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GEORGE LUCAS RIPPED OFF THIS MOVIE...

posted 18 years ago by aliendragons
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Hi,

I watched the Crazies today .. its an awesome movie . . but one thing I really noticed is that the military guys in the white suits with the gas masks really reminded me of storm troopers... the way they acted was exactly like them . . the dialogue they had was like them . . they wore white and a storm troopers helmet kinda resembles a gas mask sorta . . they got their asses smoked by *beep* up civilians . . just like how storm troopers are defeated by the rebels who are just plain guys . . military guys and soldiers should be able to hold up against crazy people or "rebels" .. plus there was a *beep* load of army dudes just like the storm troopers . . their voices were all alike . . like storm troopers . . and they basically were more or less a symbol . . they didn't have individual identities . . just like storm troopers. ..

Lucas had to have seen this ....

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[–] Brandon Hall 18 years ago

Not as retarded as your failure to puctuate.

I know you are, but what am I?

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[–] Brandon Hall 18 years ago

That's what we call a typo. No excuse for lack of PUNCTUATION... assclown.

I know you are, but what am I?

[–] nacherer6 18 years ago

oh...

how old are you two fellas'..?

[–] Brandon Hall 18 years ago

Please, don't get involved.

I know you are, but what am I?

[–] xenophonnelson 18 years ago

Jizz, that was rude.

[–] xenophonnelson 18 years ago

Jeez, I meant to say jeez.

[–] jeremyxbrown 14 years ago

These two idiots are typical of the juvenile retards that plague the internet. Good call on their ages, no doubt under 21. No one under 21 should be allowed internet access. And maybe not even then. . . .

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[–] sonicflood132 14 years ago

Hey now, not everyone under 21 is juvenile. Some of us learned how to talk to others on the internet without resorting to ad hominem attacks.

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[–] Defenseman13 14 years ago

Are you two going to make out or what.

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[–] steal_your_face 14 years ago

yo brandon-you spelled 'punctuate' wrong.

dont worry though, i still think your the smartest person in the world.
hope my lack of caps doesnt send you into an emotional free fall.

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[–] w0rm9191 14 years ago

Not as retarded as your failure to puctuate.

I LOL'ed at that comment, for its ferociousness and not the typo itself.

"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions."

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[–] xxrigormortis 18 years ago

GEORGE LUCAS IS A *beep*

HAHAAH

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[–] jed-estes 18 years ago

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Idiot the crazies was released in 1973 so that means he had probably been planning it since 71 or 72. Lucas did not make Star Wars untill 1977 get it straight dude.

[–] osageavenger 17 years ago

true.true...

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[–] tommyuk 14 years ago

No your wrong that whole concept was developed in 1971 by Lucas for THX 1138.

[–] latham820 14 years ago

Thank you tommyuk! I scrolled through this whole thread confident that somebody must have corrected this idiot. I almost thought that I was gonna have the pleasure but at the very bottom was your post.

You would think that before someone goes posting accusations of plagiarism on IMDb, that person could do a little research. A simple Google search on some key words probably would have taken no more than 5 minutes of his time.

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[–] ganstaman56 17 years ago

Grow up you waste of space

[–] charlie-richardsonX 18 years ago

He designed storm troopers before this movie came out.

[–] jed-estes 17 years ago

Body Counter

Five years before it came out?

[–] superafrolicious 17 years ago

yeah i don't agree with you one bit...

[–] hoove 17 years ago

Ridiculous topic.

Behold The UZUMAKI!

[–] sliponvans4 17 years ago

don't you all think that after awhile it's all been done before. i'm sure that you might "ripoff" something intierly (SP) on accident.

[–] atperron 17 years ago

Just to throw this out there, Ralph Maquairie designed the storm trooper, not lucas.

[–] freshdeadflesh 17 years ago

You're a moron.

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[–] catmydogs 17 years ago

Aside from the inept soldiers dressed in white, I thought The Crazies shared some eerily similar traits with Star Wars. It had civilians rebelling against a perceived greater evil. One of the civilians looked a LOT to me like Han Solo...weird, maybe just a coincidence, but still...

And one of the rebel girls looked a LOT like a young Sissy Spacek, who any real Star Wars fan knows was the original choice to play Princess Leia.

Anyways, just my two cents...

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[–] ganstaman56 17 years ago

He didn't ripoff anything

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[–] ilon 11 years ago

That's not true, ganstaman.

[–] paul-capaldi 17 years ago

Sorry man, I don't buy that. The whole idea of "faceless minions" has been in scores of movies since the dawn of film and before that in litrature. The fact that the troops are in white NBC suits is handy for the conspiracy theorists but that's about it...

[–] fire_maker02 17 years ago

Yeah. the storm troopers were ripped off the Storm troopers of the S.S... the suits were not all that original either

So,if you sleep until you're 18,Ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss.

[–] MainStreetWizard 17 years ago

I thought the exact same thing

[–] amazing_sincodek 17 years ago

the first page of this thread was incredible. then you guys had to have a serious discussion. jizz/jeez.

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[–] Professor_Fate_86 16 years ago

This is possibly the single most idiotic post I've ever read on this forum.

[–] jackcain92 16 years ago

Who cares? Star Wars was crap any way.

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