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Re: Rip Offs That Actually Worked.
Originally posted by thewire View PostOh, that actually worked? ... ... ... ..."There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
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Play Misty For Me is gooooood stuff. I wasn't a huge fan of Fatal Attraction.
I also agree with Fist Full of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven.
I thought Last Man Standing was a solid rip off of a rip off of a rip off (Even Kurosawa's Yojimbo was a rip off of Hammett's book Red Harvest).
I may catch some flack for this, but Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was by far the best of the series (not saying much), and was really entertaining. I still watch it every once and again. This was mostly due to the hand of Justin Lin, and the fact that it ripped off Initial-D almost beat for beat.For more of my thoughts on screenwriting, check out my blog.
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It could be argued that Romero's Night of the Living Dead was a rip-off of the 1964 Italian flick Last Man on Earth, the first adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Sure, Romero cites the book as being his inspiration... but watch the earlier flick and you'll note more similarities there than with the original source.
Which works, since when Dawn of the Dead hit big, it was the Italians that jumped all over the zombie bandwagon."Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."
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Originally posted by Signal30 View PostIt could be argued that Romero's Night of the Living Dead was a rip-off of the Last Man on Earth, the first adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Sure, Romero cites the book as being his inspiration... but watch the earlier flick and you'll note more similarities there than with the original source.
Good insight. Thanks.For more of my thoughts on screenwriting, check out my blog.
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Originally posted by WriteByNight View PostI hear Pirahna (sp) a ripoff of JAWS is a good film. I dunno.
For more early Sayles from when he was trying to pay bills and not an auteur yet, check out The Howling (also Dante) and Alligator (directed by the underrated Lewis Teague).
But he also wrote Battle Beyond the Stars... which (in addition to being one of the first Star Wars rip-offs) was a full-on rip-off of The Magnificent Seven, in turn a rip-off of The Seven Samurai."Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."
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Originally posted by Signal30 View Post...one of the first Star Wars rip-offs....JEKYLL & CANADA (free .mp4 download @ Vimeo.com)
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