[Jeritron]

Originally Posted by Sixx http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-new-...s-so-familiar/

That list is stupid except for 2 of them. The points about how those movies all make the chicks seem the same is true, and same with doing the whole playboy turned responsible gimmick from Iron Man.
Those are both obviously lifted from the success of Iron Man, I think. That's not hard to recognize. I think I even commented on that earlier in this thread.

But Cracked, as usual, is making huge stretches to act like they have shit figured out to a tee. It's ridiculous.
Like an over-the-shoulder shot of a crash site. That's because over the shoulder shots are used to communicate the image of a character discovering something in basically every film.
Or saying a character in a wheelchair is a ripoff of Stryker's kid from X-Men? Come on.

And answering the call of duty isn't a rehashed storyline in superhero movies. It's just a staple of superhero storytelling.
It's like saying characters seeking revenge in westerns or kung fu movies is a ripoff.

And calling them out for having a shot of the superhero flying majestically? Lol. Apparently the guy has never opened up a comic book.