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* ''[[The Spirit (Film)|The Spirit]]'' may not have captured [[A Worldwide Punomenon|the spirit]] of the comics it came from very well, but it's a much better adaptation of an entirely different superhero; namely, [[The Tick]]. Just compare how often they run across rooftops while monologuing about "MY CITY!" and invoking tortured metaphors.
* ''[[Dead Snow (Film)|Dead Snow]]'' might as well be a Norwegian adaptation of ''[[Call of Duty]]'s'' [[Nazi Zombies]] mod. All that's missing are the hellhounds and rayguns.
* ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]'' has been compared by many, ''many'' people to ''[[Perfect Blue]].'' Both are about an overworked, up-and-coming actress so stressed she (and the audience) are unable to tell what's real and what isn't, to disturbing effect. ''Black Swan'''s director, [[Darren Aronofsky]], has acknowledged the [http://filmadelphia.org/blog/?p=793 similarities], and he had previously licensed ''Perfect Blue'' so that he could give it a [[Shout
** It's also described as the closest viewers will get to a live action ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' movie.
* ''[[Idiocracy]]'''s plot, about a society that has been dumbed down by the stupid outbreeding the smart, comes off like an unauthorized adaptation of the CM Kornbluth short story "The Marching Morons".
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* ''[[Super Robot Red Baron]]'' (and, by extension, its follow-up successor series ''Super Robot Mach Baron'') can be pretty much considered a live-action version of ''[[Mazinger Z]]''.
** To the point that, in Spain, footage from ''Mach Baron'' was made into a theatrical movie and retitled "Mazinger Z, el Robot de las estrellas" (''Mazinger Z, The Robot from the Stars'') to benefit from ''Mazinger'' popularity. There was even a comic-book adaptation made by an Spanish artist that lasted some forty issues, and was known to a generation of spanish children as "El Mazinger Rojo" (''Red Mazinger'').
* More than a few have claimed that ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' is what ''[[Blake's Seven
** Paul Darrow (Avon) has explicitly said in a DVD extras interview that he considered ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' to have been the 21st century ''[[Blake's Seven
* ''[[Dark Angel]]'' was [[James Cameron]]'s attempt to make an unofficial live-action version of ''[[Gunnm]]'' (aka ''Battle Angel Alita'') after the official version he was scheduled to direct went into [[Development Hell]].
* ''[[The Borgias]]'' are just close to being an adaptation of ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'' that one half-expects [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Ezio and company]] to show up at any time.
* ''Total Recall 2070'' despite its name has more to do with ''[[Blade Runner]]'' than ''[[Total Recall]]''. The [[Word of God]] says the show is based on the original Philip K. Dick stories which were the source material for the aforementioned films.
* There's a reason why [[Power Rangers RPM]] was dubbed [[Fan Nickname|Terminator: The Power Rangers Chronicles]].
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** Speaking of ''Dead Space'', owing to its somewhat derivative nature, and quality despite that, it has been mentioned as evocative of pretty much every notable sci-fi horror film ever.
** In fact, ''[[Doom (Video Game)|Doom]]'' was originally set to be based on ''[[Alien]]'', but the developers scrapped the idea as soon as they heard the movie producers' strict demands for such a game. The game was then reimagined as a combination between ''[[Alien]]'' and ''[[Evil Dead]]''.
** ''[[Metroid]]'' captured the essence of the ''[[Alien]]'' movies better than any of the licensed games did. Samus Aran ↔ Ellen Ripley. Metroids ↔ Xenomorphs. The main antagonist of the Metroid series, Ridley, is even a [[Shout
** ''[[Dead Space (Video Game)|Dead Space]]'' does feel remarkably like a ''[[System Shock]]'' sequel, however.
** The [[Turbo Grafx 16]] pinball game ''Alien Crush'' has some suspiciously [[HR Giger]]-like graphics.
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* It can also happen between games. ''[[Okami (Video Game)|Okami]]'' and ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' have been called "the best ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' games of the year" at times.
* ''[[Freelancer]]''/''[[Starlancer]]'' to ''[[Wing Commander (Video Game)|Wing Commander]]''/''Privateer'', joked by the fans of both series. All four projects being helmed by the same guy (Chris Roberts) didn't hurt. ''Starlancer'' and the ''Wing Commander'' movie also shared a number of digital effects credits.
** ''[[Starlancer]]'' is also noteworthy for having a backstory that's basically the original ''[[
* Also between games, it's good to see a game in the ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' universe again, albeit a spinoff called ''[[Overlord]]'' under a different genre.
** Not to mention the board game ''[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45315/dungeon-lords Dungeon Lords]''.
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* ''[[Dead Rising]]'' bears so many similarities to ''[[Dawn of the Dead (Film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' that the game actually carries a disclaimer explicitly stating that it's not based on the movie. At one point, George Romero himself ''autographed'' someone's copy of the game without knowing much about it.
* Aside from being a spiritual entry in the ''[[Luminous Arc]]'' series, ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'' can be seen as a [[Spiritual Licensee]] to the ''[[Tales Series]]''. The characters are in anime-design, there are skits that tend to be on the light-hearted side, costumes can be acquired (though they can only bee seen on the character's portrait) and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|it isn't release in Europe]]. Two developers who worked on the ''[[Tales Series]]'' even worked on this game.
* ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]'' was meant to be a ''[[
* It takes a bit of time to realize that ''[[X-COM]]: UFO Defense'' is [[UFO|not set in 1980, and was not made by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson]].
* The ''[[Halo]]'' franchise, especially ''[[Halo 3 ODST]]'' with its drop pods, is quite possibly the best adaptation of ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' outside of ''[[Aliens]]''.
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* ''[[Aquaria (Video Game)|Aquaria]]'' is essentially ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' with a mermaid and a little [[Metroidvania]].
* ''[[Neutopia]]'' is the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' had it been made for the [[Turbo Grafx 16]] instead of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
* According to [
* ''[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'' is all but a ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' game, having an obvious [[Captain Ersatz]] player character and a plot suspiciously like ''Crocodile Dundee II''.
* ''[[Call of Duty Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'' is sometimes considered a Spiritual Prequel to ''[[The Rock]]'', spelling out Gen. Hummel's 60's era adventures. It even borrows some of the elements of that movie, namely {{spoiler|a plot to attack the USA with face-melting green gas, a reveal of the truth of the JFK assassination, and American commandos being "disappeared" or forgotten by the government.}}
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