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General Chat => Dragon's Lair / Space Ace => Topic started by: Dazza on April 01, 2010, 03:31:58 PM

Title: Dragon's Lair Plagiarism?
Post by: Dazza on April 01, 2010, 03:31:58 PM

With the re-release of Clash Of The Titans, we were discussing at work classic fantasy films. Someone mentioned a film from 1981, Dragonslayer.... Now here is the cover for that film:

(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4716/dragonslayer1981.jpg)

Now, does anyone recognise that font?!?! That film was released in 1981, 2 years before Dragon's Lair. Who copied who?!?

Title: Re: Dragon's Lair Plagiarism?
Post by: slowcade on April 01, 2010, 04:42:02 PM

Even the name is 99% similar, if you say it fast!   :D ???

Title: Re: Dragon's Lair Plagiarism?
Post by: Dazza on April 05, 2010, 12:30:47 PM

haha, you are right, does sound the same. Me thinkies DL copied this....

Title: Re: Dragon's Lair Plagiarism?
Post by: Matt on April 06, 2010, 07:09:06 AM

I say, what's goes around comes around.  "Uncle Walt" himself was notorious for stealing his ideas.  And it didn't stop with him.  Here's a video that I'll leave for your judgment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4GR0DconsU

Title: Re: Dragon's Lair Plagiarism?
Post by: leeram on April 07, 2010, 07:23:10 PM

I thought Don worked for Disney at some point. So maybe he designed that font set whilst at Disney.

Cheers

Lee