Indiana Jones vs Ben Gates(National Treasure)

After reading the President's book in the Library of Congress, Ben Gates begins his journey to find the treasure that had intrigued the current President in office...the location of the Fountain of Youth.

Indiana Jones, fascinated with the stories of the Fountain of Youth, begins his own quest to find its location based on clues found in the letters of several Spanish Conquistadors.

With Gates and Jones both having clues to begin their journey for the fountain, which man would more than likely find it first?

Indiana Jones has his normal entourage helping him...as seen in the Last Crusade. Gates has his parents, wife, and assistant aiding him on his quest. Who finds it first?

Jones has more experience.

Originally posted by Placidity
Jones has more experience.

True, but who has more ingenuity? Which one seems like the best in problem solving, when it comes to riddles and clues.

Jones, He has his dad to help out.

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
True, but who has more ingenuity? Which one seems like the best in problem solving, when it comes to riddles and clues.

You think Gates would have been able to make it to the goblet in Crusade?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
You think Gates would have been able to make it to the goblet in Crusade?

yeah, I think so...as long as he had the same clues that Jones' father had concerning the traps leading up to the holy grail. I think Gates would've been smart enough to figure it out.

Well, then again..I don't know. Gates' specialty is American History..he may not know how to solve the riddle for the second trap..spelling the name of Jehovah.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
You think Gates would have been able to make it to the goblet in Crusade?

Not a chance. Nazis would have corn-holed him til he smiled.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not a chance. Nazis would have corn-holed him til he smiled.

yeah...but Jones probably had the best luck of any character in film history. Also, much of that was PIS.

Gates did manage to sneak through the Secret Service and kidnap the President...as well as evade the FBI.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not a chance. Nazis would have corn-holed him til he smiled.

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
yeah...but Jones probably had the best luck of any character in film history. Also, much of that was PIS.

Gates did manage to sneak through the Secret Service and kidnap the President...as well as evade the FBI.

I'm not saying Gates is worthless, but he's a different kind of hero. Had he been in TLC, he would have died early on. Per RJ's question.

Indy is more hands on, more likely to take out an entire platoon of Nazis.

This thread is more about smarts..and problem solving. No rogue military units/government agencies will interfere.

Smarts and problem solving. OK. The Last Crusade, when Indy gets to the room with the goblet, that's all you need to know.

We can also go back to Raiders, when he found and extracted the Ark.

Like I said, Jones is better in combat. Gates is smarter. So Jones is overall better.

Bullwhip, guns, and a cool fedora pwn.

lol....maybe I should've said Nick Cage keeps his skills from the Bangkok Dangerous movie...to make it more even.

Can't combine two characters into one here. Can you? I dunno.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Can't combine two characters into one here. Can you? I dunno.

Actually, I don't know..that would be awesome if you could.

Gates was good, but if their search takes them out of the U.S he is pretty much humped. Not that it matters to much as Jones has displayed over and over again that he can do on the fly anywhere in the world what Gates can can do with a life time a of study and only with U.S history.