Synchronicity of films

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CharlesAL

532 posts

123 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Finding Nero and Shark Tale, whatever it was called.

thetrash

1,847 posts

205 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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The Hulk and The Hulk

Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Vertical limit and cliffhanger.

anarki

759 posts

135 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Avatar and Pocahontas

Shilvers

597 posts

206 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Zero Hour! and Airplane.

cool

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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thismonkeyhere said:
Tombstone and Wyatt Earp - 1993/1994.

Tombstone is far superior IMO.
Wyatt Earp's life is quite fascinating but only from the point where he meets Doc Holliday really. Before that, he seems to wander somewhat aimlessly through life (in retrospect, and from a story-teller's perspective - I'm sure it didn't seem that way to him). In this regard, the film "Tombstone" concentrates on a very short and turbulent period of his life, which makes for a good 2-hour film but misses out some of the relationships with the Mastersons (for example) who are quite interesting in their own right.

The "Wyatt Earp" film is far deeper, and more realistic/less cartoonish than "Tombstone", and is my favourite of the pair but only once it passes the buffalo hunting act.


Another copycat film (and sticking with westerns) must be "Pale Rider". Has elements of the supernatural, taken from another Eastwood film "High Plains Drifter" but in its portrayal of the good guy against the bad guy, all the while being viewed from the perspective of the (worshipping) child, "Pale Rider" surely copies "Shane" starring Alan Ladd.

Nardies

1,165 posts

218 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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anarki said:
Avatar and Pocahontas
nono

Avatar and Fern Gully!

Halb

Original Poster:

53,012 posts

182 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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This isn't about remakes, watch the video in the OP, it's more about synchronacity or group think, or whatever the heck happens in Hollywood at certain times. biggrin

Although I often wondered at the similarities between HPD and Pale Rider, and the latter is also supernatural apparently, only less obvious.

thetrash

1,847 posts

205 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Nardies said:
anarki said:
Avatar and Pocahontas
nono

Avatar and Fern Gully!
nono

Avatar and Dances with Wolves

The GMan

2,508 posts

254 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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How about REC and Quarantine.

BraveSirRobin

842 posts

281 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Vaguely remember 2 films about Christopher Columbus coming out almost together. 1492 & Columbus?

Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Yeah, good shout.
Also, The Carry on one came out at the samish time too.



Mordecai/Kingsman.

Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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total recall and The Kings Speech.

MissChief

7,095 posts

167 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Terminal Velocity and Drop Zone, both 1994.

entropy

5,403 posts

202 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Truly Madly Deeply/Ghost

The Comic Strip Presents... Bad News/Spinal Tap (former was made first though normally assumed to rip off the latter)

Dave^

7,324 posts

252 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Does Death at a Funeral and Death at a Funeral count?

Same story, one set in the US and one in Blighty.

Three years between them, and Peter Dinklage played the same part in both films.

DervVW

2,223 posts

138 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Some Gump said:
total recall and The Kings Speech.
This needs some more discussion....

paulshears

804 posts

196 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Super Fast ... total rip off of the Fast & Furious films!!!


ajprice

27,319 posts

195 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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The Raid and Dredd. Gareth Evans only knew about Dredd while The Raid was being made...

"Are you aware that the new Judge Dredd film has basically the same plot as The Raid?

Gareth Evans: Yes. It was weird, because, while we were in post on The Raid, I was telling a friend what the story was about – a bunch of guys storming a building. And he said, that’s like the new Judge Dredd movie. And I said, “What?”
He sent me a link that explained the story, and I said, “Oh God, we have to get this released very, very soon.” [Laughs]"

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/21335/the-raid-qa-d...

Edited by ajprice on Tuesday 5th May 09:19

Antony Moxey

8,016 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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paulshears said:
Super Fast ... total rip off of the Fast & Furious films!!!

Wouldn't that be a spoof of the F&F films rather than the copycat the OP suggests?