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I checked out a bibliography. Seems like lots of derivative stuff playing on the same old memes you see everywhere.
by solipsism 11y ago
I checked out a bibliography. Seems like lots of derivative stuff playing on the same old memes you see everywhere.
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- PhasmaFelis 11y agoMost of those memes are memes because Asimov invented them. You sound like I guy I once heard complain that The Lord of the Rings was just a collection of D&D cliches.
- EGreg 11y agoActually I think it is a knockoff of the Ring Cycle by Wagner :)
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoI realize you're probably being sarcastic, but I've heard people claim that in all seriousness, so just for the record: that is definitely not true, and I can't imagine anyone thinking it was true unless they were completely ignorant of the myths and stories that both Wagner and Tolkien drew from. (Much like the folks who claim Star Wars is a ripoff of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, which shows ignorance of the dozens of other classic films that Lucas quite openly referenced and homaged.) It's like claiming that Sonic the Hedgehog is a ripoff of Super Mario Bros.
- stvswn 11y ago"I tried to read Shakespeare, but the storylines were so cliched... like every romantic comedy..." "I don't like the Beatles, I've heard that pop style a million times before"
- yoklov 11y agoI think the latter is fairly reasonable. They may have invented it, but at this point it has been done an awful lot, and someone could be forgiven for being sick of it. Shakespeare's writing OTOH is still outstanding even if the stories are cliche (and they were cliche at the time as well)
- golergka 11y agohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny
- dgacmu 11y agoit's probably little consolation, but I thought your comment was hilarious. :)
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoYou gotta watch out for Poe's Law if you're trying to be funny on the internet.