Ik ben helaas zo'n persoon die heel snel in TV series en films spot of iets al eens eerder gebruikt is of gestolen is uit bijvoorbeeld een video game. Zo is het gevecht van Agent Smith en Neo in The Matrix een ripoff van Mortal Kombat 2, speaking off. In The Matrix 3 heeft Neo een blinddoek (die rood is net als in de game) om en lijkt dan verdacht veel op Kenshi uit MK serie. Het stelen van video game stijl en momenten gebeurd meer dan je denkt, en daarom heeft de website Cracked.com nu dit artikel gemaakt over zes films die schaamteloos video game elementen hebben gestolen.

#5. The Fight Scenes In Batman V. Superman Look Exactly Like Batman: Arkham Asylum

Director Zack Snyder is a divisive figure among movie fans, but we can all agree that he has a distinct, immediately recognizable style. As in, you'd never mistake one of his movies for an episode of General Hospital or something. His action scenes in particular stand out for being ultra-violent and tightly choreographed. For instance, one of the best scenes of Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice is the one in which Batman kicks the asses of a bunch of thugs in a warehouse.



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Now that video games have plots more complex than "rescue your girlfriend from tyrannical lizards," they're constantly being accused of trying to be movies. And sure, both mediums are starting to look a lot alike these days, partly because both rely almost exclusively on computer graphics.

But there's another, subtler reason movies and video games feel so similar -- at a steadily increasing rate, movies have been stealing from video games in such sneaky ways that you'd probably never notice it unless someone put both things side by side. So let's do that ...
#6. The Force Awakens Stole As Much From Star Wars Video Games As It Did From The Original Trilogy

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One of the bigger criticisms of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was that it borrowed too heavily from A New Hope (for instance, both movies feature a character named "Han Solo"). But that's not the only source it shamelessly lifted stuff from. Remember how surprising it was to watch the aforementioned Han Solo get stabbed through the torso with a lightsaber in the middle of a scene that appeared to be building to a heartwarming father-son hug?

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Yeah, nobody was happy about this.

Paradoxically, that moment would have been even more surprising if you had played 2010's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, because you wouldn't have expected a goddamn remake:

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At least this guy was nice enough to follow through with the hug in Han's final moments.

The game's Battle Of Endor expansion allowed you to murder many beloved Star Wars characters (plus the Ewoks), and Han's death scene features the same style of execution, the same lightsaber color, and even the same disturbingly orgasmic death face as in The Force Awakens. You can see the full scene here, but be advised about watching more from that game, because if this trend continues, you may get spoiled on how Leia gets killed in a double lightsaber duel.

Now let's look at Han's killer, Kylo Ren -- who, in a plot twist, turns out to be his emo son Ben.

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That's what you get for naming your kid after some crazy old guy you barely knew.

Kylo wears an outfit suspiciously similar to the one worn by another character from a Star Wars video game: Darth Revan from the Knights Of The Old Republic series. As with Kylo, Revan's identity is revealed in a plot twist -- he's actually the player.

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Kylo started out as a Jedi apprentice before turning over to the Dark Side, but he still feels conflicted about it. The same goes for Revan, whose final Dark/Light affiliation depends on how much of a dick the player chooses to be in the game. Even Kylo's Starkiller Base, which drains energy out of a star in order to function, is reminiscent of Revan's Star Forge, which works the same way. Shame on you for thinking they were just ripping off the Death Star.

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In fairness, Knights Of The Old Republic was also ripping off the Death Star, because it seems that's the only idea anyone has in the Star Wars universe.
#5. The Fight Scenes In Batman V. Superman Look Exactly Like Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Director Zack Snyder is a divisive figure among movie fans, but we can all agree that he has a distinct, immediately recognizable style. As in, you'd never mistake one of his movies for an episode of General Hospital or something. His action scenes in particular stand out for being ultra-violent and tightly choreographed. For instance, one of the best scenes of Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice is the one in which Batman kicks the asses of a bunch of thugs in a warehouse.

See? Pretty original stuff ... unless you've played the Arkham series of video games, in which case watching that video probably made your thumbs twitch reflexively. We don't only mean that both involve Batman punching the shit out of faceless henchmen -- it's a specific style that only shows up one other place. Both Snyder's Batman and Arkham Batman love slamming enemies' faces on the floor:

Taking on multiple dudes at the same time in a sort of rhythmic dance that bounces from one opponent to the next in a circle, shattering faces at every stop:

And occasionally grabbing heavy objects with your grappling hook and using them to smash dudes:

Hell, someone put the game's HUD over the scene and it fits perfectly. There's even a moment when Batman renders the thugs' guns useless with some sort of gizmo -- just like the disruptor gadget from the games. The fighting styles are also very similar and much more brutal than what we're accustomed to, making the blink-and-you'll-miss-'em fight scenes of the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight movies look like they're full of BIFFs and POWs in stylized word balloons.

Ironically, the one thing Snyder didn't copy from the Arkham series is the slo-mo -- which the developers say they copied from Snyder's 300 in the first place. It's good to see that creative thievery enjoys a proud Batman tradition of being a two-way street.