Originally published at: Gremlins director says Baby Yoda was "out-and-out copied" off Gizmo | Boing Boing
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Empire was released 4! years earlier. A claim from the Disney lawyer mob could very easily be made that Gizmo’s appearance was cribbed from Yoda.
And now because I will take every opportunity to post it, I present “my stick”
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yeah! if it were an issue of prior art, gremlins is the “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness” to the star-wars creators.
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I think this was a case of convergent evolution.
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I mean, they have a slight case, sure. But, and hear me out on this: he’s really an out-and-out copy of Yoda! Hah! Gotcha, Disney!
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I mean, there’s only so many forms a cute little monster can take. After a while there’s gonna be overlap. You could make an argument for Stitch (of Lilo &) just as well.
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If everything here is just about the ears, and I do see the draw, owning some good’uns myself, is that why Robert Patrick got cast in T2? 'Cos he’s like a really tall Yoda? Or maybe eleven Gremlins standing on each other’s shoulders?
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The George Lucas Talk Show got DMCAd half a million ways over their Grogizmo t-shirt at the very start of the Mandolorian.
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When asked for comment Robert Patrick had no immediate response.
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Same argument could be applied to Gizmo being copied off ET. Non verbal creature acting cute and stuff. Antics ensue.
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Isn’t that kinda like saying Baby Boss is stolen from Look Who’s Talking?
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Has Joe Dante never seen a Star Wars movie?
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Why would he bother? It’s all just a Babylon Five rip-off anyway.
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Yep give anything the proportions of a baby and we’re programed to hug them, burp them and whatever else they need. I can’t see much of a case here.
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My first thought was, “What, he’s only mentioning this now?”
My second thought was, “Oh, yeah, that Gizmo TV series is still coming out, isn’t it?”
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Not even close.
You didn’t do the baby proportions. If you do…I know some people have arachnophobia too strong for it to work, but otherwise the result looks pretty huggable.
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but he’s got his little arms up for a hug…
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