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[killatopak]

https://sirusgaming.com/2021/05/10/...fNfmvz9guxtUDDw3BlYFvb7nNB38UOD2fSOPGTjq9RnP4

According to his LinkedIn post, Frankenstein’s Army Director Richard Raaphorst revealed that one of his characters in the 2013 horror film looks exactly like the one of the creatures in RE Village. Spoiler alert, it is one of the monsters in Heisenberg’s area.

Raaphorst accused CAPCOM for plagiarizing his work and not giving him the credit that he deserves. The two creatures, when set together side by side looks exactly the same. He also clarified that in the 2013 film, he made all of his creatures by himself and has not shared his ideas to others before releasing the film.

 

[FUBARx89]

Apparently in the concept art it states "inspired by"

 

[Soltype]

What a dumb thing to copy.

 

[Dr Bass]

Games have been ripping off movies since the 80s. Consider yourself a part of the club now Mr. Raaphorst.

 

[Skifi28]

Has there been any movie/game ever than isn't inspired by someone else's work?

 

[fart town usa]

That propeller enemy is hilarious in all the best ways. I love how the file on him acknowledges how dumb he is, cut his own arms off, lol.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll allow it.

 

[Cravis]

Air Man says hi.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Thread needs a drama tag ASAP

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Raaphorst accused CAPCOM for plagiarizing his work and not giving him the credit that he deserves

OI, YOU GOT A LOICENSE FER DAT, MATE?

 

[Krizalidx11]

I wouldn't call it stealing, some people are sensitive and think they invented the world, be happy they were inspired by your work and move on

 

[Valt7786]

I wouldn't call it stealing, some people are sensitive and think they invented the world, be happy they were inspired by your work and move on

This, they hardly profited from that design alone. Not like it featured in the marketing or anything whatsoever. Some people will just shout at anything they can resembling their work to get extra money out of it.

 

[Lions Gate]

https://sirusgaming.com/2021/05/10/...fNfmvz9guxtUDDw3BlYFvb7nNB38UOD2fSOPGTjq9RnP4

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[UnNamed]

Very similar. Even the setting is the same.

 

[TheMay30thMan]

I wouldn't call it stealing, some people are sensitive and think they invented the world, be happy they were inspired by your work and move on

Starting this drama may garner some attention for the filmmaker. I have a feeling that’s the only reason he’s making a fuss.

 

[Krizalidx11]

Starting this drama may garner some attention for the filmmaker. I have a feeling that’s the only reason he’s making a fuss.

That's the logical explanation to his move

 

[Dane]

Funny thing, two of the Scorpio upgrades in RE8 sounds to be based in a reddit post

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

 

[rapid32.5]

the source is about 84% plagiarized.

 

[skit_data]

Well, he’s not wrong. Who the fuck else comes up with that? Its not even scary or creepy, just... wierd.

Did his parents die in a Cessna aircraft incident?

 

[cireza]

Looking at the picture, I think they also plagiarized the entire scenery.

I mean, if you remove the mentions of the movie and game, it is impossible to know that the pictures come from two different sources.

 

[Ezquimacore]

I mean, they should at least give him a call and offer him a few bucks. Just because companies do it all the time doesn't mean is right. This is not even "inspired"

 

[RoboFu]

I guess Frankenstein’s army didn’t do too well.

 

[SCB3]

Air Man says hi.

I like how Capcom has a defence with this, "well you copied us first!"

 

[22:22:22]

Nice spoiler. Ffs. =/

My bad, shouldn't have entered the thread..

 

[01011001]

Well, he’s not wrong. Who the fuck else comes up with that? Its not even scary or creepy, just... wierd.

Did his parents die in a Cessna aircraft incident?

in the documents you find in RE8, Heisenberg (the guy who made these experiments) even says how stupid this guy is and that it was a dumb idea lol.

 

[SSfox]

Games have been ripping off movies since the 80s. Consider yourself a part of the club now Mr. Raaphorst.

Guess what. There are more movies that were ripping off books than games that were ripping off movies.

And in this case it's more inspiration, and it's just one boss from many many others in the game, there are movies that ripped an entire plots copy pasted from books, but less people know about this because not many people read books compare to those who watch movies.

 

[Kataploom]

I actually think this is way beyond "inspiration" tbh...

 

[Negotiator101]

Games have been ripping off movies since the 80s. Consider yourself a part of the club now Mr. Raaphorst.

Of course! Halo copied Aliens, it was blatantly obvious.

 

[TheKratos]

I don't see the resemblance.

 

[Jack Videogames]

There's an "I'm a huge fan" joke here, I just know it

 

[Stuart360]

To be fair, that is a pretty big coincidence. I dont have a problem with it though.

 

[Keihart]

I mean, i haven't played the game yet but they do seem too much alike. I mean, if the part of the plane are not the same or the outfit of the human parts....but that second pic with the fire makes it look way too familiar.
I usually find these claims to be over reaching, but if the charcater are indeed this close, meaning, more similarities than just the concept of half propeler ahlf human, then yeah, someone either copied or didn't realize that his inspiration was not coming out of thin air.
Sometimes happens you know, some ideas might resurface and not be as original as you though when doing character design.

 

[Codes 208]

Original character, please do not steal.

 

[Fbh]

I'll admit this is one of the few cases of claims like these where the complaint actually seems reasonable.

 

[Dr Bass]

Guess what. There are more movies that were ripping off books than games that were ripping off movies.

And in this case it's more inspiration, and it's just one boss from many many others in the game, there are movies that ripped an entire plots copy pasted from books, but less people know about this because not many people read books compare to those who watch movies.

Guess what. I assume you were not gaming in the 80s. Just go look at the covers of Metal Gear, or Contra on NES. Look at what Metroid pulls from. Heck, Kojima's entire persona is that of being a wannabe director. This has been happening in blatant ways in gaming for decades.

Like it or not, movies have a little more originality to them, and if they do draw from books tend to actually give credit (There Will Be Blood is a good example).

It's funny how silly little jokes on this board, like mine above, just sets some people off "Well, actually! ..."

Give it a rest man (and that was sort of my message to the movie guy who will of course never read this).

 

[SSfox]

Guess what. I assume you were not gaming in the 80s. Just go look at the covers of Metal Gear, or Contra on NES. Look at what Metroid pulls from. Heck, Kojima's entire persona is that of being a wannabe director. This has been happening in blatant ways in gaming for decades.

Like it or not, movies have a little more originality to them, and if they do draw from books tend to actually give credit (There Will Be Blood is a good example).

It's funny how silly little jokes on this board, like mine above, just sets some people off "Well, actually! ..."

Give it a rest man (and that was sort of my message to the movie guy who will of course never read this).

Those were inspirations, MGS for example has a lot of movies references of course, but that's it, there are a lot of movies that were more than reference straight up copy paste from books, some of those movies are Steven Spielberg movies as well, and there are even some other cases copy paste like King Lion to Leo, but anyway.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

I'm sure this is the first time anybody other than the film makers ever heard of 'Frankenstein's Army'.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Starting this drama may garner some attention for the filmmaker. I have a feeling that’s the only reason he’s making a fuss.

All he did was make a LinkedIn post pointing out what is pretty blatant, and seems to be asking for credit.

What else is someone supposed to do, as a person who designs characters, when someone rips off their character design?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Yep, rotor-man is stolen.

But WTF Capcom, Rotor man?!

 

[TheWanderingOgre]

I'm sure this is the first time anybody other than the film makers ever heard of 'Frankenstein's Army'.

I sat with the scriptwriter of Frankensteins at MoteLX in Lisbon/Portugal. He was eating one of the delicious pizzas Cinema São Jorge is known for. Cool dude. He actually started a conversation due to how embarrassing it was for us, two strangers, to be on the same table. Every other table was full. He was there to promote his new, ghost story.

This kind of argument is cringe, to say the least, when, if not for the captions, half of us would think the images in the OP were from the same source.

 

[LegendOfKage]

 

[kingpotato]

How long until it gets patched out?

 

[rapid32.5]

How long until it gets patched out?

hopefully never, it's the best fight in the game.

 

[TheMay30thMan]

All he did was make a LinkedIn post pointing out what is pretty blatant, and seems to be asking for credit.

What else is someone supposed to do, as a person who designs characters, when someone rips off their character design?

I wasn’t saying what the director did was right or wrong, nor was I picking sides.

 

[Redlight]

It's not good enough for gaming companies to steal from other content creators. Hopefully the originator can take action and get compensation.

 

[Rat Rage]

Well... that's straight up plagiarism!

 

[fatmarco]

Uhm wasn't this already very similar/maybe inspired by Peter Jacksons Brain Dead/ Dead Alive?

 

[Hugare]

They look similar, but honestly, its a simple concept

Tell different concept artists to draw an airplane rotor monster, and the results will look a lot alike