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re: Original Movies Vs. Copycats. Which were better?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 12:10 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Posted on 11/1/23 at 12:10 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Black Christmas > Halloween
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Posted on 11/1/23 at 4:27 pm to CU_Tigers4life
I dont know any.
I guess i can think of things like Manhunter being better than Red Dragon. But is it really a copycat? They are both based off the book.
Like the robin hood example. Is every robin hood a copy cat of the early 1900 silent films?
I guess i can think of things like Manhunter being better than Red Dragon. But is it really a copycat? They are both based off the book.
Like the robin hood example. Is every robin hood a copy cat of the early 1900 silent films?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 4:41 pm to CU_Tigers4life
No mention of the meh Peter Jackson fantasy compared to the masterpiece epic fantasy, In the Name of the King, by the artistic genius, Ewe Boll.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 4:49 pm to CU_Tigers4life
Barfly vs. Factotum
Posted on 11/1/23 at 4:57 pm to CU_Tigers4life
I wouldn't say it's better than Top Gun, but I loved Iron Eagle as a kid.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 6:56 pm to Fewer Kilometers
quote:The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) is still the best Robin Hood movie.
Robin Hood (1991) > Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Posted on 11/1/23 at 7:05 pm to CU_Tigers4life
LA Confidential > Mulholland Falls
Mulholland Falls still has a special place for me due to Jennifer Connelly spending most of her screen time wearing mainly a smile.
Mulholland Falls still has a special place for me due to Jennifer Connelly spending most of her screen time wearing mainly a smile.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 7:32 pm to dgnx6
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I guess i can think of things like Manhunter being better than Red Dragon. But is it really a copycat? They are both based off the book.
Yeah, that's not a copycat, just a remake.
Not sure I would include the "race to the box office" genres either - Armegeddon/Deep Impact, etc. It's not really a copycat if the same idea is being launched at the same time.
When I think of "copycat" I think of the 1970s when a movie would hit and other studios would try to capitalize and replicate the formula. Disaster movies like Towering Inferno, Earthquake and the Poseidon Adventure. Blacksploitation movies like Shaft, Superfly, Foxy Brown. The Airport movies. Jaws had a few ripoffs (like Orca). Star Wars inspired a few duds as well. Ironically you could argue that Alien was an obvious copycat mashup of both Jaws and Star Wars, the two biggest hits of the decade, but it still stands so well on it's on two feet due to brilliant directing and production design.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 1:56 am to AUFANATL
quote:Nah, Alien was Sci Fi and Monster Horror, which are both big genres.
Ironically you could argue that Alien was an obvious copycat mashup of both Jaws and Star Wars, the two biggest hits of the decade, but it still stands so well on it's on two feet due to brilliant directing and production design.
The plot has next to nothing to do with either of those films.
Lots of copycat movies are B movies that you can't remember the name, sometimes porn. You get almost the exact same plot, but done a bit different.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 3:24 am to CU_Tigers4life
Hunger Games / Battle Royale
Posted on 11/2/23 at 6:47 am to CU_Tigers4life
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Copycats
I really liked this movie. Harry Connick Jr. is underrated as an actor.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 6:48 am to nes2010
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Wyatt Earp
Not sure if this was a copycat or not. I think both were in production about the same time. One was just released a little earlier than the other. I agree tombstone was superior but I like both as well.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 7:55 am to Fewer Kilometers
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After Hours > Into the Night
Nice one
Posted on 11/2/23 at 7:58 am to CU_Tigers4life
The Truman Show > EdTV
Posted on 11/2/23 at 8:06 am to H-Town Tiger
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I remember in the 90s there was a volcano one, dantes peak and some other one.
Volcano.
I swear I wasn't making a joke or trying to be funny I legit forgot but your response made me chuckle
Posted on 11/2/23 at 8:37 am to CU_Tigers4life
I guess Top Gun is better than Iron Eagle, even though I have a soft spot for IE.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 9:07 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Without Limits > Prefontaine
This one is tough. I go back and forth on it.
quote:
Robin Hood: Men in Tights > Robin Hood (1991) > Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Truth. Men in Tights is my No. 2 Mel Brooks movie.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 9:28 am to Animal
quote:Without checking Wiki: I remember hearing that Costner was cast or going to sign for Tombstone, but wanted to rewrite it to make it his own. When they turned him loose, he made his own Wyatt Earp movie.quote:Not sure if this was a copycat or not. I think both were in production about the same time. One was just released a little earlier than the other. I agree tombstone was superior but I like both as well.
Wyatt Earp
Posted on 11/2/23 at 9:37 am to nes2010
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Wyatt Earp was an enjoyable movie to me. But Tombstone was better.
Tombstone was released 6 months before Wyatt Earp. I wouldn't call either an original vs. a copycat. Those movies are part of production company wars that battle over a script and the loser goes out and produces one nearly identical at the same time.
Olympus Has Fallen AND White House Down
The Illusionist AND The Prestige
Armageddon AND Deep Impact
A Bug's Life AND Antz
Volcano AND Dante's Peak
Posted on 11/2/23 at 10:29 am to CU_Tigers4life
Pitch Perfect / Joyful Noise?
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