Was 'Inception' inspired by a Disney comic book?
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BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-08-11 13:30 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
The same in the sense that if you are entering the mind to do devious things, the same plot points will probably come up.
But really, Nolan started writing Inception right before or just during the publish date of the comic (2004), so yeah, Jung's collective unconscious and all.
"Ben is short for Frank."
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Entering dreams to get information is not a new concept. What made Inception was not it's basic concept, but how it was pulled off.
Ideas are similar does not equal "Ripped it off from". I mean, we had claws, but just because they were three metal claws that went "Shnick" when they came out of automatically regenerating knuckles didn't mean we stole it, does it?
Yes, I just sabotaged my own point for a lul. I consider it a good trade.
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See, that's the original spin on it, because Wolverine's claws go 'Snikt'...
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Ideas are similar does not equal "Ripped it off from". I mean, we had claws, but just because they were three metal claws that went "Shnick" when they came out of automatically regenerating knuckles didn't mean we stole it, does it?
Yes, I just sabotaged my own point for a lul. I consider it a good trade. |
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Not to mention Team Inception didn't go in the dream to steal stuff, but on the contrary, to leave something behind
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Originally Posted by Zikar
Entering dreams to get information is not a new concept. What made Inception was not it's basic concept, but how it was pulled off.
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Inception is no Taxi Driver, and Uncle Scrooge is no Beetle Bailey. It's more like Raiders of the Lost Ark being inspired by Uncle Scrooge comics (because it was).| Think about it for a second. That's like saying Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" was inspired by Beetle Bailey. |
As already mentioned, entering dreams is nothing new. Dennis Quaid did it years ago. There's only so many stories, it's how to tell it that's important.
To be fair, much of the movie was a duck blur.
"Ben is short for Frank."
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technically they come out of a rectangular looking box located on the back of the hand. one significant point of difference :P
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Ideas are similar does not equal "Ripped it off from". I mean, we had claws, but just because they were three metal claws that went "Shnick" when they came out of automatically regenerating knuckles didn't mean we stole it, does it?
Yes, I just sabotaged my own point for a lul. I consider it a good trade. |
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Are you saying you have "Claws in a Box"?
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
technically they come out of a rectangular looking box located on the back of the hand. one significant point of difference :P
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"Ben is short for Frank."
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CNN article
We can blame the discussion board Reddit, the always-smart I Watch Stuff and other blogs for spreading the notion last week.
In "Uncle Scrooge: The Dream of a Lifetime," the thieving Beagle Boys gang use a special machine to enter Scrooge McDuck's dreams and steal the combination to his safe. Donald Duck and his nephews find Scrooge and the thieves sleeping, and Donald must enter the dream to foil the plot. When someone falls in the dream, they immediately wake up. And if Scrooge is awakened before the Beagle Boys, both parties will be "doomed."
In "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio is the leader of a team that enters other people's dreams to steal information. The dream thieves can only be snapped awake by a dramatic fall, called a "kick," to their body. On its most dangerous assignment, the team has to penetrate deeper into the dream world -- and risks being trapped in it.
There are a ton of dream-hopping films, such as the long-running "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series and (a personal favorite) the underrated 1984 cult classic "Dreamscape."
What makes "Inception" unique is that its twisty visuals make it more like a mental M.C. Escher drawing than a straight horror or action flick. The story is resonating with audiences: In three weeks, "Inception" has raked in nearly $500 million worldwide.
Nolan has been mum about his "Inception" influences, though he acknowledges his film has been compared to the dreamy 1961 mind-bender "Last Year at Marienbad" -- a movie he says he's never seen. Nolan also has said he worked on the "Inception" script for more than a decade -- which would be well before Scrooge's dream adventure was even published.
Nolan's "Inception" already has inspired quite a few parodies online. If you were to catch only one, however, see Dora the Explorer's "Incepcion", which could be construed as a cartoon based on a movie based on a comic. Not unlike a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream.