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?
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?
I think there’s also an important distinction to be made here, especially for many of these examples.
Ripoff - “a usually cheap exploitive imitation”
Homage - “something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another”
I think many of the examples of “good ones” would likely be homages, rather than ripoffs. Although thats not to say, some ripoffs can’t be good on their own too.