SUN vs. LOTR

FatAssasin

http://www.jasonbriney.com/sun/sun.htm

Can't say I'm at all surprised by this.

Daz

That's absolutely hilarious. Almost as ridiculous as the name 'Soul Of the Ultimate Nation' too.

MoP

Hahahaha! Priceless.

Hollowmind

wow, that's definitely not coincidence.

Neo_God

yikes...

ScoobyDoofus

Woops!

Thegodzero

nice catch! I didn't even think about that when i saw it.

AstroZombie

A couple of us in the office talked about similarities, but had no idea that they directly ripped off a bunch of shots. Can they be sued for this?

MoP

I doubt it, but they can be laughed at by everyone for free.
I guess the animators were just watching lots and lots of LotR whenever they ran out of inspiration for how to set up a scene...

rooster

I seriously doubt it, maybe if it was a film but people dont buy games for the intro movie. I can just imagine the scene though- 'hey heres some shots from Lotr, we'd like an intro cinematic with these kind of shots and drama' intro guys- 'sure dude you want these shots- bingo, there you go'

edit:hey you stole my 'I doubt it' line! and you didn't even seriously

ElysiumGX

Shame on Peter Jackson for stealing scenes from a game to make his silly movie.

Daz

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I guess the animators were just watching lots and lots of LotR whenever they ran out of inspiration for how to set up a scene...

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In my experience this'd be more like some idiotic direction from some producer or manager, with the reluctant artists themselves fully aware of the lameness of it all!

MoP

Hahah yeah Daz, actually that sounds much more likely!

spacemonkey

My work mate is Korean and has friends working for Webzen.. they say its a Homage... but everyone is ashamed..

PaK

I dont doubt the unmatched obsurdity and foolishness of suits. I've never met an exec in this business worth his weight in spit.

My all time fav is some Midway feltch-stain insisting on a Vegas level in Area 51 after he watching *heh* the latest DNF trailer.

-R

dfacto

Man, they even have wargs in there.

This isn't an homage, it's a cover. Only I don't think those go over as well in the movie and game industry as they do in the music biz.

Moz

not to mention the SUN trailer was SUPER cheesy

Malekyth

bahah ... Soul of the Ultimate Nation ...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost has been trumped!

jzero

In the old-school commercial illustration biz, this was known as a 'swipe'. Careers were lost over such things.

But now? Eh.

/jzero

Steve Schulze

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bahah ... Soul of the Ultimate Nation ...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost has been trumped!

[/ QUOTE ]Heh, that even beats First Encounter Assault Recon. But only by a teensy margin.

GM_Goose

Wow, that's hilarious. Think they had enough direct references?

SouL

As obvious a rip-off as it is, you still have to give credit to the artists for producing some really beautiful work. The in-game screens look pretty good, too.

Zergxes

I just like saying the title in my loudest announcer voice... SOUL OF THE ULTIMATE NATION. Cracks me up.

Yep, looks reasonably polished. Credibility is a high price to pay, though.

ebagg

I see no anime hobbits! For shame!