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[Protozaius]

Wait a minute... Raiders was original? Wasn't it a homage to the pulp serials of old?

 

[Stanlore]

I thought Inception was pretty original.

Anyways, if HT were to split Doc into 1950's and 80's version which one would you buy if you only bought one?

Or if in some miracle, it came with 2 heads, which one would you display more.

I lean towards 1950's doc. He was more crazy and entertaining. The old doc saw too much _____. Too calm and calculated in comparison... I like my Doc always freaked out and grabbing his crazy hair.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

I don't see any reason they shouldn't do two outfits per figure

2015 Marty is basically 1985 with a different Jacket, Cap and shoes

1955 could have the Spy disguise included

1985 doc could simply have the radiation suit covering ther 1955 Doc

 

[Tick-Tock]

I thought Inception was pretty original.

Inception was not original at all. Nolan stole the idea in its entirety from a Scrooge McDuck comic book. https://www.cracked.com/article_19021_5-amazing-things-invented-by-donald-duck-seriously.html

 

[Wor-Gar]

I dunno about this 'back in my day' stuff. Yes BTTF was awesome, but who remembers what else was playing in the cineplex at the time?

It's always perspective, which is subjective. And yes, there was plenty of crap back then. Some crap that kiddies grew up with that now has a nostalgia to it. Like Goonies.

I didn't know you had to consider the entirety of a subject to discuss an aspect.

 

[Walker]

Just rewatched this movie and it has made me very excited. The Delorean has so much detail it isn't funny. I hope Hot Toys is up to the challenge of making it!

 

[Wulf]

And everything is made of atoms and molecules of the same basic elements, so everything in the world's the same, right?

You are funny, I like you.

BTTF and Terminator - both time travel movies about guys who go from the future to the past and meet the mother of a future child who may or may not be born depending on the outcome of the story.

Never thought of that, good comparison.

...or Hulk reboot from 2003, or Hulk reboot from 2008, or Hulk ensemble reboot from 2012 to lead into Hulk reboot in 2014... or Superman reboot from 2006, or Superman re-reboot from 2012... or the three Spiderman movies in less than ten years and the reboot from 2012...

The only movies made after the 80's... good point!
You even mentioned rebooted movies based on comic books.. It's like that even in the comic book world, everything gets rebooted. So why can't they make rebooted movies?

Seriously though, film companies making reboots these days is only logical since CGI and special effects has advanced so much. The industry is also growing and the interest as well.

Many of these comic book based movies would have been made in the 70's, 80's or the 90's if the technology of making realistic special effects was there at the time.

Superman Returns had continuity from the old movies. Hulk 2008 was supposed to be Hulk 2, but that got changed unfortunately. The Avengers Hulk is not a reboot from Hulk 2008 (they only changed the actor) and won't be rebooted for a long time since Ruffalo signed contract to appear as the Hulk in 6 more movies.

Simply, it's the thrill of discovery that's missing. A new character you've never heard of, and the new world he or she is a part of. But a new take on an old idea is better than a new idea.

I don't care if a movie has a similar plot, theme or has something "unoriginal" in it, it's what they do with it that I'm interested in. I watch movies because I want to experience something, I don't only watch them because I want to learn about some new, never made before idea. That's cool, but not necessary. Many of my favorite movies are from the 80's but most of them are so similar to movies, ideas, books that came before.

Here are some of the best rated movies from the 80's, some of them which I like a lot:

-Scarface 1983 based on the Scarface movie from 1932.

-Indiana Jones based on action heroes from film serials from the 30's.

-The Thing 1982 was a remake of a movie based on the novel "Who Goes There". Now watch how the close-minded conservatives bash the prequel made in 2011 because "it's a copy" when the 1982 version is a copy too lol...

-Das Boot 1981 based on a book.

-Full Metal Jacket 1987 based on a novel.

-Raging Bull 1980 based on the boxer Jake LaMotta.

-Once Upon a Time in America 1984 based on "The Hoods" by Harry Grey, 1953.

-Batman 1989 based on the comic books (duh..).

-Star Wars (my favorite movies of all time), based on many books and movies. The man himself, George Lucas even said so: The characters in SW aren't original, they are tributes. And it's no secret he actually wanted to make movies of Flash Gordon but it was not possible so he made Star Wars instead.. He also got inspiration by the Japanese movie "Hidden Fortress" from 1958 and the writings of Joseph Campbell. There's so much more interesting inspirations to Star Wars, just google it.

-The Terminator inspired by two episodes from the 1960's science fiction series The Outer Limits: The Outer Limits: Soldier (S02E01) and The Outer Limits: Demon with a Glass Hand (S02E05).

-Amadeus 1984 based on Mozart.

-Blade Runner 1982 based on the sci-fi novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K.

-The Elephant Man 1980 based on the true story of Joseph Merrick.

-Back To The Future (one of my favorite movies too), as I've said: Time travel, which makes the movies so special, isn't that original, the idea has been around since 700 BCE. Time Travel in a machine? Ok, "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. Doc? Einstein, hello?

The 80's, the time when originality reigned supreme? Please...

They are awesome movies and that's the only thing I care about. There's plenty of original and unoriginal movies before, from and after the 80's. If someone decides to make reboots or base movies (entirely or partially) or take some inspiration from previous ideas I won't complain.

But that's just me...

 

[Wor-Gar]

Drac, it seems sometimes that you are arguing two different arguments: one about the concept of what is original, and one about negating an opinion about a time period compared to now.

Obviously when you get down to it, all originality is influenced by something before it. You can see the inspiration in anything we call original. But generalizing to the point where you make a the suggestion that nothing is original because there was some influence before it is a little back-and-white. Like saying every comic character is a copy of Superman and therefore not original. It may be inspired by Superman but it can also be so different it becomes original in its own right. Batman is so opposite in many ways it becomes its own thing. I believe Star Wars works that way too, influenced by so many things that the mishmash of putting them all together in a space opera was an amazingly fresh way to go.

The comment I made about the 80's originality was not that that decade was wholly original but that there was many more fresh ideas at work -- perhaps inspired by other ideas but rearranged in such a new way that its seemed original. I find it harder to say that now because of the need for branding that has come along and the massive world-wide success for characters and stories that have been done in many forms before. That doesn't mean I don't like them, it just means there's a repetition that can grow tiresome. Hell, Pirates was among the silliest of branding -- based on a ride? -- but I absolutely love those movies (well, the first two really).

I'm not being combative by the way, just trying to express my opinion, I hope its coming across and not lost in my longwindedness.

 

[Wulf]

Drac, it seems sometimes that you are arguing two different arguments: one about the concept of what is original, and one about negating an opinion about a time period compared to now. Obviously when you get down to it, all originality is influenced by something before it. You can see the inspiration in anything we call original. But generalizing to the point where you make a the suggestion that nothing is original because there was some influence before it is a little back-and-white.

You've misunderstood me, I'm not saying that anything isn't original, just saying that many movies, even from the 80's, are inspired or based on things that came before, even some of the best movies from the 80's.

The comment I made about the 80's originality was not that that decade was wholly original but that there was many more fersh ideas -- perhaps inspired by other ideas but rearranged in such a new way that its seemed original. I find it harder to say that now because of the need for branding that has come along and the massive world-wide success for characters and stories that have been done in many forms before. That doesn't mean I don't like them, it just means there's a repetition that can grow tiresome. Hell, Pirates was among the silliest of branding -- based on a ride? -- but I absolutely love those movies (well, the first two really).

Now I understand, but I would like to add, in my opinion, that many movies today are fresh. Just that they make more movies that aren't fresh and they get big attention..

I'm not being combative by the way, just trying to express mu opinion, I hope its coming across and not lost in my longwindedness.

Neither was I!

It really is hard to hear the tone of someone when you're only reading the text of what they're saying and it doesn't make it easier when that person isn't a native english speaker (like me).

We are just talking and discussing our opinions about our interests on a forum. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful or anything like that!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Now I understand, but I would like to add, in my opinion, that many movies today are fresh. Just that they make more movies that aren't fresh and they get big attention..

That I do agree with and I guess that sums up best what I was trying to express.

It really is hard to hear the tone of someone when you're only reading the text of what they're saying and it doesn't make it easier when that person isn't a native english speaker (like me).

We are just talking and discussing our opinions about our interests on a forum. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful or anything like that!

Absolutely.

 

[pixletwin]

-Amadeus 1984 based on Mozart.

Hardly.

That being said, everything is a derivative of something else. What a concept.

 

[Wulf]

Absolutely.

Hardly.

That being said, everything is a derivative of something else. What a concept.

I have this feeling that you are stalking me...

 

[pixletwin]

 

[karamazov80]

Inception was not original at all. Nolan stole the idea in its entirety from a Scrooge McDuck comic book. https://www.cracked.com/article_19021_5-amazing-things-invented-by-donald-duck-seriously.html

LOL That is awesome. Honestly, I applaud Nolan for having the balls to turn a Scrooge McDuck comic into a big-time, critically acclaimed movie.

 

[Tick-Tock]

LOL That is awesome. Honestly, I applaud Nolan for having the balls to turn a Scrooge McDuck comic into a big-time, critically acclaimed movie.

Yeah, plagiarism/intellectual property theft is awesome! (Note the part of the article where it says he refused to comment.)

 

[Eli26]

Yeah, plagiarism/intellectual property theft is awesome! (Note the part of the article where it says he refused to comment.)

Because he probably believes it's nonsense. Of course it's all humor, but joking aside, Inception was meh.

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, plagiarism/intellectual property theft is awesome! (Note the part of the article where it says he refused to comment.)

He should give credit where it's due, IMO. That looks pretty blatant to me.

 

[Tick-Tock]

Because he probably believes it's nonsense. Of course it's all humor, but joking aside, Inception was meh.

It's clearly not nonsense, Nolan ripped off a Duck Tales comic book to come up with Inception. If it was nonsense they wouldn't have had an article. He literally took every detail from that comic for his movie. Guess it pays to have kids who read Disney comic books.

 

[Wulf]

I thought Nolan started writing Inception years before the Donald Duck comic-book issue with dreams...

 

[Silasya77]

Ok. Actually, the best news ever would be if HT got the license for Jurassic Park and made T-Rexes and velociraptors. That would be the best news ever.

T-Rexes would be impossible but I'd love to see HT make a Raptor. And of course Grant and Malcolm.