Avatar Stole from HellBoy!

After seeing and really enjoying Avatar, I realized how familiar one of the creature looked. I went into my dvd collection and found that said creature(Thanator) is almost identical,Facially, with a creature from the moive Hellboy from way back in 2004! Remember Avatar started production in 2005! Kinda suspicious don't you think? Well whatever. Both are great movies, if you haven't seen either go see both!

Hellboy is owned by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures
Avatar is owned by Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and 20th Century Fox. I in no way claim ownership of either of these movies, the clips were suplied via youtube.com and ign.com.

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[NarugaVSTigarex]

i see the similarities between the two creatures, but James Cameron actually came uo with the idea of and created the Thanator himself. Of course not to say that the HoR(lol) wasnt a point of inspiration for some of its features.

[TheXboxReviewer]

at this point in history nothin is original, so saying he came p with it by himself is a mute point. However that's not to say he directly stole it either, it's just a lot of the features

[rao007]

Edit: I thought you were referring to the main characters. The creature from Hellboy does have semblance to the creature found in Avatar HOWEVER--I could make a case that they are many creatures in Scifi to draw inspiration from in producing the creature called Thanator --I mean, think about Predator for a moment and you'll see what I mean.

[TheXboxReviewer]

From the movie "Predator"?, if so then I don't agree

[rao007]

I referred to drawing inspiration and taking aspects from Sci-Fi creatures...when I first saw the creature from Hellboy---it didn't scream originality because I've seen similar creatures from different mediums albeit slightly different. in appearance.

[TheXboxReviewer]

fair enough, I think it's a great creature i just think it's very similar facially

[christine1479]

technically james cameron had been planning avatar for quite some time. he had it partially developed before titanic but decided that he didn't like the technology at the time. so he stalled it. so really he's had the idea for longer than hellboy did. though i don't think either copied from the other.

[cationiccoffee]

The way James Cameron talked about his movie and the claims of him "copying" or "stealing" came down to: "I did Aliens and other movies, where other successful franchises drew inspiration (ex: Halo). So I have full creative freedom to steal all I want from other franchises, but I'll do it prettier and hipper for this HD generation"

The comparisons here are interesting but in terms of behavior and movement they aren't too similar. Its not like he went out and copied it but they share some looks.

[Bucklover4]

@TheXboxReviewer um the hellboy monster looks like the thano and predator,HELLBOY COPIED

[Bucklover4]

dude,ur ful of crap,the thano was made way earlier, james made this creature up when he was 20!

[gnemick]

they totally stole sound effects from jurassic park too when that thing roars at 1:58 I seriously think this movie is crap along with the Titanicesque song that is played ceaselessly throughout.

[preachingsin]

Cameron is a noted thief (Terminator) but I don't think I would count this as theft even if that's where he got the inspiration for the model.

[gyrotuffjonykirby]

James Cameron Cheated? LOL? He just copied some ideas from other movies, or maybe he even do that in the first place =) Many directors and producers and writtters have taken ideas from other movies and modified them a litte bit, we see it all the time not only in the movie industry but also in serveral others. Someone has to have ideas from somewhere =) Hlboy took ideas from somewhere as did the movie that hlboy got ideas from =) Nothing wrong about it =) Great Director =)Excelency Of A Movie =D

[DarkOmancer]

Wow good catch but I actually thought you would point out the NA'VI design similarity to "Abe Sapien" cause that's the one that stood out more in my book but, anyway who cares..No idea is original anymore as long as you make it interseting.

[Yalf111]

I think you mean 'moot'

[Yalf111]

Oh please. They both stole it off predator and added another set of legs :P

People have drawn all manner of creatures for many years.