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@TheGameCritique It's a ripoff of Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe. http://bit.ly/3aomn8 43 hours ago |
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"You can't just take Dances With Smurfs and call it - something else!" http://bit.ly/2M5QCm 12 days ago |
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Looks weak. @JamilSmith @Geniusbastard: I wndrd if I ws only 1 unimpressed w/what I've seen of "Avatar" +may b rip-off: http://bit.ly/3aomn8 18 days ago |
Is James Cameron’s Avatar Actually an Uncredited Rewrite of a 1957 Poul Anderson Story?
/Film » Sci-Fi —
The line between deliberate rip-off and unintentional reflection is thin and blurry. There’s now an accusation that James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar might sit somewhere uncomfortably close to that line. Seems that the film bears an uncanny resemblance to Poul Anderson’s 1957 short story Call Me Joe.
io9 was directed towards a synopsis of the tale, which the site recounts as follows:
Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed ...
Daily Scan for 10.27.09 - Zatanna Returns to Smallville, Star Trek Gets Viral
SciFi Scanner —
... • Did James Cameron rip off Poul Anderson's novella, Call Me Joe, for Avatar? My guess is no, and that fifty years is long enough for two people to chance upon the same idea. ...
James Cameron’s Original AVATAR Might NOT Be All That Original
We Are Movie Geeks » Science Fiction —
... Thanks to io9 for doing all the research, but it appears the story being told in AVATAR has been told before. There is no word either from Cameron or 20th Century Fox whether the film was “inspired by” Anderson’s story, but “Call Me Joe” has never been referenced in any interviews anyone surrounding AVATAR has given. ...
Sci-Fi Movies Tuesday: Avatar, Conan, Doc Savage, Paul, TMNT, X-Files + more
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... of mercenaries slaughters them to the last soul when Corin refuses to join them. The village’s only survivor was young Conan. When Khalar’s search has finally narrowed to the likely discovery of the queen at a monastery of female monks, he also learns Conan is older and hungry for revenge… LEAD Is Avatar Really An Original Sci-Fi Story? James Cameron’s "Avatar" is supposed to be an original sci-fi story, but could Cameron have been influenced by a 1950’s story? A reader at io9 pointed the site to a 1957 sci-fi novella from writer Poul Anderson called "Call Me Joe" and it’s ...
Michelle Rodriguez ‘Avatar’ Pic
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MarketSaw has posted another image from James Cameron's forthcoming Avatar (or as io9 calls it, Poul Anderson's previous novella), and its of Michelle Rodriguez. Throw this one next to the ones ...
