Post #3145303
2026-05-20 16:07 UTC
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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 16:33
As someone who hasn’t watched FernGully (but should), I’m increasingly skeptical of these types of “plagiarism” comparisons between movies. Lindsay Ellis recently broke down the "Aladdin was stolen" narrative and compellingly showed “it’s complicated”, and more obviously, YMS five years ago fucking eviscerated the then-popular argument that The Lion King was a ripoff of Kimba the White Lion. (Edit: I’d say this especially goes for someone like James Cameron who clearly takes immense pride in his work and setting himself apart. That’s circumstantial, of course, but it seems totally out-of-character.)
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@ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2026-05-20 19:18
Or dances with wolves
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@brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 19:32
Interesting. I’d bet it’s an example of coincidental convergence. Take the median/average of the tropes for that premise, and I can see writers coming up with a similar story.