There are no stories free from the influence of other - #165462885 added by ChewyConor at Reboot

#1 - garlicbutts

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Remakes and reboots are cool. But I would also like to see some original ideas though.

#130 to #1 - frikandelboy

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Bruce Campbell is the man!

#126 to #1 - askafj

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(10/13/2017)[-]

I'd rather watch a good movie than an original movie.

#124 to #1 - anon id: 5df312ad

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Yeah I can understand why he would not want to, considering that most of his cinematic output has been sequels to Phantasm.

#115 to #1 - glenncornick

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Technically this one's a sequel but I guess a sequel 35 years later could also be called a reboot

#111 to #1 - anon id: 86751838

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(10/13/2017)[-]

But you can dig really deep to get a husk of originality...

#89 to #1 - chalibard

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(10/12/2017)[-]

At least Blade Runner 2049 is a nice expension of the universe and a great film on his own. To bad it bombed.

#118 to #89 - anon id: 2120145f

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Yeah, but is it bad?

#101 to #89 - anon id: 43301380

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(10/12/2017)[-]

The sequel to a cult movie is doomed to be a cult movie
seems fititng

#59 to #1 - phenact

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Every story has already been written, we just come up with new ways of telling them

#125 to #59 - anon id: 5df312ad

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Even the one about Elvis fighting a mummy?

#2 to #1 - subaqueousreach

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Cant be done. Original ideas dont exist anymore. Everything is reminiscent of something to someone and once relations are drawn the idea is no longer considered original.

#142 to #2 - ytwok

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(10/14/2017)[-]

I blame upcoming. A lot of teachers and parents put emphasis on teaching old ideas rather than coming up with new ones.

#122 to #2 - anon id: 0fe3141e

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(10/13/2017)[-]

JUST A COPY OF A COPY OF A COPY

#103 to #2 - Lilstow

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(10/12/2017)[-]

yeah, because thought is abstraction. our consciousness is basically entirely composed of connections of abstractions, and yet we still refer to ideas as being original.
obviously there's some sort of vaguely defined threshold for what one would and would not consider to be "original".
it's a lazy argument to just increase the scope of the discussion to invalidate something.
i may as well say "well all things are made of atoms, and all atoms are made from hydrogen, so all people are literally exactly the same"

#143 to #103 - subaqueousreach

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(10/14/2017)[-]

We're all just made from starstuff bud ;)

#144 to #143 - Lilstow

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(10/14/2017)[-]

yeah, but it's not a meaningful argument.

#145 to #144 - subaqueousreach

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(10/14/2017)[-]

I'm aware, but my statement of originality isn't vague. If you're not the first one to think of it, then it's not an original idea. It can be a new idea built on an original idea, but it doesnt change the fact that it's been done before. That doesnt mean it's a bad idea though.

Take Avatar and Dances With Wolves for example. While Avatar is a gorgeous and very enjoyable movie, the story is very much the same as Dances With Wolves. The only difference is that Avatar takes place in the far future and Dances With Wolves takes place in the colonial era.

For an idea to be truly original there cant be anything similar to it, which can't happen in todays society as there are far too many people in the world.

We live in the age of innovation. Where we build upon the ideas of old. We were born far too late to have anything we do be considered original.

#146 to #145 - Lilstow

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(10/14/2017)[-]

i wasn't accusing you of being vague, i was accusing you of having a meaningless argument.
all thought is abstraction and abstraction is an amalgamation of concepts.

I'm not saying you're wrong, i'm saying you're splitting hairs.

#100 to #2 - anon id: 43301380

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Pretty sure things have been derivative of other things for thousands of years.

#80 to #2 - logintoveiwthislin

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Sincerity > Originality

#68 to #2 - ChewyConor#434 on commentsRank#434

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(10/12/2017)[-]

There are no stories free from the influence of other stories but there are plenty of original ideas.

#57 to #2 - chrishansenhater

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(10/12/2017)[-]

There are only 7 original ideas. The rest are just copies.

#56 to #2 - anon id: ee8b1c01

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Original ideas still do exist. Humans have not even learned all the knowledge there is to learn and there are original bad ideas that have not been tried as well. Similarity does not discredit originality, the chariot is just as original as the saddle. Anyways even if something was not original you could still innovate.

Point is you're ******* dumb if you are so arrogant to think everything has already been done. Kys fam.

#52 to #2 - anon id: ee8b1c01

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(10/12/2017)[-]

original ideas do exist you fagoo

#35 to #2 - pickaxe#265 on commentsRank#265

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(10/12/2017)[-]

It's not that they don't exist.
There's plenty.
Executives just don't like them.
New ideas are risky, while older franchises already have a fanbase they can rely on.

#38 to #35 - subaqueousreach

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Except your associating new with original, which isnt the case.

There's too many people in the world now for originality to really exist. Everything anyone does is influenced by something they've seen or heard in one way or another, usually something made by someone els3. But just because it's not completely original doesn't mean it can't be good.

Look at World of Warcraft for example. They basically just did the same thing Everquest did, but improved the mechanics of the system. And it became a huge hit. But it's still not original since MMORPGs were already a thing. As was Warcraft. It was just a merger of the two ideas to make a new idea.

#55 to #38 - anon id: ee8b1c01

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(10/12/2017)[-]

which means world of warcraft is original, since there was no world of war craft before it

By your logic I guess ******* fighter jets aren't original since there were normal air planes before them.

Similarity doesn't discredit originality and literally everything is influenced by something. No idea just comes to people, there was something in their life that they witnessed to inspire the original idea.

#44 to #38 - prancingkid

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(10/12/2017)[-]

No offence but, if your definition of original means, "without influence from other things or ideas" than nothing in human history was original.

Original just means first

#45 to #44 - subaqueousreach

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(10/12/2017)[-]

And if you check the dictionary, thats what original means.

#46 to #45 - prancingkid

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Yep

#26 to #2 - FeeFieFoe

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(10/12/2017)[-]

a platypus and a gorilla fight space mexican zombie nazi jews and harrison ford is indiana jones on the sidelines battling arthritis and in the end he wins and uses his whip to defeat space zombie jew mexican hitler, the gorilla and platypus **** and the movie shows full penetration

#39 to #26 - iamaniceperson

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(10/12/2017)[-]

I'd watch it

#132 to #39 - anon id: 813eef52

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(10/13/2017)[-]

What is this called?
I keep pressing replay

#134 to #132 - anon id: c2fa7f7d

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Autism
But really though, if anyone knows then let me know too.

#112 to #39 - karrotj

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(10/13/2017)[-]

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen, what is it?

#133 to #112 - anon id: 4923f556

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(10/13/2017)[-]

It's the fox intro singed by Hatsune Miku, with pictures of some anime

#31 to #26 - arreatface

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(10/12/2017)[-]

'invasion of the female nazi werewolves'

#110 to #31 - anon id: 751fe746

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(10/13/2017)[-]

Lesbian Vampire Killers is a real thing that I quite enjoyed.

#28 to #26 - subaqueousreach

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(10/12/2017)[-]

I'm pretty sure that's the b-plot to an Adam Sandler movie.

#18 to #2 - anon id: d2a7f6fa

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Everything is a remix

#117 to #18 - pastmemories

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(10/13/2017)[-]

This. Every story has been told, it's just about how you tell it.

#69 to #18 - boarderlinegreat

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(10/12/2017)[-]

The more we interconnect, the more we realize that most ideas don't have just one origin - we were just too far away to notice.
That doesn't mean that originality is dead though.

#21 to #18 - yallreadytoparty#201 on contentRank#201

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(10/12/2017)[-]

Every-*wickywickywicky*-things a re-re-remix.. *another one*

#121 to #21 - monothhc

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(10/13/2017)[-]

this comment deserves more thumbs

#14 to #2 - tylosaurus

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(10/12/2017)[-]

This is like the dark souls of comments

#13 to #2 - anon id: 6d5174b9

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(10/12/2017)[-]

**anonymous used "*roll picture*"**
**anonymous rolled image** Yup, just about right. I think the same goes with authors: everything's been written already.