rest of the joke, but you're mother's a whore.

      I'd mod this as Funny, but there's an egregious spelling error (you're instead of your). Nice try, though.

    11. Re:New Movie Title by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whereupon he exclaimed, "Snakes! I hate snakes!"

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    12. Re:New Movie Title by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of these days, someone is going to come on /. and post an elaborate article proving that time travel is possible and giving exact specifications on how to build an actual working time travel machine. And on that day, half of the comments will be dedicated exclusively to criticizing his spelling and grammar.

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    13. Re:New Movie Title by toddestan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Naw, the other half would be complaining about the dupe since the exact same article was posted 5 years later.

    14. Re:New Movie Title by StarvingSE · · Score: 3, Funny

      Asps... very dangerous. You go first.

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  2. $2000? by xmarkd400x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who is this guy, Dr. Evil?

    1. Re:$2000? by p3d0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Must be Canadian dollars. USD$2000 isn't very much.

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  3. $2000?!?!? by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Funny

    One word: moron

    One more word: lawsuit

    Don't be surprised when they find this guy lying dead in his bed in his apartment, having been killed by whip-wielding maniac...

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    1. Re:$2000?!?!? by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

      If I read the article, I'd be well informed and able to make cogent comments... and that is strictly against Slashdot policy... ;)

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    2. Re:$2000?!?!? by jollyreaper · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're ambivalent about people buying stolen property? You do realize it's a crime to purchase stolen property? You're right. That's why I refuse to pay for anything I pirate.
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    3. Re:$2000?!?!? by Cl1mh4224rd · · Score: 2, Funny

      If I read the article, I'd be well informed and able to make cogent comments... and that is strictly against Slashdot policy... ;)

      I don't RTFA, because I'm a nice guy. Reading the article robs others of the opportunity to clarify the story and increase their karma. :P
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  4. Dr. Jones... by PlatyPaul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Again we see that there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.


    (source)

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    1. Re:Dr. Jones... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 2, Funny

      It belongs in a museum!

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  5. Cue Dr. Evil. by Medievalist · · Score: 4, Funny

    "and I want... TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS!"

    "Uh, really? OK, sure."

  6. can't resist by Leemeng · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine."

  7. I think the thief... by Dougmeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...misplaced his decimal point.

  8. Re:Only $2000?! by timster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh-huh... because only real go-getters are watching TV in the middle of the day when The Price is Right comes on.

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  9. Not surprisingly by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spielberg first realized the script had been stolen after the security system's boulder had crashed through the Universal Studios cafeteria earlier that day.

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  10. It's not theft... by miskatonic+alumnus · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's copyright infringement. Oh, darn it. Wrong story.

  11. Re:Thats great! by PriceIke · · Score: 2, Funny

    By the time Raiders IV is released, $2000 will get you a movie ticket and a small popcorn.

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  12. Re:Squandered potential by Andrewkov · · Score: 3, Funny
    What's better than the Raiders' big round boulder? Two of them. Two different directions.

    You already mentioned Lara Croft!

  13. Backup by kalel666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fortunately, everything was backed up on Francis Ford Coppollas hard drive.

    Oh, shit.

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  14. Re:Episode 5: by flitty · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obligatory:

    "I'm holding this ransom, for two, THOUSAND, dollars!"
    "actually sir, $2,000 by today's standards isn't that much..."
    "ok, two, THOUSAND.... Million, dollars!"

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  15. I bet it was Nazis. . . by uberjoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hate those guys.

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  16. Re:Thats great! by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 2, Funny

    Small? You mean extra medium right?

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  17. So by hcdejong · · Score: 3, Funny

    they lost the plot, then?

  18. Re:Thats great! by durnurd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Raiders IV? I wasn't aware of a Raiders II or III.

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