WE ARE THE X-watch-MEN!!!

[@Li3n]

A homage when the thing your homage-ing is experiencing a resurgence is rather cheap.

 

[Calleja]

It is also when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable.

 

[Silver Jelly]

An look at that name! as the topic's title already notices, they are even ripping off there. Really, watchMEN, xMEN... It's like if they didn't even have the time to invent what to put in front of the "men" and just slapped an "X" in there.

 

[@Li3n]

It is also when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable.

Which is what makes it cheap.

 

[Espy]

It is also when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable.

Which is what makes it effective.[/QUOTE]

FTFY

Might be cheap but in a time when the industry is fighting for every damn sale an homage that might draw people eyes is a wise marketing move. Smart move on Marvel's part.

 

[ElJuski]

Wait you people are still bitching about this?

 

[Espy]

Wait you people are still bitching about this?

I'm actually lauding it now as a savvy business move.

 

[ElJuski]

Wait you people are still bitching about this?

I'm actually lauding it now as a savvy business move.[/QUOTE]

I wasn't calling you out, particularly

 

[Espy]

Wait you people are still bitching about this?

I'm actually lauding it now as a savvy business move.[/QUOTE]

I wasn't calling you out, particularly [/QUOTE]

I just wanted to make sure you knew I was talking about savvy now. Saaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvy. Savvy.

 

[Calleja]

"savvy" is such a wonderfully piratey word.

 

[fade]

"Any of 'em savvy English?"

 

[Calleja]

You know who ELSE is cheap? Jon Stewart. And Stephen Colbert. And everyone who has ever had or will have a talk show. Cause it's cheap to get laughs from something that is happening NOW, guys. If it's when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable and you talk about it, it's cheap.

Someone tell the people at SNL they're all cheap bastards.


Wait, scratch that last one.

 

[Gusto]

Or anything that references/includes pop culture in any way.

It's either ripping off whatever's the flavour-of-the-week, or self-indulgent nostalgic bullshit.

"There is nothing new under the sun."

 

[@Li3n]

You know who ELSE is cheap? Jon Stewart. And Stephen Colbert. And everyone who has ever had or will have a talk show. Cause it's cheap to get laughs from something that is happening NOW, guys. If it's when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable and you talk about it, it's cheap.

There's a reason why parody is protected while other forms of inspiration from current things are not you know.

Might be cheap but in a time when the industry is fighting for every damn sale an homage that might draw people eyes is a wise marketing move. Smart move on Marvel's part.

No one said it wasn't, did they?

 

[Baerdog]

Quiznos?

 

[Calleja]

You know who ELSE is cheap? Jon Stewart. And Stephen Colbert. And everyone who has ever had or will have a talk show. Cause it's cheap to get laughs from something that is happening NOW, guys. If it's when it's more present in the collective mind and ergo more relevant and recognizable and you talk about it, it's cheap.

There's a reason why parody is protected while other forms of inspiration from current things are not you know.

Might be cheap but in a time when the industry is fighting for every damn sale an homage that might draw people eyes is a wise marketing move. Smart move on Marvel's part.

No one said it wasn't, did they?[/QUOTE]

Yeah... but you can parody something from 1928 just as legally, yet all these shows choose to parody things that are happening NOW. I wonder why?

oh, yeah, they're cheap.

If they weren't, they'd be parodying things that happened in the 70s, of course.

 

[fade]

I still don't get the problem. I don't see why it makes any difference whatsoever that the watchmen "just" got popular again. Whoop-de-doo?

 

[Calleja]

You're so daft, fade, don't you see? If it happened in the last 2 years it's cheap to mention it.

 

[ElJuski]

Tsk tsk

 

[Calleja]

I'd reply to your post, Jusk, but it happened recently so it would be cheap of me to do so.

I'll have a hilarious reply once everyone forgets about it, though.

 

[ElJuski]

I won't bother reading it. That's a pretty cheap ripoff you got going as your sig.

 

[Calleja]

Wow, damn, the abbey road thing is still there? I've had sigs turned off so long I COMPLETELY forgot about it. How does it even look with this forum layout?

...i... can't find where to turn sigs back off to see. gimme a sec.

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Damn, that looks fugly, doesn't it?

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There, done, no more siggy.

 

[@Li3n]

Yeah... but you can parody something from 1928 just as legally, yet all these shows choose to parody things that are happening NOW. I wonder why?
.

Way to miss the point...

I still don't get the problem. I don't see why it makes any difference whatsoever that the watchmen "just" got popular again.

The difference being actually using it out of a sense of nostalgia etc. vs using it because it will increase your sales by association...

 

[fade]

And?

 

[ElJuski]

His point is "OMG I LIEK DA WATCHMEN WHY IS YOU USIN IT!?!?"

 

[Calleja]

a homage for something for nostalgia will NOT increase your sales?


Seriously dude, you're grasping at straws here.

 

[Fun Size]

fromage

 

[wana10]

fromage

that's all you can say!
that's all you can say!

 

[Silver Jelly]

fromage

that's all you can say!
that's all you can say![/QUOTE]

OH, THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. That was, like, the first Dexter's Lab cartoon I ever understood as a kid (I watched them in english)




wait, are you ripping them off?

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

No see, because it wasn't incredibly recent, it's completely fine that he's referencing it.

 

[Calleja]

yeah, Dexter isn't really all that popular NOW, so referencing them is not cheap at all. It's actually a pretty decent homage, congratulations for that.


Don't you dare mention Lady Gaga, though, that'd be incredibly cheap of you.

 

[Silver Jelly]

Phew, it's good to know. Because if he was ripping him off... if he DARED ripping Dexter's lab off...

 

[@Li3n]

Because obviously FunSize is making money off that post...

 

[Silver Jelly]

Because obviously FunSize is making money off that post...

 

[Calleja]

hey, hey, you never said anything about money, your exact wording was "A homage when the thing your homage-ing is experiencing a resurgence is rather cheap"... a homage needs not to be in a medium you're making money off of.