"Then why are you commenting on something you haven't even seen, boy?"
I'm not commenting on the series itself, am I?
I'm commenting on the fact that A: I haven't seen it, B: I don't see the big deal and C: I only found out about it because people were complaining they couldn't watch it without pirating it.
Let me ask you something, isn't that why certain shows/books/movies die off?
"Many of the most popular and profitable franchises out there are remixes and mash-ups of cultural heritage and mythology."
Exactly!
The series Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, ETC is a combination of video games and anime that take characters from public domain and then gives them a twist to tell an interesting story.
Like the story of Gilgamesh, or Alexander the Great... Or even Sasaki Koujirou, the man who was said to be Musashi's rival.
That series takes from the Public Domain and gives it a twist to tell a new, interesting story. And, heck, it's actually pretty accurate too.
Like Arthur having the sword Caliburn first before he got the sword Excalibur...
Of course, Arthur, in FSN, was actually a woman named Arturia, which explains why Genevieve had an affair with Lancelot.
Gandalf the wizard there was inspired by another character in another book called Gandolf.
You know the legend of King Arthur? Have you ever heard about the legend of Sigurd?
Sigurd, the mighty Viking warrior pulled out Gram (or Balmung) from its resting place in the mighty tree when no one else could budge the huge sword. With it, he was named king. His first act? To go slay the evil Dragon Fafnir with Gram, as it could cut through anything. When he slayed the Dragon, Sigurd was bathed in the Dragon's blood, giving him a completely invincible body, save for one tiny spot on his back, where a leaf landed and thus wasn't bathed in the blood of the Dragon.
Now, doesn't that sound like the legend of BOTH King Arthur AND Achilles?
That's nothing, just wait till you find out that Mr. Lutz accidentally was sent back in time and slept with his grandmother on the day his father was conceived, but it turns out that the woman he slept with wasn't his grandmother at all, however, impossibly so, Mr. Lutz still ended up with his grandmother for a short period of time before finally being sent to the present, where he meets his future son from an alternate timeline who wants to hurt him for running out on his mother.
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I'm not commenting on the series itself, am I?
I'm commenting on the fact that A: I haven't seen it, B: I don't see the big deal and C: I only found out about it because people were complaining they couldn't watch it without pirating it.
Let me ask you something, isn't that why certain shows/books/movies die off?
Because people don't know about them.
Firefly is an example of such a series.
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Honestly...
I only heard about it when I heard people complaining about not being able to watch it and had to pirate it.
I haven't even done that, so...
*Shrugs* IDK, I just haven't found a reason to watch it, at all.
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Exactly!
The series Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, ETC is a combination of video games and anime that take characters from public domain and then gives them a twist to tell an interesting story.
Like the story of Gilgamesh, or Alexander the Great... Or even Sasaki Koujirou, the man who was said to be Musashi's rival.
That series takes from the Public Domain and gives it a twist to tell a new, interesting story. And, heck, it's actually pretty accurate too.
Like Arthur having the sword Caliburn first before he got the sword Excalibur...
Of course, Arthur, in FSN, was actually a woman named Arturia, which explains why Genevieve had an affair with Lancelot.
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I wish to point you to Lord of the Rings.
Gandalf the wizard there was inspired by another character in another book called Gandolf.
You know the legend of King Arthur? Have you ever heard about the legend of Sigurd?
Sigurd, the mighty Viking warrior pulled out Gram (or Balmung) from its resting place in the mighty tree when no one else could budge the huge sword. With it, he was named king. His first act? To go slay the evil Dragon Fafnir with Gram, as it could cut through anything. When he slayed the Dragon, Sigurd was bathed in the Dragon's blood, giving him a completely invincible body, save for one tiny spot on his back, where a leaf landed and thus wasn't bathed in the blood of the Dragon.
Now, doesn't that sound like the legend of BOTH King Arthur AND Achilles?
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Midget giraffes?
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Re: Piracy winning?
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I hope Warner still finds something..
This is just PERFECT!
To everyone who thinks copyright works as it is...
Well...
This article is pretty much proof that it's broken.
You don't need any other examples, just this one.
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Because...
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"It was MEEEEE!"
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Re: Piracy delayed?
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No, no...
You get a group of people together who are allergic to peanuts and then serve them peanut butter-chocolate pie.
Since none of them eat it, obviously no one wants such a pie.
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And this is why...
Come on, people! Wake up! Stop buying games that require online-only gameplay.
I refuse to spend my money on such a thing.
I won't even pirate it.
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Now we just need a jilted lover to show up and the exgirlfriend and the wife all claiming to have slept with the same man.
But then it turns out that the exgirlfriend is really his daughter from the future.
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Boardwalk? PAH!
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