Author Claims Disney Copied His Work for "Zootopia" - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;52045180]going over that complaint, it seems like other than a few one-off things like the direct quotes or the one animal owning a club (and the name, but come on it's a pun), it's just tropes that have this guy's case hold water.[/QUOTE] Reminds me of when the writer for The Terminator tried suing the creators of The Matrix due to his claims that they copied their idea for machines waging war against humanity. If I'm not mistaken, that trope goes all the way back to Rossum's Universal Robots, never mind the more recent Battlestar Glactica.

[QUOTE=megafat;51995413]Trying to fight Disney legally is like an orphan trying to fight Mike Tyson.[/QUOTE] Yeah but an Orphan has nothing to live for/nothing to lose, so they'd just go apeshit on Tyson bro.

didn't zootopia have 2 different plots as well, even have some of the movie animated and recorded before deciding on the one that was used?

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;52051744]didn't zootopia have 2 different plots as well, even have some of the movie animated and recorded before deciding on the one that was used?[/QUOTE] it was a constantly evolving target. The most complete plot prior to the current was all from the fox's perspective (everything was prior to final cut), and revolved around pred+prey society being constructed on the grounds that predators wear shock collars because they were still seen as dangerous, wild creatures and had to be 'tamed' to be allowed into civilized society. It was [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJj1OkH-6Dw]depressing[/url] and dystopian, and while a lot of people whine about not getting this edgier reality, as a movie it sucked. and yeah, there's a lot of storyboards, animatics, and even some more finalized cuts around [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnVhvhHeNs[/media] context- he gets an idea for a theme park where predators can take their collars off. The park building's setpiece was kept as a background for the below scene. There's other major plotpoints to do with shakira's character and different locations than the movie ended up going, so there's TONS of sets and unused content that mostly ended up being background fluff for the trainride into town at the beginning [t]http://www.matthiaslechner.com/uploads/8/2/4/8/8248893/6348072_orig.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/qzLxUxY.png[/t] at any rate, there wasn't a fast and fulfilling 'take down a bad guy in an hour and a half' solution to society being built from the ground up with a foundation of fear-based and violently-enforced classist restrictions that severely limit the health and freedoms of certain people just for a little extra peace of mind for the extremely irrational fears of the populace. Test audiences just wanted nick to leave the city, not fight the system. it was something less than a year to release (8mo?) that they tried changing up the perspective to that of the sidekick character, a bunny working for the government, and dropped the more direct shock collar point. Gave a bit more back-and-forth with the relationship to the system and a willingness to trust authorities and look forward to a fix [QUOTE=Gamerman12;52045180]it's just tropes that have this guy's case hold water.[/QUOTE] patent trolling 101, make easy broad guesses and let something fall into the trap except the dude still laid out the trap a year after the movie released, 17 past his alleged pitch

Seems silly to try to claim ideas from a movie that was already mediocre to begin with.

[QUOTE=Killajax;52066508]Seems silly to try to claim ideas from a movie that was already mediocre to begin with.[/QUOTE] Uh, The movie grossed 1 billion worldwide..... If these allegations are true I know I would be PISSED to have a billion dollar idea stolen from me.

[QUOTE=yodaman8888;52066709]Uh, The movie grossed 1 billion worldwide..... If these allegations are true I know I would be PISSED to have a billion dollar idea stolen from me.[/QUOTE] Except his idea is like the direct to VHS version of zootopia

[QUOTE=paindoc;52066843]Except his idea is like the direct to VHS version of zootopia[/QUOTE] You mean his pitch and concept art aren't as polished as the finished movie? How shocking.