By the way, people should check out the original CAPTAIN BLOOD if they count themselves any sort of fan of old-fashioned swashbucklers. It is the first of the eight match-ups between Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, and there are some who would tell you it is superior even to THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.
That's a good pull. The second image especially feels like it was direct inspiration for the final shot of MI1...
and then got pushed even MORE towards that reference for the VGA repaint...