P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-227 days agoBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1409file-text
arrow-up1409imageBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-227 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·26 days agoIt’s credited fairly well, actually: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·26 days agoThis image macro compresses text superimposed over imagery from Duke Nukem 3D, not They Live.
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days 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-up1·26 days 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-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·26 days agoWhy would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoWhy credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-226 days agoDuke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off. Hail to the king, baby!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·26 days agoWas it a rip-off, or was it homage?
minus-squareWrenFeathers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-226 days agoReads like a game developer or a new anime.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoI’d play that game.
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.
Why would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
Why credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?
Duke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off.
Was it a rip-off, or was it homage?
Tomayto Tomahto
Reads like a game developer or a new anime.
I’d play that game.