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02yamahar1Aug 4, 2010
ha, never put 2 and 2 together within those...im familiar with some of them..
campussocialiteAug 4, 2010
i totally forgot about mac and me, i loved that movie as a kid
zenmojoAug 5, 2010
Where else will advertising get so blatant that Ronald McDonald starts a dance number in the middle of your flick?
meninostongueAug 5, 2010
Kinda looks like the cover was ripped off from Mac & Cheese
dingedarmorAug 4, 2010
*cough* King Solomon's Mines is based on an H. Rider Haggard novel from 1885.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines
dbalaskiAug 5, 2010
and a remake of earlier films as well,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042646/ <-- 1950 version
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029081/ <-- 1937 version
Closed AccountAug 5, 2010
Indiana Jones is to Allan Quatermain as Star Wars is to Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers.
In both cases, Lucas was clearly drawing off the older stuff. And in both cases, the success of the films lead to remakes of their inspiration sources. So it's sort-of circular.
(And Kurosawa's western-inspired samurai movies ended up inspiring several westerns, and Star Wars too)
hipmanAug 5, 2010
Newsflash:Every movie is "inspired" by previous work.
bigdorkaramaAug 5, 2010
Came here to post this. It's pretty hilarious that they got the influence ("rip-off" is often just idiotspeak for influence) *exactly backward*.
krillinAug 4, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5le9sYdYkM
eastwood24Aug 4, 2010
Sex and the City movie was a rip off of Spice World. There I said it and stand by my opinion.
schizogonyAug 5, 2010
The important thing is you watched them so we didn't have to.
manikfoxAug 5, 2010
Don't forget Avatar!
duncan202Aug 5, 2010
Except that baby spice is actually hot.
eastwood24Aug 6, 2010
Naw, Posh Spice dude, Posh Spice.
koobzzAug 4, 2010
I watched Monster Squad the other day because I remember liking it as a kid (even had the original poster). As I was watching it with my 7 year old, the kid who played the old brother from the Wonder Years blurts out, "What'd you say gentlemen?! What'd you say?". Scrambling for the remote, I realized society has changed a tad.
jshhmrAug 5, 2010
Haha, I watched this with my 7 year old a month ago. I don't remember all of the cursing. You're right, society has changed. My parents took me to rated R movies at the drive in starting at age 5. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
thejetpackerAug 4, 2010
Hahah, yeah those are pretty bad. How about Dances With Wolves + Ferngully = Avatar.
the2dquartetAug 5, 2010
It must have been about 17 years since I last saw (or heard of) Fern Gully. I remember watching it at school on video. Well remembered!
I prefer this comparison though:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/aliens_avatar
cb810Aug 5, 2010
There have been lots of football movies before and after Varsity Blues. Friday Night Lights is in no way a ripoff of that film. First, it's remarkably better. Second, it was based on a non-fiction book by “Buzz” Bissinger.
2noameAug 5, 2010
The article says Varsity Blues ripped off Friday Night Lights, not the other way around.
ccpandaAug 5, 2010
Forgive him, he has problems reading things.
pyroglassAug 5, 2010
Varsity Blues was also 'loosely based' off of the same book. FNL was more true to the book.
Closed AccountAug 5, 2010
In space, no one can hear you scream, "ripoff!"
digital0verdoseAug 5, 2010
Holy f**king out of control ads Batman!
the2dquartetAug 5, 2010
I purposely revisited the site with ad & flash blocking off just to see what you meant and OH MY GOD WTF IS THIS?! Flash ads all over the place for brightly-coloured eye shadow and cold coffee!
needcoffeeAug 5, 2010
No "Snakes on a Train"?
jonmlmAug 5, 2010
can't agree with monster squad. even their explanation isn't really accurate.
oh well.. wolfman has nards.
digitalramblerAug 6, 2010
I don't know why but that line has stuck with me since childhood. I laughed so hard every time I watched it.
leo78Aug 5, 2010
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roebeetAug 5, 2010
Sleepaway Camp should not be on this list, only because the end was so freaking awesome. It may have ripped off FT13, but it also one-upped it.
zenmojoAug 5, 2010
Friday the Thirteenth ripped off Halloween. It even has a spooky holiday as the title. Let's at least try to be honest here.
zombiesocietyAug 5, 2010
And Halloween ripped of Psycho, what's your point?
morfiusxAug 5, 2010
How about the long list of Dreamworks movies ripping off Pixar?
zenmojoAug 5, 2010
Long list? If we stick specifically to 3-D Animation
Pixar:
Toy Story 1-3
Monsters, Inc.
Cars
Wall-E
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
A Bug's Life
Dreamworks:
Shrek 1-4
Kung Fu Panda
Monsters v. Aliens
How to Train Your Dragon
Madagascar 1 & 2
MegaMind
Over the Hedge
Open Season
Flushed Away
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the WereRabbit
Shark Tale
Chicken Run
Bee Movie
Antz
While Pixar is generally critically flawless with its movies (I still think Cars sucked beyond all belief), Dreamworks makes really good 3-D animated movies too. And the only two movies you can say are even VAGUELY similar are "Shark Tale" resembling "Finding Nemo" (they actually have completely different plots and one of them was stupid) and "A Bug's Life" resembling "Antz" (they actually have IDENTICAL plots, except Antz is a generally mature satire of revolutionary political films like Z, hence the name of the main character, while A Bug's Life is a generally goofy movie about nothing with villains you most likely don't even remember and scenes which you probably have already forgotten).
Dreamworks makes brilliant movies, and so does Pixar. Would you prefer movies like How to Train Your Dragon not exist? I guarantee you Pixar would never have gotten around to making it.
digitalramblerAug 6, 2010
I have to agree, I generally prefer Pixar over Dreamworks. Shrek should have died after the first two. But "How to Train your Dragon" was a great movie, probably my favorite for the year so far.
janycAug 5, 2010
Another terrible Raiders of the Lost Ark ripoff:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084781/
Has anyone else seen it? (bonus pts for seeing in theater, in 3D)
meninostongueAug 5, 2010
It's so hard to find that one, but it is so worth it for the sheer awfulness! I remember that one, as it was the first movie that I saw as a kid that I was able to pick apart critically.
hipmanAug 5, 2010
Everything is a rip-off of everything.
rudeturnipAug 5, 2010
LINK IS NSFW premiere.com is now on my s**t list for that noisy video ad that I couldn't mute. Buried.
bigdorkaramaAug 5, 2010
That sucks. This is why I always have headphones and no speakers. :-/
insanebrainAug 5, 2010
Are you living in the stone ages ? Ever heard of adblock ?
solitaireroseAug 5, 2010
I was in my late teens when they both came out, and I liked Monster Squad a HELL of a lot more than the constant screaming in Goonies.
kazbaedenAug 5, 2010
Take a look at a film studio called "The Asylum" whose sole existence is to rip off Hollywood movies. Titles such as "The Day The Earth Stopped" and "Snakes on a Train" are my favorite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum
leighjAug 5, 2010
What about Avatar
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/
Ripping off Fern Gully?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/
Both have a character that "switches side" when they see the beauty of nature, there is a LARGE MONSTEROUS MACHINE that chews through the forest. I wonder if the script for Avatar was written after watching a Fern Gully VHS?
protogenxlAug 5, 2010
Avatar ripped off alot more from Firekind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firekind
leighjAug 5, 2010
True but Fern Gully predates Firekind. Fern Gully exchanges aliens for fairie, dragons for bugs, poisonous environment for shrinking.
Both though predate Avatar by at least a year so I would say Avatar you ripoff. Although it looked pretty nice in hiding it behind the 3D.
protogenxlAug 5, 2010
Stealth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382992/
Rips Off Macross Plus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110426/
wigen1jtAug 5, 2010
Did that site just have 47 ads jump up and punch me in the face?
zenmojoAug 5, 2010
Really? Monster Squad ripped off the Goonies?
Goonies: A group of middle schoolers gather with a group of teenagers to track down a missing pirate treasure, evading traps and a group of Italian thieves with the help of a giant deformed mongoloid. Oh, and there's a Japanese kid with some cool gadgets.
Monster Squad: A group of elementary school students with a pair of teenagers try to stop Dracula, the Wolfman, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon from unleashing hell on Earth with the help of a giant deformed mongoloid named Frankenstein. Oh, and there's an elementary school student who calls everyone chickens**t.
STFU.
liam2012Aug 5, 2010
I seriously do not understand how Varsity Blues (1999) can rip off a film that came out 5 years, i.e. Friday Night Lights (2004). I don't care if the VB people did use the book as its inspiration. You can't rip off a movie that doesn't exist!
Closed AccountAug 5, 2010
Let's not forget we had 2 "asteroid hits the Earth" plotted movies at around the same time.
focusdefectAug 5, 2010
Percy Jackson and The Olympians is based off a book series. You knew that, right? Instead of hinting at a few greek mythology references like Harry Potter, These kids are demigods, hence half blood. And your blind if you think that is the same font.
slackdragonAug 5, 2010
They forgot Pocahontas/Fern Gully/Dances with Wolves/Aliens and Avatar.
giidAug 5, 2010
Scary Movie like totally ripped off Scream. They even have more sequels than Scream. :)
ripersnifleAug 5, 2010
Also, a s**tload of direct-to-DVD releases and Syfy originals.
Closed AccountAug 5, 2010
Deep Impact and Armageddon.
Antz and A Bug's Life.
digitalramblerAug 6, 2010
coming on people this is a big duh moment. Movies almost always come in pairs. People forget that it is the movie BUSINESS. The second version of the same movie done by a different studio is almost always crappier. But it still makes money, and sometimes more profit per dollar spent.
Its a classic case of first mover, second mover. One company releases product first and then someone says hey we can make a buck off that too.