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Who copied who? CJ7 and Magic Gourd...

posted 16 years ago by web1-2
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If anyone else has seen both CJ7 and the Magic Gourd, they will immediately notice many similarities:

1. Both deal with a young boy and a supernatural "pet".
2. In both, the young boy is endowed with super powers by the pet.
3. Both see an image of their pet in the clouds.
4. Both cheat on tests in school with the help of their pet.
5. Both throw away their pet when it disappoints them.
6. Both swim at high speed in the indoor pool with the help of their pet.
7. In both films a robotic dog toy is involved.
8. Both have a cute younger girl (in CJ7 it's a schoolmate, in Gourd, it's the sister).

There were some other similarities that I can't remember right now. Feel free to add your own comparisons to this list.

However, it seems too close for coincidence. So...who copied who? Did Disney copy Stephen Chow, or vice-versa? I'm guessing Disney copied (even though the Gourd film was released earlier), since they did the same with the Lion King, which was copied from a Japanese film produced many years before.

In any case, I thought CJ7 was far better in it's character development...but there were some nice animated effects in this film also.

[–] psygnius 15 years ago

Actually, Lion King was not based off of Kimba the White Lion. It is based off of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

[–] web1-2 15 years ago

That may be. I have not seen either Kimba or Lion King, but was basing my statement on a talk given by Jorge Cortell before a Norwegian Unix Users Group in which he discussed intellectual property rights versus the open source idea.

You can probably still download the video here:

http://www.fulldls.com/download-movies-420088-Intellectual+Property++Why+P2P+Is+Under+Attack+%28Jorge+Cortell%29.torrent

He claimed in that talk that the Disney film was practically a copy in many respects, and that Disney got the legal rights to restrict the distribution of the Japanese film outside of Japan, even though the Japanese film was produced years before.

Maybe I didn't get all the facts straight, but that is the gist of his point, and his information is usually reliable.

[–] SDockorockerty 15 years ago

How on earth can you not have seen the Lion King!? You monster!

[–] web1-2 15 years ago

Quick, someone call an exorcist! The departed spirit of Walt is haunting these forums!!

[–] emofalloutboy 15 years ago

I'm not sure who copied who, but i hope more people copy this and make many more! so great and so delightful.

I bought you the LOTR boxed set! I remember you saying you have bad taste in movies :)

[–] brande77 15 years ago

Neither China, nor Disney (as usual) have any original ideas. In this case they both likely copied the same source, which is the old Chinese Magic Gourd fairy tale.

[–] SvenViking 15 years ago

The Lion King is also partly based on Kimba the White Lion (though not officially).
http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm