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Originally posted by Kemal
Basing one story on another doesn't make it a rip-off. Stories get told, retold, and appropriated by other cultures. Elements of stories get mixed. I think just about every military adventure story is a retelling of the Odyssey. Everything's been done before. The trick is to do it well, and to change settings, characters, and to have your own "twist."
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the military example is pretty vague .. war is about man vs man. winning and/or survival.
There was probably a story before the Odyssey that was about war in that case .. unless its the 1st recorded fictional account of conflict.
Simply basing a story on another isnt a rip off per say, its how it was done.
Until i sit and think of a better way to articulate this i can only use depalma as my best example .. blow out AND Body Double .. thats a bit much.
It was just too close to the source. Had he simply remade Blow Up or Vertigo i wouldnt have felt so weird about it. The changes he made just seemed pointless. I think its the fact that it was dome more than once made it a bit off in my view.
Sort of like a band selling itself with cover versions instead of developing better origional material. If a band does it once, its a fun goof .... but if they keep doing it ... it doesnt sit well.