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What comic books, movies, and TV shows are blatantly copycats or rip-offs of previous comics, movies, or shows, but despite being a copycat or rip-off, are still pretty good?

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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

I think early Disney movies are pretty good. They usually just took an archaic horror story intended for adults, got rid of all the gore and murder, rewrote the rest, and somehow ended up with a children's movie. Those ripoff versions became so famous and influential that people no longer think of the originals.

Maybe in two hundred years someone will start ripping off Saw movies to make kindergarten holo-ventures. Oh no! Jeff Denlon, the ice cream merchant, got stuck in the freezer. Can you find the key to the door?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 8 minutes ago

Bored of the Rings

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

Romeo & Juliet was based on Tristan & Isolde

10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming of the Shrew

Clueless was based on Emma

"Immature artists imitate, mature artists steal."

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Bayyle Beyond the Stars is just Yhe Magnificent Seven in space, which was The Seven Samurai in the west.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Jaws is basically "An Enemy of the People" (by Henrik Ibsen) in a modern wrapping.

And Avatar is pretty much space-Pocahontas

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

We talking, like, O Brother, Where Art Thou? being based on Homer’s Odyssey?

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The Lion King is basically Hamlet with animals. 

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

The Lion King is a rip-off of Japan's Kimba the White Lion.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

The Orville is clearly a copy cat of Star Trek and is too tier.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a Daredevil parody/love letter.

They get their powers from the same accident that gives Matt Murdoch his.

Mentor? Splinter / Stick. Enemy? The Foot / The Hand.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago

Apocalypse Now is basically Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Ad Astra (2019) is Apocalypse Now (1979) but in space.

Avatar (2009) is Dances with Wolves (1990) but in space.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 hours ago

The Punisher is just The Executioner with the serial numbers filed off. Any given person is much more likely to have heard of The Punisher.

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 1 points 4 hours ago

D.E.B.S. is a love letter to spy spoof films

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Warcraft 1-3

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The TV show on HBO wasn't, which may be what they're referring to here.