Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs

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  @Sunny_Hibiscuit · 1 year ago

  Spaceballs getting a 0 on the Tommy meter confused me at first, but then I remember that Spaceballs is actually <b>good</b> so there&apos;s no irony in the enjoyment of it.

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  @SCHOKKANTE · 1 year ago

  Hi, Brazilian here, about the Brazilian star wars its actually a parody of the original, with the actors in the movie beeing really famous for their tv comedy shows. A lot of the jokes in the movie are referencing recuring jokes of their respectives shows on television, and cultural things that happened in brazil at that time, thats why at first glance a lot of the stuff doenst make sense. Anyway, sorry for the bad english, great video, love from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

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  @nathandc · 3 years ago

  Exactly how did Tarzan influence A Princess of Mars when ERB started publishing his Mars stories before his Tarzan stories?

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  @VerveQuest-zc4ri · 3 years ago (edited)

  The &quot;I find your lack of faith disturbing&quot; line in the Iranian Star Wars in the year 2001 just kinda sounded way more harsh and realistic than necessary

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  @dwerggalago · 3 years ago

  Buck Rogers &amp; Battlestar Galactica made up so much of my childhood and I still love them to bits.

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  @joshuamarks4425 · 3 years ago (edited)

  During the Wing Commander segment at @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeyUWLPLAs&amp;t=3093">51:33</a>, the subtle Simpsons joke where Freddie Prinze Jr. is giving his undivided attention to all of this exposition being spouted out to him is bar none, one of the most underrated jokes in this whole video.

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  @malcolmsweet3156 · 3 years ago

  Flash Gordon is a true gem. Must have watched it a hundred times as a kid and imo it holds up. Everything I hear that theme it makes me happy.

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  @LarixusSnydes · 3 years ago

  I guess what it boils down to when comparing a knock-off to a successful movie that was inspired by, or nudged by Star Wars is the ability to make a movie that stands on his own, has a good story and the confidence to put a little effort into creating something on top of the borrowed bits. The Last Starfighter is a prime example of this. It has a Hero&apos;s Journey, but does not slavishly regurgitate the story of the original Star Wars, just like Star Wars itself was inspired by many other stories and movies, but it used elements of those stories to build a distinct universe and take advantage of an unbelievably talented effects time team for good measure.

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  @jrdanielz · 3 years ago

  “The Blackhole” is a masterpiece, easily Disney’s 2nd best “this is Disney?” movie.

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  @Randomcomicsfrommyspinne-xt5kq · 2 years ago

  John Carter was a FANTASTIC movie that failed due to lack of any promotion. Also, if they called it John Carter Warlord of Mars, the word Mars could have brought in more people (I think)

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  @CerberusLives · 3 years ago

  The instant Hawk The Slayer cropped up, that Spaced clip came immediately to mind. Glad I&apos;m not the only one!

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  @ColonTheLibrarian · 8 months ago

  I love the polystyrene rock bumping off Jack Palance&apos;s head at the end of the 1979 &quot;The Shape of Things to Come&quot;

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