Yes! As a hobby writer, I say this all the time. Black Panther was a redo of The Lion King. Avatar was basically Pocahontas with a huge budget. Lord of the Rings was Star Wars in Middle Earth. And the rom-com plots are even worse because they don't have the hint of Joseph Campbell's work to prop 'em up at all. And the remakes!!! Don't get me started on those.
Thanks, that's a good insight. Although I have to admit that if we're looking at original, out-of-the-box thinking creativity, I would give Tolkien's "Middle Earth" the edge with Star Wars as the imitator.
Precisely. Tolkien was recovering from his experiences in WWI and lost himself in writing about the Hobbits, Middle Earth, the Ring series...it was therapy for him. In a similar vein, Earnest Hemingway wrote the Nick Adams stories as a way of coping with his devastating wartime experiences. The clear, Spartan prose of these stories is how he cleared away all the non-essentials and and chaff and got to the heart of storytelling. In the end, though, it was alcohol that finally quietened the thoughts and nightmares of his war years.
You can’t really say Lord of the Rings is modeled after Star Wars man- the movies were almost modeled identically after Tolkiens books which were written decades before Star Wars- so if anything it’s the opposite.
Yes! As a hobby writer, I say this all the time. Black Panther was a redo of The Lion King. Avatar was basically Pocahontas with a huge budget. Lord of the Rings was Star Wars in Middle Earth. And the rom-com plots are even worse because they don't have the hint of Joseph Campbell's work to prop 'em up at all. And the remakes!!! Don't get me started on those.
Thanks, that's a good insight. Although I have to admit that if we're looking at original, out-of-the-box thinking creativity, I would give Tolkien's "Middle Earth" the edge with Star Wars as the imitator.
Yes, I was thinking the same. Star Wars came out as a movie first, but Tolkien wrote The Trilogy many years before.
Precisely. Tolkien was recovering from his experiences in WWI and lost himself in writing about the Hobbits, Middle Earth, the Ring series...it was therapy for him. In a similar vein, Earnest Hemingway wrote the Nick Adams stories as a way of coping with his devastating wartime experiences. The clear, Spartan prose of these stories is how he cleared away all the non-essentials and and chaff and got to the heart of storytelling. In the end, though, it was alcohol that finally quietened the thoughts and nightmares of his war years.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Star Wars was a rip off of Dune.
You can’t really say Lord of the Rings is modeled after Star Wars man- the movies were almost modeled identically after Tolkiens books which were written decades before Star Wars- so if anything it’s the opposite.
Okay, then Star Wars was its copy. You get my point though, right. A hero's journey is a hero's journey.
Avatar aka Ferngully 2: Dances with the last of the Mohican Samurai 🤣
It’s legit the same movie over and over.
Similar with the music. The chords and Melodie’s from song to sing are repetitive
The marvel movies I can see for sure. The third one no, lotr was first by quite awhile.
Okay, then Star Wars was its copy. You get my point though, right. A hero's journey is a hero's journey.