P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1410arrow-down1imageBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·2 years agoNo credit to “They Live,” huh?
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 years agoIt’s credited fairly well, actually: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoThis image macro compresses text superimposed over imagery from Duke Nukem 3D, not They Live.
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoYep, that is the history of the meme. It sorta says all that on the page I linked to in the response above ☝️
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI wasn’t asking about the history of the quote. I know the history of the quote. I was commenting on the use of a reference to a reference.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoDuke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off. Hail to the king, baby!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoWas it a rip-off, or was it homage?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’d play that game.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoWhy would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhy credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?
No credit to “They Live,” huh?
It’s credited fairly well, actually: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum
This image macro compresses text superimposed over imagery from Duke Nukem 3D, not They Live.
Yep, that is the history of the meme. It sorta says all that on the page I linked to in the response above ☝️
I wasn’t asking about the history of the quote. I know the history of the quote. I was commenting on the use of a reference to a reference.
Duke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off.
Was it a rip-off, or was it homage?
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I’d play that game.
Why would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
Why credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?