I don't know about Lucas. But, it's definitely coming out as a big-budget remake. They showed trailers of it while I w
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photolastuff — 16 years ago(February 17, 2010 07:39 AM)
George Lucas rips off everything from Johnny Quest to the Christian Bible.
Not exaggerating.
Don't be surprised.
By the way, I'm in no way defending himjust explaining what I've noticed.
sleepy dinosaur
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Carycomic — 16 years ago(February 26, 2010 04:55 PM)
George Lucas' primary inspiration for the original STAR WARS trilogy (aka Episodes IV-VI) was THE HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES by Joseph Campbell. This was a non-fiction work which discussed all the different elements certain myths and legends have in common. And, Lucas, himself, acknowledged that. In fact, he and Joseph Campbell consulted quite closely during the pre-production of Episode IV (aka A NEW HOPE)!
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DavidTL — 16 years ago(February 26, 2010 05:09 AM)
No, no. George Lucas wouldn't have done that. The reason why you ask? Because when this movie was made and released it was one of those films that only a group of people would have heard about. It's one of those under-rated films. Now Star Wars, everyone knows or has seen that film. People would more likely to have said that The Crazies copied Star Wars if they didn't have a clue that the Crazies came first
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Viewer76549 — 16 years ago(March 12, 2010 06:37 AM)
Hmmm I'm pretty sure Romero just went and bought those masks off of a shelf somewhere. Yes, I'm sure Lucas has seen a gas mask.
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deathtoallbutmetal — 15 years ago(August 24, 2010 10:53 AM)
Check out THX 1150 http://www.imdb.com/board/10066434/
He ripped himself off a lot. -
dacookielad — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 12:07 AM)
Hate to break it to ya, but Star Wars was mostly inspired by Akira Kurosowa Samurai movies, Flash Gordon, and The Searchers. Maybe the design might've been based on the design of the military dudes in this movieMAAAAAYYYBE. But that's still kind of a huge stretch.