P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-221 days agoBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBased on a comment of mine complementing another user.lemmy.eco.brP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-221 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoIt’s credited fairly well, actually: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoThis image macro compresses text superimposed over imagery from Duke Nukem 3D, not They Live.
minus-squarelittletoolshed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 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-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoWhy would they need to credit a near 40 year old reference?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoWhy credit a near 30-year-old homage instead?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-221 days agoDuke Nukem never gave credit to the shit it ripped off. Hail to the king, baby!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoWas it a rip-off, or was it homage?
minus-squareWrenFeathers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-221 days agoReads like a game developer or a new anime.
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 ☝️
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.