Saturday, 12 August 2023

'Probably' everything that ripped off Terminator 2: Judgment Day

One of the greatest sequels ever made was inevitably going to be exploited.

Critical Mass (2001)

Opening 11 minutes splices footage of Cyberdyne into action scenes.

No joke.

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

William Birkin breaks through tram's roof.


Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Raccoon City is nuked by a missile strike.


Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Verdugo is frozen by liquid nitrogen and shattered into x amount of pieces.


Mixing shit up.

Alien 3
Unique Game Boy version tasks Ripley to escape in the EEV.
The only way to kill the otherwise invincible Queen is to force beastie into a vat of molten metal.
(Laughs).

Killer Instinct
Ray Harryhausen tribute Eyedol dies without honour.
T-1000

Morphix - Dark Rift
Glacius - Killer Instinct
Supervisor - Rise of the Robots (3DO version)
Twelve - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
I know this is a parody, but for shiggles.

Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy
One of Jax's fatalities sees bionic arms morph into blades.
Dural's appearance in Virtua Fighter 5 may have been modelled on the following.


But the prize goes to World Heroes' shapeshifting end boss Gee Gus, who does the lot.


Is name meant to be a play on Jesus?

Personal best

Silent Hill: The Arcade
Pyramid Head drives Great Knife through a steel door to get at Eric and Tina.
Set piece was lifted from Silent Hill (2006), only with Rose and Cybil instead.
However.

Both are remarkably similar to the T-1000 penetrating lift doors.
Check out these beauties.

The Last of Us - Please Hold to My Hand (S1 E4)
Blocked highway of Kansas City (changed from Pittsburgh) forces Joel and Ellie to take a detour.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
During Epilogue, Bruce's knightmare is played out.
Both briefly feature a human skeleton behind the wheel of a car.

Guess what?

2029 opening paints a bleak picture.
P.N.03

Freelance mercenary Vanessa Z. Schneider materialising on colonized planet öde mimics Arnie arriving in 1995 Los Angeles.



Dead to Rights

Jack Slate flees explosion on a motorbike.


Great stuff.

Finally.

First Samurai (Amiga, Atari ST and PC)

Demon King's head is hidden beneath chequered floor.


HA HA HA!
For whatever reason, 1992 C64 port altered colour palette.
Why?

Who knows?

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