P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-27 hours agoBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1imageBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-27 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·7 hours agoNo credit to “They Live,” huh?
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·7 hours agoIt’s credited fairly well, actually: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 hours agoThis image macro compresses text superimposed over imagery from Duke Nukem 3D, not They Live.
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours 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-up1·3 hours 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-up3·edit-27 hours agoDuke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off. Hail to the king, baby!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoWas it a rip-off, or was it homage?
minus-squareWrenFeathers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoReads like a game developer or a new anime.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·4 hours agoWhy would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours 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?
Tomayto Tomahto
Reads like a game developer or a new anime.
Why would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
Why credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?