In the eighties we pretty much plagiarised the crap out of everything JRR Tolkien ever wrote.
Well, we say “plagiarised” loosely. We certainly stole most of his characters, themes and settings, but we made them better by including several direct references to Samuel L Jackson (Frodo keeps babbling about Sam’s short role in Spenser: For Hire).
Our books were awesome – and Peter Jackson somehow thought so too – because he stole the whole thing and turned it into a fairly popular Hollywood franchise. Minus all the S. Jackson references.
Kind of reminds us of current accusatory Benjamin Button goings-on, actually.
