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Re: Disney stealing ideas again?
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Fri, 18 May 2001 17:14:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > Also, while the characters are stylistically different, they share
> > characteristics, such as the hero's large glasses (supposedly inspired by a
> > silent movie star's on-screen glasses, but those glasses were small with
> > thick rims) and the heroine's dark skin, fiery temper, and blue crystal
> > pendant, among others. A couple of these could be coincidence, but all of
> > them? I don't believe so.
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> I don't know. Recently we had the discussion of Larry Potter vs. Harry
> Potter, and the general (though not absolute) consensus that the peculiar
> overlaps were indeed coincidental, and they were much more specific than
> dark-skin-blue-pendant.
I must've missed part of that thread then, because I thought it was stated that
the similarities were just the names (HP being a main character and LP being a
minor character) and two entirely different creatures having the same name.
Also, more than just the "dark-skin-blue-pendant" is similar in Atlantis and
Nadia. The male lead, while not the same archetype (Jean in Nadia is an
inventor and Milo in Atlantis is an archaeologist), the female leads are. They
also have the same temperament, and some of their visual features are identical
(large rimless glasses on him and the afore mentioned dark skin and blue
pendant on her). The Pendants also have virtually the same functions in both,
and each show is set pre-WWI. Each has a submarine with an international crew,
including blonde female second-in-commands and bald black doctors. Events in
the shows are also quite similar, if not identical, which is outlined on a
table in the article I mention (contains spoilers, though).
Jeff
"FLAT SIDE UP!"
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| (...) Well, you're obviously not familiar with the universal archetype of the pre-WWI international submarine crew. 8^0 Actually, that is some weird overlap; I didn't realize the scope of it. Dave! (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I don't know. Recently we had the discussion of Larry Potter vs. Harry Potter, and the general (though not absolute) consensus that the peculiar overlaps were indeed coincidental, and they were much more specific than dark-skin-blue-pendant. (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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