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Is "What Still Remains" just a blatant rip-off of The Last of Us?
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People are laughing at the poster, not the story
Maybe next time read past the title before rushing into the thread with a hot take? Only takes a few seconds
Now I just kinda want more movies to rip-off iconic game box art, like the one for Doom 1993.
For what it's worth, the OP itself asks if the movie itself is a ripoff.
But the question that uh... remains: Is the movie any good? Anyone watched it? Now I'm curious. :)
People are responding to the OP's question by saying that TLOU isn't really original to begin with (not that this movie is actually ripping it off beyond the poster)
That's something past the title :P
First, those two things combined would be pretty original.
Two... What?
So many bad takes in this thread.
And I'm laughing at the irony of The Last of Us having a claim over anything that's unique.
Its like you only read the title but are somehow mad that no one read the OP when in fact its you who didn't read lmao.
What do you mean 'what?'
Last of Us doesn't have a single original bone in its body. If it were a movie it'd be a bargain bin stocking filler and star Christian Slater.
Who is saying TLOU was doing something unique or completely original? Man, people just love to come out of the woodwork to shit on ND at every opportunity.
I mean, there's some logic to the OP's question even: he saw a movie poster that very closely resembles TLOU's box art and wondered if the movie also closely resembled TLOU's plot, to which it has already been concluded that apart from the general setting, the plot is quite different.
Just because TLOU is a hodgepodge of references itself, it doesn't mean it's specific combination of references can't be copied as well.
I'm a big fan of the horrific fungal monsters in both of those works.
I mean
People are rushing in to shit on the movie after only seeing the poster.
I see a movie a poster too.
Buildings on either side, man and young child on their own, big nice bold white font in capital letters, flooded streets, looking off into the distance because something is coming.
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The possibility of an infection and cure are both a big deal :/
The strength of The Last of Us is largely in the execution, but to call it completely unoriginal is nonsense.
poster is pretty much the same lol, the movie? i have no idea. tbh TLOU isnt this unique story with a special setting so calling it a blatant rip off is like calling it a blatant rip off of the entire genre.
Never watched the movie tho and probably never will
Never watched the movie tho and probably never will
so like zombies? not like we havent had the hopes for cures before in traditional zombie material.
No
Not really
I didn't say no one read the title
And that's just not true
OP pointing out a poster that's a very blatant ripoff and then asking if the movie is a ripoff too leading to some people just reading the title and going "lol tlou original lol" isn't the gotcha you think it is. Unless you think that being inspired by something and plagiarizing something are the same thing
I'm starting to think you're trying to use this thread to vent your own issues about TLOU instead of tackling the specific situation behind this thread.I see a movie a poster too.
Buildings on either side, man and young child on their own, big nice bold font in capital letters.
We're talking about a movie poster that lifts its template wholesale from TLOU's.
Whether or not TLOU's box art was inspired by The Road's movie poster is besides the point.
What's special about 28 Days Later? Lol, they're just zombies (that run!). What's special about Dawn of the Dead? They're just zombies (that speak to the braindead nature of consumerism!). What's special about Train to Busan? They're just zombies (on a train!).
Everything is alike if you're that reductive. Most stories would kill for that one 'x, but...' element.
You can also throw up a billion similar surface-level works for just about anything. 28 Days Later? It's just Day of the Triffids lol! Blah blah, etc.
Why do you get to decide what is a rip off and what is inspiration?
The OP's question was about the movie itself being a ripoff based on the poster.
You can probably figure that one out on your own
Just think about it for a little bit
Not even close wtf lol. The Last of Us was inspired by the book/film The Road.
I don't, but even you can see one is more different than the other.
Naughty Dog at least made more effort to differentiate itself from The Road's poster than whoever made the What Still Remains poster to differentiate itself from TLOU's box art.
Look, I'm not trying to say one company has more of a right to lift stylistic elements from a source than others but you can make a work that is supposed to remind people of something and still make it different enough that no one can go and say "it's a rip-off" right away at first glance.
That was answered pretty quickly
Now it's about originality as like, a concept
The Road actually. I'm not sure about I Am Legend though. Both are great post apocalyptic films.
You broke up a sentence and still lack proper reading comprehension I see.
Whether your talking the movie or the original story, neither are like TLOU at all.
It's also super weird that they usually say that just before shitting on TLOU. Like something being original or not has anything to do with its own merits and quality. TLOU and the Road have a similar premise but do VERY DIFFERENT THINGS with it.
And let's all pause for moment from reading all of those posts that point out The Road as an inspiration (using this fact to shit on TLOU) to then consider that The Road itself didn't invent its setting, tone, or concept.
Right?
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All jokes aside I agree actually. However in this case it's just too easy to make fun of The Last of Us because it's famous for its liberal use of inspiration.
Dude...
My friend described this interview for me around New Year's Eve 2010. I went to Youtube early 2011 and had no luck and have tried a couple times since.
I've been looking for this clip for over 8 years. O_O
Kind of cringing at the edgy disingenuous posters, pretending that they don't know the thread is about a specific movie poster so that they can shit on The Last of Us.
We get it, guys. You don't like one of the most beloved games of the past two generations of consoles. It's okay.
We get it, guys. You don't like one of the most beloved games of the past two generations of consoles. It's okay.
Your post was so idiotic I felt the need to respond to it in parts
Aw, that's cute. Did I hurt your feelings or something?
It's so easy, you can derail a whole thread with it! :p
I haven't yet read or watched The Road, but apparently I don't really need to, since I've played TLOU already!