Acerac
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I'd be more upset if their imitations weren't made purposely to deceive. Given their intent I have difficulty being upset at this.
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I'd be more upset if their imitations weren't made purposely to deceive. Given their intent I have difficulty being upset at this.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hahahah no.
Jungle Emperor Leo was totally stupid and crap.
You know what the show would be without executive meddling? Jungle Emperor Leo 2.
The Faceless Master
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this one came out before iirc
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But seriously, why do people think Kimba is good? It's pretty crap especially with the much better sequel.
Since you have watched it, could you enlighten us as to the similarities with The Lion King? Not just those similarities in some screenshots which are pretty well documented but the characters, themes etc. Thanks.
Pop-O-Matic
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Damn. How many animes did Disney rip off?
Not too concerned about these superficial similarities. They don't even look that similar and I struggle to think of why Disney would even want to rip off Nadia.
(movie actually stars Inferno from the real Transformers)
Seems some Euro movie stole the title too:
Edit: Okay ... apparently the film is called Iron Invader, Metal Shifters, and Space Transformers in various markets.
Nadia
Our hero, Jean, a nerdy yet sweet inventor who gets caught up in a quest to find Atlantis. Along the way he falls in love with a girl unlike anyone he's ever met before. Accessories: big round glasses, red bow tie, assorted charts and scientific equipment.
Atlantis
Our hero, Milo, a nerdy yet sweet scholar who gets caught up in a quest to find Atlantis. Along the way he falls in love with a girl unlike anyone he's ever met before. Accessories: big round glasses, red bow tie, assorted charts and scientific equipment.
Nadia
The heroine, Nadia, an exotic young woman who turns out to be a princess of the lost empire of Atlantis. To save her empire from invaders, she must unleash her hidden power. Accessories: blue crystal pendant, skimpy bikini 'n' sarong costume, gold armband and hoop earings.
Atlantis
The heroine, Kida, an exotic young woman who turns out to be a princess of the lost empire of Atlantis. To save her empire from invaders, she must unleash her hidden power. Accessories: blue crystal pendant, skimpy bikini 'n' sarong costume, gold armband and hoop earings.
Nadia
To save Atlantis,
the heroine activates her pendant
and merges with the power source!
Atlantis
To save Atlantis,
the heroine activates her pendant
and merges with the power source!
http://www.newgrounds.com/lit/atlantis.html
are them the same exact story? no, but you can totally see that is completely inspired by gainax anime.
I watched this. Wasn't actually that bad, I expected worse for a knock off movie. (it's a knockoff of I Am Legend btw)
It even stars the guy from iron chef:
Surely its a knock off of The Omega Man (which I am Legend is also based on - well the same book anyway)
When I was 23, I landed a sweet gig (and not through investing my or my family's money) producing a mockbuster movie. This company epic had seen some of my creative producing work and hired me to put together a movie with extremely limited resources.
Not proud of the artistic integrity at all of course, but I learned everything I needed to learn about producing.
Not proud of the artistic integrity at all of course, but I learned everything I needed to learn about producing.
Certainly looks like a high quality production:
So that's what happened to Richard Grieco.
The story made no sense, and Greico just screamed every time you saw him.
The few screen shots and some characterisations are pretty much the only things that are similar. I also think they were taken from the tv show and not from the movies.
Sho_Nuff82
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Looks good for Wii.
This is ridiculous! Okay, maybe Brightspark did steal the idea from Disney, but so what? Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing the Honeymooners we wouldn't have the Flintstones. If someone hadn't ripped off Sergeant Bilko, there'd be no Top Cat. Huckleberry Hound, Chief Wiggum, Yogi Bear? Hah! Andy Griffith, Edward G. Robinson, Art Carney. If you take away a studio's right to steal ideas, where are they gonna come from?
IdreamofHIME
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The lead even gets told "With great power, comes great responsibility".
Cooler finale fight then any Spidey film I seen so far. Hasn't seen Amazing.
No offence, but that's not really at mockbuster, the Spidey refrences are just jokes. The team that made it does that in their movies.
There's even graffiti in this that says something like "Hi Spidey, how are you?", just like in their other movie Ong Bak where there was Graffiti saying "Hi Spielberg, let's do it together".
Can't be this cute!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Of course, Atlantis is fair play. I'm only targeting TLK/Kimba.
There are NO similarities aside from the "Disney wanted to do Kimba but couldn't".
I'm on the TLK is superior to Kimba and is not a ripoff dude.
There are NO similarities aside from the "Disney wanted to do Kimba but couldn't".
I'm on the TLK is superior to Kimba and is not a ripoff dude.
This one in particular was made in India, iirc.
Dark Octave
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Not a Disney movie (I don't think) but
copied directly from
even down to the "about to crash blackout scene" and the AI controlled fighter jet.
copied directly from
even down to the "about to crash blackout scene" and the AI controlled fighter jet.
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