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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqpPyhE5x2M
Ehhhh?
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Besides Biggs and Wedge hiding inside most of the FFs (and even Chrono Trigger) from the mid-90s to early 2000 (wedge was such an awesome Blitzball-player, which you never could've guessed in A New Hope) there's also the fact that FFIV is HEAVILY inspired by Star Wars, not the least with the Red Wings and Cecil's relationship with Golbez.
That doesn't make Star Fantasy Wars XII any less relevant, because it basically screams of the movie.
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That's not what I was referring to, but that could very well have been influenced by Back to the Future as well.
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The other thing I can think of is the comedy movie with Raiden travelling in time to kill snake.
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I thought that was what most people would guess, and it could be related as well, but I know what you're saying about the time paradox thing, it's just that we know Kojima has seen Back to the Future, but who knows, it could really be from anything.
Anyway, you would probably never think of this without the direct reference made, since this is really something that could have been attributed to anything if they didn't specifically point out BTF as the source. I'll just go ahead and tell you if you want.
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It's not really a big deal, but in The Document of MGS2 it says that Solidus's flame trail created when he jets across surfaces is supposed to be reminiscent of the flame trails left behind by the DeLorean from Back to the Future. The verbatim quote is something like flame trails "à la Back to the Future."
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So even though the context was parody, you as a player are still "doing" it, so it can feel similar to the movie in one form or another.
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I can see this is definitely parody, but think of the time it was made. There was no Matrix game. And I can totally see the developers wanting the game to play like what they saw in the movie. Regardless of the tone of the game, I would say it is hard to refute the inspiration there.
But without the parody, you would need quite a disconnect from the source material to not plagiarize. You might say Max Payne was heavily inspired by The Matrix, but at a cursory glance someone may not see the connection because it looks so vastly different on the surface.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 in particular had several homages to Cold War era films.
The most obvious was the opening structure of the game which was a direct homage to the James Bond films; we had an action packed semi-cold opening to the story, followed by a musical title sequence.
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Speaking of which, I just remembered that Snake's Stealth Chip arrival during the intro mirrored the arrival of the Terminators.
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Vast swathes of the COD games are from "Enemy at the Gates".
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In rainbow six 3 they had a level that took place on Alcatraz that pretty much played out the same way as the rock. and I remember in syphon filter 2 they had a level in a russian prison as well.
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FF12 is awesome, provided you have a copy of the guide laying around. So much requires the player to look stuff up, as the game gives no hints on a lot of things, and youd never discover them by chance.
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I just can't grasp what you said? Ignored why? It's one of the best movies ever made. I just don't understand... my head hurts.
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I've seen the movie and I've also read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, something which most people who extol Blade Runner cannot claim. It suffers from the same flaws as the Dune film, primarily the attempted conveyance in some other way, or not at all, of the narration of thought from the novel. I don't love the book, but it is worlds better than Blade Runner.
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Blade Runner has shaped many people's view of the future -- it's one of the few films that, 30 years on, still looks like it could be talking about a coming future. AFI marks it as one of the best 100 films ever made and the 6th best sci-fi film ever made. Of course, that's debatable, but the point is the movie has value and shouldn't be ignored.
Syd Mead's designs were inspired and are copied still today. Ridley Scott's blending of cultures in LA was way ahead of it's time. The moral, ethical, and philosophical questions that were asked and explored were world's apart from the novel, which was wise, allowing both to explore different themes while using a similar plot.
If you're attempting to imply that I haven't read the book, you're completely in error. I have a huge library of Phillip K. Dick books on my shelf (I'm partial to The Man in the High Castle).
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I'm being serious ... most people would say that Blade Runner broke new ground, meaning the cliches were the similar films, movies, and books AFTER it was released.
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Not only that, but it created the visual language for cyberpunk settings. It can't be ignored.
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No, I wasn't insinuating that you had not read the book; I had no idea whether you had.
Anyway, relax, I was just playing on the first commenter's wording. I don't really think it should be ignored; I did take the time to watch it, after all.
Even so, just because it inspired myriad other films, games and books doesn't mean it has any intrinsic value to any given person other than its utilization as a window into other works one might be interested in.
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