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Point of interest: Brad Bird had nothing to do with this. It's Andrew Stanton's gig.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Oops, my bad, Bird is doing Mission: Impossible 4, I got confused with the fact 2 Pixar alums are doing live action movies this/next year

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

Well, getting back to your intended point, it's worth remembering that "Princess of Mars" predates pretty much anything else that the filmmakers could possibly have used for inspiration. I'm certain that Star Wars could never have been made in a world without John Carter, and I won't even get started on how Avatar thoroughly ripped off Burroughs' work.

The way I see it, turnabout is fair play.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Well, you could say the same for Pocahontas and Dance With Wolves, maybe more accurate would be to say that Avatar ripped off from the former two.

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True, Curi

I am aware of the timeframe for the original stories and the lurid pulp era predates Flash Gordon and so on. It's just that movie magic isn't about ripping off scenes filmed elsewhere already. Like that pose that people seem to adopt these days when dropping onto all fours (or threes if holding a weapon) while slowly panning back with the camera. Not that they used it in the trailer much, but the panning is there for the floor shot. I swear there is some serious lack of imagination in what to do with a lens, some lighting and a bit of movement.

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you know John Carter Of Mars predates star Wars over 60 years lol

John cars books debuted in 1912

i wasn't talking about the events, I was talking about the visuals, and the way the trailer is constructed.

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

the visuals match john carter of mars tho star wars stole a crap load from JCOM so did avatar

How can a book have visuals? everyone interprets things differently.

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

I think he just means the ways things are described and played out.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

Unless it's quite forward with details, see Harry Potter for further references.

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So Brad Bird ripped off the graphic novel Watchmen in The Incredibles, his animated film homage to The Fantastic Four?
And he has no idea he ripped off Star Wars in this film... which he is in no way attached to?

Interesting.

Ever read any interviews or done any research on him?
You can be pretty sure Brad Bird knows more about film and animation than all of us put together.

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...evidently chicken-town.

I should have just deleted that post as soon as I was reminded by Curi that Bird isn't directing this.

as for reading interviews with Bird I remember a specific one where he said he'd never heard of Watchmen. which considering the similarities between Watchmen and the Incredibles is hard to swallow. But this thread isn't about Bird at all.

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

Only similarity I can think of off the top of my head between Watchmen and The Incredibles is the whole superhuman registration thing, which was done long before and has been done many times after Watchmen

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Say, Doc, did I ever tell you I'm the only metal that's liquid at room temperature?

Well, the bad guy has been killing off superheroes, and has been engineering a major threat on his secret island which he is going to land in the middle of a major city...

But yeah, these things are tropes, they don't originate in Watchmen but were used and messed with by Moore because they are the foundations of many super-hero stories.

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...evidently chicken-town.

what about Syndrome's clear similarity with Ozy?

both have a secret island where they are developing something to masquerade as an alien in an attempt to bring about a new world order with them in a position of power, by "saving the day"

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

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Say, Doc, did I ever tell you I'm the only metal that's liquid at room temperature?

You think that's bad?

Go compare Watchmen to Dr. Strangelove, then come back.

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that's different, Dr Strangelove was a conscious inspiration for Watchmen, but why are we still talking about this?!

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

I can't enjoy The Incredibles.
Family-friendly Watchmen ripoff.

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