Tracing the Influence - Stolen Images in Games

[BulletMagnet]

I'm tempted to peg this one as David Crosby.



Also (forgive me if someone already mentioned this), it appears that the left-hand page of the Devil Zone ad stole both the golem AND the Swamp Thing-esque critter from Last Armageddon.

[Sketcz-1000]

I'm not sure it's David Crosby... I swear I've seen that guy guy in some movie before.

Ned Beatty perhaps?

[thekelvingreen]

Not strictly related perhaps, as it's not an image as such, but I was just looking into the Master System game Dragon Crystal...



... and I thought to myself that the logo looked very familiar.

[sogetsu]

Michelle Pfeiffer?



Upon closer inspection, they even have the same cross shaped earrings!

[cafeine]

On this one (from page 3):



The space soldier in the background on the bottom of the image is "heavily inspired" by Captain Power and the soldiers of the future, a cheesy 80s TV series.

See this image:


It's cut from a promo shot and was widely circulated in the media at the time, at least here in France.

[Gendo Ikari]

This is Bob Hoskins. Also MG2's Campbell, while inspired by Colonel Trautman, is in fact more similar to Stallone.

I'd also like to point out that the commander that briefs you between missions in Carrier Airwing / U.S. Navy is remarkably similar to Sean Connery.

[RAGilmour]

Damn, I was beat to it on Louise Brooks in Murder On The Atlantic

[Resident Tsundere]

This woman looks familiar, but I just can't place her. Maybe Isabella Rossalini?



Looks like Audrey Hepburn to me.



Looks like a frustrated Bruce Campbell.



Could this be Robert Patrick again?



This image looks familiar, too, but I have no idea who she is.



Gene Hackman?



Totes Michelle Pfeiffer.

These are just my guesses.

[derboo]

Alright, I'm still catching up with things, but I've put in a lot of the stuff that's been posted on the last couple pages, minus those where I couldn't find any convincing photos.

Btw., I could picture either of these two as Demi Moore, but yet again, good comparison images are missing:

[aganar]

Looks more like Carrie Fisher to me.

[starscream]

I'm not entirely convinced, but I agree that the top one bears more similiarity to Carrie Fisher. I don't see much of Demi Moore in that one.



I'm reminded of Kirstie Alley when looking at this. But it is probably more of "general type" thing as well.

And this:


..makes me think of Nicole de Boer (DS9)much more than Audrey Hepburn.

[hereforbrendabakke]

I couldn't find an image that was a perfect match but I'm pretty sure Holly White in Metal Gear 2 is based on Brenda Bakke from the movie Gunhed (1989).

[soleyu]

This is totally Amy Yasbeck




I know I have seen the specific image they traced, but I haven't found it yet, but hopefully thay image is close enough.

And in Chase HQ the other guy is Billy Dee Williams, Lando.




Two things, they removed the Mustache (and added it to Ford) and they added the hands holding the gun, that is why they are freakishly big compared to the rest of the character.

And this one?
Mandrake the magician, from a very old comic strip.



Hope that helps

P.S.: Umm I'm sorry for the image size, but I don't really know how to thumbnail it, if some one helps me or if a mod can change the image size, that would be very cool.

[derboo]

Oct 22, 2012 13:04:35 GMT -5 soleyu said:

Mandrake the magician, from a very old comic strip.

Hey, is that the one that was revived alongside Flash Gordon and Phantom in the Defenders of the Earth cartoon?

[soleyu]

Oct 22, 2012 13:15:00 GMT -5 derboo said:

Oct 22, 2012 13:04:35 GMT -5 soleyu said:

Mandrake the magician, from a very old comic strip.

Hey, is that the one that was revived alongside Flash Gordon and Phantom in the Defenders of the Earth cartoon?

Yep that's the one, man I had forgotten about that cartoon, hell the only reason I know who Mandrake is, it's because my dad read them and the cartoon.