Stolen From 'Southpark'...
A 2004 Southpark episode where Cartman feigns he's handicapped to win money in Special Olympics was done before this movie.Same idea!! 'Southpark's version was way more hilarious than this film also..
sharelol yeah but this is still a great movie =)
shareThis film was written and completed long before that episode aired. They are unrelated.
sharethe film was released a year after the episode aired. i definitely think they ripped off south park. the makers seem like the kind of people that would watch SP anyway.
sharethe movie was made before the episode. it was released after it aired though. I think its just a coincidence.
sharethe trivia says it took 7 years to make so that has to be way before the sp episode
shareIf a movie thinks of an idea and it happens to have been already done, it doesn't mean they stole it.
shareI believe that this movie was written and filmed before the south park episode.
I think South Park Actually parodies this movie
*Possible Spoilers*
-Cartman pretends to be mentally handicapped for money.
Same for Johnny Knoxville's Character
-During the sequence where Cartman "trains" to be mentally handicapped
--Cartman Stands in front of the mirror practicing different personas; Knoxville has a similar sequence.
--Cartman watches videos of Kid Rock to learn mannerisms; Knoxville Watches "forrest gump","I am Sam", etc. videos
--Cartman uses a computer with wireframe animations to do his "handicapped walk analysis"; in "the Ringer", Billy uses the similar animation to show how Johnny Knoxville can jump higher and faster over hurdles
-In the South park episode, the Character that wins all the events is called Jimmy; in "The Ringer" the defending champion who usually wins all the events is called Jimmy
Either way I love south park and this movie is pretty good too
Right you are.
This movie was in the making before this episode was even out.
They probably got a hold of the script, liked it, used it and now people are giving them credit.
South Park has been a sinking ship since Season 4.
To me, it doesn't matter at all. I loved the SP episode, and I loved The Ringer...so whatever. Does it really matter? Exactly.
shareMovie's idea and screenplay was written BEFORE the southpark episode! So SP copied the film!
shareAre You Kidding? movies dont exist as long as the production starts, it starts as an idea, and that can take months maybe years to get up to production status.
shareI think it's more likely that South Park would parody the film - they've done it a few times before. They did a Lord of the Rings episode, just as one example. It doesn't matter anyway they're both good, and if it was supposed to be a parody then consent would have been given - if it wasn't supposed to be a parody it's just a coincidence.
shareSouth Park has been a sinking ship since Season 4South Park gets more clever, satirical and funny every season.
"They call me Mister Tibbs" share
@darklipslide I think South Park Actually parodies this movie
You seem to lack an understanding of how parodies work - it's kind of hard to parody something you don't know exists at the time of your performance.
I almost came as a Shark actually, but then I realised that an Eagle was slightly better. share
You seem to lack an understanding of how parodies work - it's kind of hard to parody something you don't know exists at the time of your performance.
And if they had been shopping it around to find a distributor for several years, they would have not only shown the film to a lot of people in the industry, they also would have given copies of it to others. I've had a few films on DVD well over a year before they came out to the theaters - and Matt and Trey have much better connections.
They certainly could have seen the film and written their episode to parody it, even though it hadn't been released yet. share
Exactly, there is a song by R.E.M. that has the same melody as a Journey song, but the R.E.M. song was written and played live a couple times before the Journey song, just never released (It was on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack). Neither band had heard the other's song, so it's a coincidence.
shareIf this movie took 7 years to make, they wasted a litte more than 6 and a half years of their time. Saw was filmed in like 3 weeks.
shareI don't think you know what "great" means.
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