Jump to content

Plagerism or tribute?


Lestat

Recommended Posts

zentradi-shuttle.jpg

post-544-1198870155_thumb.jpg

Hello people, I was just watching the first Macross Frontier episode, and coincidentally perusing a comic soon after, it was Aliens Vs. Predator Vs. Terminator issue #1. I was astounded to find a predator flying around in a Zjentohlauedy shuttle...

In the words of Rove McManus;

What the...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You know, over the years I've seen many threads like this. Tribute or plagiarism? I'd think the answer is pretty clear. These artists don't stumble across these things from shows they've never heard of, then just toss them into whatever they're working on at the moment because they suddenly found themselves at a complete and utter lack of ideas (especially not when it's a licensed work, with plenty of designs they could have drawn from that).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm going to go with tribute. Most of the time, these things are one offs and we never see them again, so I think it can be safely said that they're meant to be easter eggs or homages and are not meant as rip offs.

Have you ever read the Outsiders manga? almost all the spaceships in that are Zentraedi rip offs and the artist admits it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hmm, nope, can't say I have. :mellow:

Probably because he's referring to Outlanders by Johji Manabe. ^_^

I hope that's right.

I'm pegging this one down to plagiarism. I'm guessing that the artist (and I use that term loosely) saw this design without having a clue what it was. That's how a black part becomes a windshield and other crap like that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Probably because he's referring to Outlanders by Johji Manabe. ^_^

I hope that's right.

I'm pegging this one down to plagiarism. I'm guessing that the artist (and I use that term loosely) saw this design without having a clue what it was. That's how a black part becomes a windshield and other crap like that.

yes that's right! lol I always screw that name up. Thanks.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

For me the big surptrise is a guy from Sweden quoting Rove McManus :o

That would be an Australian ex-patriot living in Sweden. Well, not really ex-patriot, but I moved there. My wife is Swedish, and there's no substitute. :D

I'm not sure that the windscreen isn't a windscreen on the actual ship. It's a bit hard to tell, although scale-wise, the shuttle is large enough to fit several Regults in it, but they aren't big by Zjentohlauedy standards, at least not in storage. It could well be. As for whether or not this is plagarism, I think it's actually hard to tell. The rendition is pretty good quality.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

LOL - years ago, when i bought the TPB of this (I like TPB's), I instantly thought 'rip-off' when i saw the pred ship - surely the artist could've drawn inspiration from the original design - not just rip it off completely. Still - nice try i suppose. The concept art in the back of the TPB of the pred looks far better than the actual preds in the story, ah well - such is life.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...