Comments on: Inception ripped off a Scrooge McDuck comic http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Azu http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850944 Azu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850944 Where's the equivalent post for "Click" having been stolen from an old Jetsons episode? Where’s the equivalent post for “Click” having been stolen from an old Jetsons episode?

]]> By: okiedokie http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850953 okiedokie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850953 Several Indiana Jones moments were lifted from Carl Barks Scrooge stories. Stealing from the ducks is nothing new. Several Indiana Jones moments were lifted from Carl Barks Scrooge stories. Stealing from the ducks is nothing new.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-852500 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-852500 hahahah omg this one is the best analysis: <a href="http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/blinkuldhc/news/?a=21055"> Inception vs. McDuck scenes</a> hahahah omg this one is the best analysis: Inception vs. McDuck scenes

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851478 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851478 LOL here's a pretty good analysis of Inception vs. Scrooge McDuck http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/blinkuldhc/news/?a=21055t LOL here’s a pretty good analysis of Inception vs. Scrooge McDuck

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/blinkuldhc/news/?a=21055t

]]> By: Joseph Hertzlinger http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851481 Joseph Hertzlinger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851481 I'm pretty sure the same idea was featured in "Dreams Are Sacred" by Peter Phillips in <i>Astounding</i>, September 1948. I’m pretty sure the same idea was featured in “Dreams Are Sacred” by Peter Phillips in Astounding, September 1948.

]]> By: areyouthatguy http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851483 areyouthatguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851483 I can't believe ANYONE is taking this jest so seriously... maybe they aren't, but it can be so hard to tell sometimes. On that note Cal Barks is one of the great American storytellers. Hs work inspired not only the Ducktails series (and by inspired I mean the plots are ripped off whole cloth... Disney owned the lot, so they can do that) but filmakers like George Lucas as well. I remember being a kid in the original location of Comic Relief in Berkeley and being blown away by the fact that the (then still cool) Lucas had written the introduction to a large, expensive hardcover version of the Scrooge McDuck comics. It was like two of my worlds had collided. A dream within a dream... I can’t believe ANYONE is taking this jest so seriously… maybe they aren’t, but it can be so hard to tell sometimes.

On that note Cal Barks is one of the great American storytellers. Hs work inspired not only the Ducktails series (and by inspired I mean the plots are ripped off whole cloth… Disney owned the lot, so they can do that) but filmakers like George Lucas as well.

I remember being a kid in the original location of Comic Relief in Berkeley and being blown away by the fact that the (then still cool) Lucas had written the introduction to a large, expensive hardcover version of the Scrooge McDuck comics. It was like two of my worlds had collided. A dream within a dream…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850987 I believe that the comic in itself is a sort of unintentional rip-off. Don Rosa states in an introduction that the idea for this story was submitted by a reader, who's initials are included in the first panel, as a sort of "payment". About a month after it was printed Rosa saw a relatively new movie with a setup which closely mirror the comic. I believe that the comic in itself is a sort of unintentional rip-off. Don Rosa states in an introduction that the idea for this story was submitted by a reader, who’s initials are included in the first panel, as a sort of “payment”. About a month after it was printed Rosa saw a relatively new movie with a setup which closely mirror the comic.

]]> By: s0crates82 http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850993 s0crates82 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850993 I remember a Batman: The Animated Series episode that had the scarecrow or riddler doing the same thing with batman. The dream was Bruce Wayne living as if his parents never died. He figured it out because all of the words and signs were scrambled. I remember a Batman: The Animated Series episode that had the scarecrow or riddler doing the same thing with batman.

The dream was Bruce Wayne living as if his parents never died. He figured it out because all of the words and signs were scrambled.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851251 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851251 My favorite beagle boy as a youth was: 176-671. My favorite beagle boy as a youth was: 176-671.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851260 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851260 I might have enjoyed Inception more if Cillian Murphy kept saying to DiCaprio, "Nephew?! What the @*%# are YOU doing here?!" I might have enjoyed Inception more if Cillian Murphy kept saying to DiCaprio, “Nephew?! What the @*%# are YOU doing here?!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851273 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851273 Well, in Inception at least there's a good reason for Ellen Page's character to be like that, but explaining it would be speculation and/or a spoiler. And Inception is so damn good that I want everyone to see it without spoilers! Well, in Inception at least there’s a good reason for Ellen Page’s character to be like that, but explaining it would be speculation and/or a spoiler. And Inception is so damn good that I want everyone to see it without spoilers!

]]> By: ubernym http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851022 ubernym Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851022 I just watched an episode of Legend of the Seeker where they do something pretty similar...i.e. shared dreaming where the mark doesn't know he's dreaming and tricking him to reveal a secret. I think the concept is pretty old. Also, in case you're wondering, Legend of the Seeker is pretty cheesy (but I still like it!). I just watched an episode of Legend of the Seeker where they do something pretty similar…i.e. shared dreaming where the mark doesn’t know he’s dreaming and tricking him to reveal a secret. I think the concept is pretty old.

Also, in case you’re wondering, Legend of the Seeker is pretty cheesy (but I still like it!).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-852051 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-852051 Actually, from what I hear its an actual remake of Lawnmower Man.m Actually, from what I hear its an actual remake of Lawnmower Man.m

]]> By: ethancoop http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851029 ethancoop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851029 Someone tell me I'm over thinking this, but does it seems that Ellen Page just doesn't connect emotionally with her co-stars in any movie? Also, she's cute but my gaydar goes off when she's on screen. Someone tell me I’m over thinking this, but does it seems that Ellen Page just doesn’t connect emotionally with her co-stars in any movie?

Also, she’s cute but my gaydar goes off when she’s on screen.

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850775 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850775 Thanks, Boing Boing, for letting me know this hidden truth!!! :-) Cheers... Thanks, Boing Boing, for letting me know this hidden truth!!! :-)
Cheers…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-1054042 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054042 well played, well played. well played, well played.

]]> By: Palefire http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851034 Palefire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851034 I feel so used. I feel so used.

]]> By: eagleapex http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850781 eagleapex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850781 [eye roll] and Scrooge ripped off the idea of a rich man being Scottish. Hopefully someone will rip off Inception and steal their idea of "making a good movie." [eye roll] and Scrooge ripped off the idea of a rich man being Scottish.
Hopefully someone will rip off Inception and steal their idea of “making a good movie.”

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850783 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850783 Alas, Uncle Scrooge lacked a kick-ass Hans Zimmer score and Ellen Page. Mmm, Ellen Page... Alas, Uncle Scrooge lacked a kick-ass Hans Zimmer score and Ellen Page. Mmm, Ellen Page…

]]> By: resigned idealist http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850786 resigned idealist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850786 Every good story started as a comic book idea first. Every good story started as a comic book idea first.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850787 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850787 The Zimmer score is there, in the PDF. The Zimmer score is there, in the PDF.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850788 So... does the comic contain spoilers for the movie? So… does the comic contain spoilers for the movie?

]]> By: Wordguy http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850789 Wordguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850789 I have that coffee mug thing in my dreams all the time. I have that coffee mug thing in my dreams all the time.

]]> By: Karl Barx http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850791 Karl Barx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850791 Heresy! Carl Barks is the True Creator of Donald Duck, all other "artists" are blasphemous apostates! Don Rosa is a false messiah! Repent! REPENT! Heresy!

Carl Barks is the True Creator of Donald Duck, all other “artists” are blasphemous apostates!

Don Rosa is a false messiah!

Repent! REPENT!

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851308 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851308 Hmph. She's awfully quick on the uptake for a neophyte architecture student. Hmph. She’s awfully quick on the uptake for a neophyte architecture student.

]]> By: macegr http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850797 macegr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850797 Pretty sure that instead of Hollywood making more thought-provoking original movies they'll just make more movies about dreams. Pretty sure that instead of Hollywood making more thought-provoking original movies they’ll just make more movies about dreams.

]]> By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850798 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850798 The idea of going inside dreams has been done a lot of times before. This isn't original to Donald Duck any more than it is original to Inception. The idea of going inside dreams has been done a lot of times before. This isn’t original to Donald Duck any more than it is original to Inception.

]]> By: lovelystrangeness http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-851054 lovelystrangeness Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-851054 Actually, Neil Gaiman's run of <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Comics/Books+of+Magic/">The Books of Magic</a> is a much better conspiracy origin for Harry Potter. All of the parties involved insist it's just a coincidence, but still, the glasses... the owl... it makes you wonder. Actually, Neil Gaiman’s run of The Books of Magic is a much better conspiracy origin for Harry Potter. All of the parties involved insist it’s just a coincidence, but still, the glasses… the owl… it makes you wonder.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-853615 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-853615 This is bs, you cant infringe a thought or idea. After that the two are too dissimilar. If if it was, it's still a good flick. This is bs, you cant infringe a thought or idea. After that the two are too dissimilar. If if it was, it’s still a good flick.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/08/03/inception-ripped-off.html#comment-850799 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850799 Doubt it all you want. The truth will out. Doubt it all you want. The truth will out.

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