Comment on Anon is a movie critic
Hupf@feddit.org 5 months ago
Potter is more of a rip off of Lord of the Rings imo.
Orphan who has to stop a once defeated but now returning dark lord, vie destroying object(s) that contain his soul, with the help of a wizard and companions, all while evading the evil followers of the dark lord. Receives powerful artefacts that help him (cloak of invisibility vs sting/mithril coat). Assisted by a father/teacher figure that at first appears to be evil but turns out to be a good and beloved friend (Aragorn/Sirius Black).
And remember Troll 1 where a dorky, bespectacled, young boy, with messy brown hair, is thrown into a parallel world of magic, who happens to be named Harry Potter
Potter is more of a rip off of Lord of the Rings imo.
I’ve always had it pegged as a rip off of James and the Giant Peach, tbh. At the very least, there’s a ton Rowling drew from Roald Dahl (including the raging bigotry).
I’ve also heard her accused of ripping off Earthsea.
Orphan who has to stop a once defeated but now returning dark lord, via destroying object(s) that contain his soul, with the help of a wizard and companions, all while evading the evil followers of the dark lord.
This is 90% of D&D games, though. Voldemort is a classic Lich with a twist. She could have written a first draft of this book in high school using the 2e TSR book.
It’s so easy to claim she’s plagiarized the material because the whole book is so comically generic.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is true, but everything is copied from everything else. Star Wars was written to the template of the Hero’s Story myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell, and the plot and several characters are taken from Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. This is not conjecture, Lucas has openly said this.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Samurai movies and Spaghetti Westerners have been feeding on each other for decades. Star Wars was an apotheosis of sorts, marrying them both in a space opera.