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@TheGameCritique It's a ripoff of Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe. http://bit.ly/3aomn8 16 days ago |
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"You can't just take Dances With Smurfs and call it - something else!" http://bit.ly/2M5QCm 26 days ago |
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Looks weak. @JamilSmith @Geniusbastard: I wndrd if I ws only 1 unimpressed w/what I've seen of "Avatar" +may b rip-off: http://bit.ly/3aomn8 11/6/2009 |
WHAT'S THE LATEST CLASSIC SCIFI CAMERON RIPPED OFF?
CHUD.com - A Movie Website and SO MUCH MORE. - Articles - News —
[image] Hey, remember when you got excited that James Cameron was doing a megabudget original science fiction story with Avatar ? Check out io9's synopsis of Poul Anderson's 1957 scifi short story, Call Me Joe , which was eventually included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two : Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed Anglesey — who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like Avatar's Jake Sully, revels in the freedom and strength of his artificial ...
Is James Cameron’s Avatar Actually an Uncredited Rewrite of a 1957 Poul Anderson Story?
/Film —
The line between deliberate rip-off and unintentional reflection is thin and blurry. There’s now an accusation that James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar might sit somewhere uncomfortably close to that line. Seems that the film bears an uncanny resemblance to Poul Anderson’s 1957 short story Call Me Joe.
io9 was directed towards a synopsis of the tale, which the site recounts as follows:
Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed ...
Is James Cameron’s AVATAR a Ripoff of Writer Poul Anderson
GeekTyrant —
... spreading on the internet, I’m sure someone will see it and get a lawsuit filed soon. No matter what happens, I’m sure it will get settled like the Terminator suit did.
Seriously though, almost every movie being made today(original or not) has been inspired by something else in some way, shape or form. It just sounds like Call me Joe REALLY inspired Avatar. Got anything you want to say? Say it in the rant back section below!
Source: i09
'Avatar' Controversy: Did James Cameron Steal the Story?
Cinematical —
... to the original sci-fi territory he's proven a master over with The Abyss and Terminator/Terminator 2, fans of obscure science fiction novellas from 1957 are being struck with deja vu. A reader tipped off genre champions io9 to the story ...
James Cameron plagiarizes award winning sci-fi author, only this time for AVATAR
Box Office Psychics —
... But apparently, whatever this film’s about, it wasn’t James Cameron’s idea, but rather that of Nebula-winning sci-fi author Poul Anderson, care of his short story Call Me Joe. Per this website: ...
Daily Scan for 10.27.09 - Zatanna Returns to Smallville, Star Trek Gets Viral
SciFi Scanner —
... • Did James Cameron rip off Poul Anderson's novella, Call Me Joe, for Avatar? My guess is no, and that fifty years is long enough for two people to chance upon the same idea. ...
James Cameron’s Original AVATAR Might NOT Be All That Original
We Are Movie Geeks —
... Thanks to io9 for doing all the research, but it appears the story being told in AVATAR has been told before. There is no word either from Cameron or 20th Century Fox whether the film was “inspired by” Anderson’s story, but “Call Me Joe” has never been referenced in any interviews anyone surrounding AVATAR has given. ...
JAMES CAMERON STOLE AVATAR?
Filmdrunk —
A reader over on Io9 recently brought up some striking similarities between James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar and a 1957 short story called Call Me Joe, written by Poul Anderson and included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed Anglesey — who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like ...
JAMES CAMERON STOLE AVATAR QUESTION MARK?
Filmdrunk —
A reader over on Io9 recently brought up some striking similarities between James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar and a 1957 short story called Call Me Joe, written by Poul Anderson and included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed Anglesey — who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like ...
Avatar's Originality Questioned Again
Cinema Blend News —
... and now the writers over at Io9 have drawn comparisons to "Call me Joe," a short science-fiction story written by Poul Anderson in 1957. While the Delgo accusation is just nonsense, Cameron might have some questions to answer about this one. In the story, a paraplegic man is telepathically linked with an artificial life form so that he can better traverse the planet of Jupiter. Just to recap, Avatar is the story of a paraplegic man who is telepathically linked with an artificial life form so that he can better traverse the planet of Pandora. Uh oh. When the first trailer ...
Is The Plot Of James Cameron’s Avatar Plagiarized?
Screen Rant —
... Some sites - such as over at io9 where this story originated - are asking the question of whether or not ...
'Avatar' 3 Min. Trailer & New Featurette Now Online
:: The Playlist :: —
... major selling point. Are they losing faith that the public is going to notice or are they hoping on critical praise and word of mouth? But the worst crime of this trailer is that after seeing three minutes of footage our excitement level on this is still simmering at medium. Check it out for yourself below, followed by a Cameron handjob featurette on the making of the film. Our eyes glazed over when the piece started describing how the idea for the film came to Cameron in a dream ( maybe after reading the novella "Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson ? Do we smell a lawsuit?).
James Camerons’ Avatar Theatrical Trailer in HD
Film Junk —
... . This comes hot on the heels of recent accusations against James Cameron that he may have stolen some of the ideas for Avatar from a 1957 short story by Poul Anderson entitled Call Me Joe. Fortunately for Cameron, this new trailer is a huge improvement over the initial teaser trailer, and is likely going to be impressive enough to erase any of these thoughts of plagiarism from people’s minds. ...
