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Browsing at allposters.com I found the following pic:

Notice the ship in the upper left of the poster...LOL

This made me think- which other movies/posters/etc ripped off not only Star Wars but other famous Sci-Fi movies? Roger Corman's production company was famous for re-using sets and models so there's lots of fodder there...
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Do a Google image search for that movie title and check out the second image that comes up. It's a relatively hi quality shot of the poster and it shows the detail on the "Falcon" much better. It's amazing how much of a rip off it is. Aside from the second cockpit, it's a doppelganger.
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Bizarre, very bizarre.

Not as bizarre as Magnificent Bodybuards, a weird 1978 jackie chan movie filmed in 3D, with a confusing and non-sensical plot, featuring the STAR WARS soundtrack though the whole movie. It's hilarious and creepy at the same time.
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Your overreacting, it was probably a coincidence.
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One helluvan uncanny coinkidink, doncha think?
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You said it Kev.
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If that hadn't been such an obscure film, they wouldn't have gotten away with it, methinks.

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I am suprised there wasn't a lawsuit.
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Awesome! You're right...



There is kind of a tiny artistic modification,does anyone know if its only on the movie poster or if there's a MF in the movie?

i wonder how many movie used footage or props from other sci-fi.

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Thats what I want to know, did they really put a falcon in the in that film?
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"Your overreacting, it was probably a coincidence."

I think your monitor's broken.

Sooooooo, who's willing to waste 2 hours and take one for the team?

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"Waste two hours?" more like "waste 20 bucks," money is worth more to me than my time.
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think blockbuster or hollywood video carries it?

i waste plenty of time on a daily basis...whats 2 hours more

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You could always rent it. Normally that costs less than 20 bucks.

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Less than 20 bucks
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"Your overreacting, it was probably a coincidence."

I think your monitor's broken.



No it isn't.

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Is it anything like Turkish delight? (Or whatever that candy was from Lion/Witch/Wardrobe)

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Turkish Star Wars?

that something i want to see.
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I wonder if its anything like watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail translated into Japanese...with English subtitles??

Bonsai!!
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Hello. Just here to introduce myself. I'm a friend of Greencapt and he's been trying to get me to join this website for some time. He raves about the site and figured I'd be interested as well since we often have discussions very similar to the ones here. Anyway, hope to get more familiar with this site and perhaps I'll have something interesting to say..from time to time.
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I wonder if its anything like watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail translated into Japanese...with English subtitles??

Bonsai!!

Never saw this but i heard they used stolen footage from Star Wars
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Hello. Just here to introduce myself. I'm a friend of Greencapt and he's been trying to get me to join this website for some time. He raves about the site and figured I'd be interested as well since we often have discussions very similar to the ones here. Anyway, hope to get more familiar with this site and perhaps I'll have something interesting to say..from time to time.


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