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Re: Everything is derivative. Some just do it with more style. rAndy aL Send a noteboard - 07/11/2009 11:32:43 PM
Name me a movie that you think is original and I'll name 3 other movies in the last 30 years that did it first, and possibly better.


Not if I name a movie more than 30 years old.

I thought Equilibrium was a fantastic film, and I recognize that it is a copy of Matrix and Harrison Bergeron and Fahreinheit 451.

That's just one example of a cult favorite film.

To paraphrase a quote I like, every author plagiarizes. The best they can hope for is to do it well.


It also depends on how much they plagiarise, and how long ago the origional was made. The real problem is that some genres are over represented because film-makers try to copy things that were successful in the last 6 months.
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Too many similar movies? Camilla - 04/11/2009 10:04:25 AM 1020 Views
That was a great read ironclad - 04/11/2009 10:50:08 AM 618 Views
Something else that there is way too many of...and stuff I want to see. MightyYT - 04/11/2009 11:50:09 AM 766 Views
Re: Something else that there is way too many of...and stuff I want to see. MightyYT - 04/11/2009 11:57:04 AM 748 Views
I completely agree with that rAndy aL - 04/11/2009 12:31:51 PM 821 Views
On second thought and to be fair, though... ironclad - 04/11/2009 12:42:43 PM 812 Views
Well, yeah. rAndy aL - 05/11/2009 11:42:50 PM 796 Views
I am so sick of procedurals, medical dramas/comedies, and lawyer shows. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 06/11/2009 03:46:29 AM 667 Views
Everything is derivative. Some just do it with more style. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 06/11/2009 03:43:23 AM 669 Views
Re: Everything is derivative. Some just do it with more style. rAndy aL - 07/11/2009 11:32:43 PM 816 Views
Yes. That is all *NM* smaug - 04/11/2009 03:35:53 PM 298 Views
The Matrix was the last great science-fiction film? What an idiot. The Shrike - 04/11/2009 05:44:47 PM 678 Views
Re: The Matrix was the last great science-fiction film? What an idiot. Camilla - 04/11/2009 06:21:07 PM 655 Views
He is the worst kind of critic. The one who has a good point, but then The Shrike - 04/11/2009 06:24:56 PM 638 Views
I agree with you. Rebekah - 04/11/2009 06:28:51 PM 674 Views
It will be out in the UK on DVD on 16 Nov! Not in the US *NM* The Shrike - 05/11/2009 04:40:01 AM 301 Views
I still haven't heard when it's coming out here ironclad - 05/11/2009 04:01:16 PM 594 Views
You appear to have missed his point, but I'll address your comments specifically to make it. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 06/11/2009 03:39:07 AM 681 Views
Minor quibble, Infernal Affairs is actually a Hong Kong movie *NM* smaug - 06/11/2009 09:27:06 AM 370 Views
On a related note, it feels like everyone has the dancing banana in their sig. *NM* rAndy aL - 05/11/2009 11:43:51 PM 415 Views
I apologize for exposing Wotmania to the dancing banana. And by apologize, I mean laugh loudly. *NM* Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 06/11/2009 03:40:08 AM 305 Views
It's my own fault. I'm the one who brought it here! *NM* rAndy aL - 07/11/2009 11:13:30 PM 407 Views
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