For those who have seen both Danger 5 and this, there are FAR too many similarities in wackiness, setting, villains, etc. They both work fine on their own and I highly suggest y'all seek out Danger 5 if you havent seen it yet and like this type of humor. Im just bummed that Kung Fury didnt acknowledge it was inspired by Danger 5 or something like that.
Maybe they never heard of Danger 5. I haven't.
So, you have a copy, but because you've 'never heard of' the original source, your copy is therefore the original?
Solipsism, much?
I don't wanna bring you down or anything, but I think that is a really negative way to try and kill yourself, I mean I tried it hundreds of times, there's no way you can hammer in the last nail.
Dino D-Day has Nazi Dinosaurs, it's not the first time they've come together.
I...drink...your...MILKSHAKE!
I DRINK IT UP!!!
Thanks for the feedback fellow imdbers...y'all have made some valid points.
I should also qualify my original posting:
#1) Reading articles about Kung Fury, i know its been development for some time. Not knowing how long, i cannot say for certain that some concepts were not developed first or randomly and coincidentally, but it seems that Danger 5 well pre-dates production.
#2) great comments about wacky mash ups such as dinosaurs and nazis existing elsewhere. the internet..for years...has had alot of goofy such mashup images. My comments about similarities between Danger 5 and Kung Fury go far deeper than that. Its tough to quantify things like similarity in tone or parody or content without getting overly verbose. Im interested in others comments, from folks who have watched both, to see if my thoughts are founded or unfounded.
#3) i still absolutely dig Kung Fury. I think its an amazing accomplishment of effects, humor, and wackiness. I just think that, if it is indeed heavily based on other material, that it should reference it. I have the same analogy with Reservoir Dogs...its amazing..tarantinos amazing...but he should have acknowledged the strong influence of City on Fire (plot and shots) on his movie.
By all means, if y'all are reading this and havent seen Danger 5 yet..check it out. Its bat-sh@t-crazy-pants fun!
danger 5 was ok. and you don't think danger 5 copied from other things
everything is a copy of a copy. this is the matrix. like i said danger 5 is a meh show.
darkplace is so much better. you should check that out.
#powerglovekid....."everything is a copy of a copy". great point. the evolution of ideas, stories, humor, etc, is filled with copies/homages/slight-evolutions/etc.
As for Darkplace...are you referring to Gareth Marengi's Darkplace? Ive been meaning to check that one out for years!
Another click-to-pick for those that have never seen it is British show The Mighty Boosh. Its not wacky parody like the Kung Fury but it is a wonderfully absurdist and wacky comedy show.