Wall-E a Johnny 5 rip off?

[elizs77]

Everytime I saw a Wall-E poster at Disney this past week, I suddenly would find myself saying "Johnny Number Fiiiiive, Johnny Number Fiiiiiive" in my head over and over.

Hmmmm....

 

[LoriMistress]

Johnny 5 is alive!!!

 

[unkadug]

All robots look alike....















on the inside.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I was watching the video of the Wall-E robot, and doesn't he seem like a rip off of Johnny 5 from the Short Circuit movies? Anyone else notice the resemblence?

I'm sorry but reading about this just made me think of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jaWPQ3Z7FE :lol::ROFLOL:

 

[DizneyPryncess]

I can see a resemblance. Wall E almost looks like a baby version of Johnny 5. I thought of that right away when I first saw a preview for Wall E.

 

[yankspy]

Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

 

[Doombuggy13]

Hate to say it but yeah, definitely Johnny 5 all the way!

 

[Jellyfish]

Yeh as soon as i saw the trailers thats what it reminded me off. I think he's cuter though and we need a newer version imo

 

[Timmay]

Rip-off is a very pejorative term, implying some kind of intent to copy or lack of inventiveness.

There isn’t much doubt the robots look alike, and I think somebody working on Wall-e obviously enjoyed the work done on J-5 and wanted to pay homage. It is done all the time

Take the current issue of Batman (non comic geeks, stay with me a bit). In it, the Joker is being shown some Rorschach ink blotches. What he sees is very different from what he tells the guy administering the test. “Some nice flowers”, the Joker says. This is an exact scene from Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” from 1985. The character Rorschach is also being given the same test, sees a dead dog, and answers “Some nice flowers”. I would hardly say Grant Morrison was ripping off Alan Moore, but instead paying homage to him.

Artists, writers, singers, etc pay homage to others that came before them all the time. It is no big deal.

 

[bgraham34]

Every movie is a rip off. Everyone must get their inspiration somewhere. So in that case then yes it would be a rip off, but not a bad thing.