The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Douglas Phillips4 said:I watched Ghost in the Shell and I don't see what was copied there—aside from the basic idea of an AI becoming self-aware.😕

Well, that’s exactly what I’m talking about—and besides, doesn't that opening scene from Ghost remind you of something "similar" from The Matrix?

And while we're at it, someone please explain the deal with Blade Runner—what exactly was stolen, copied, or considered plagiarism?

Douglas Phillips4 says:>
Are you really calling it a copy just because of one similar scene? 👍>

The whole concept of artificial intelligence isn't some rare phenomenon—it’s been fantasized about, written, and filmed a thousand times over... you can't just toss everything into the plagiarism basket just because of that. In The Matrix, it's merely one thread of the narrative, just one part of the core idea.

Fine, fine—maybe it isn't plagiarism. But hey, I consider myself a tough critic. 😠

I'm heading out to run errands. 🙂>

Anthony Bailey said:It's tedious.

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