What comic books, movies, and TV shows are blatantly copycats or rip-offs of previous comics, movies, or shows, but despite being a copycat or rip-off, are still pretty good?

  • Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    The Magnificent 7 and A Fistful of Dollars are just Seven Samurai and Yojimbo but westerns.

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      Speaking of Kurosawa, ‘Ran’ is based on ‘King Lear’, and also “includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari”.