Laiba Saif
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Is anybody else getting "Passenger" vibes from the synopsis? Ya know, the new JLaw and Chris Pratt movie? I saw the trailer and was like, "Whoa. That sounds really familiar."
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Jillian Brown
Across the Universe is much better. MUCH. It's very much against rape culture, unlike Passengers. And Beth Revis did not rip off the script. She is no Hollywood insider, not by a long shot. So sick of people claiming that authors "rip off" other stories just because the two stories share similar plot points.
TC
Plots are cheap. Shakespeare ripped off pretty much all of his. We don't read and perform his plays 400 years later because of his unique stories; it's because of how he told them. Likewise, others have retold his stories in unique ways that have stood on their own—and I've never once heard anyone whine that West Side Story was "stolen" from Romeo and Juliette.
The trope of a slow-moving spaceship filled with multi-generational crews (aka a "generation ship") and cryogenically frozen people (who often awake early) is an entire sub-genre of SF, with contributions to it from legendary writers like Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. To claim that "this story stole from that" is to believe that the story is what's important, rather than the telling.
The trope of a slow-moving spaceship filled with multi-generational crews (aka a "generation ship") and cryogenically frozen people (who often awake early) is an entire sub-genre of SF, with contributions to it from legendary writers like Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. To claim that "this story stole from that" is to believe that the story is what's important, rather than the telling.
Elias
This book actually ripped off Passengers, if anything. THIS IS NOT A JOKE, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND PASSENGERS ARE NOT TIME TRAVELERS. The script for Passengers has been around for a decade, finding continual difficulty to get made. Across the Universe came out five years ago. Beth may have read the script and wrote the book knowing that she could get away with it assuming that Passengers wouldn't get made-- until it did. It's a really good movie, despite some messed-up morals-- Jennifer Lawrence steals the show.
Jen
Dude, yeah. I'm reading the plot and like... Is this where Passengers (2016) was based from? I didn't know it's a book. Lol
Ciara
i actually was going to say the same thing. I've never read the book but when i read the description I came here to say that.
Noor ul Ain
I have been searching since yesterday when I finished this book...yes it has some very strong connections to the movie... don't have any idea who ripped off who though
Cass
Yes, it has a very, very similar plot to Passengers
Maria Z
Very similar.
TrinityRose
I first went to see the Passangers and then I read this book and I didn;t like it. The story in the movie is so much better. There's sth off about this book, I don;t know. It's just not my thing.
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