Say What?! Chris Nolan Stole Inception From Disney Comic???
Okay, so there is this crazy rumor going around that the concept for Inception actually came from an old Disney comic book called Uncle Scrooge in The Dream of a Lifetime.
Totally crazy, right? C'mon, this is Chris Nolan! He would never do a thing like that, right? Right?!
Well…
Okay, no. He didn't steal the idea from the comic. At least, no one can prove that. But regardless, there are enough similarities between the two to keep one guessing.
The story in the comic follows old Uncle Scrooge as his dreams are infiltrated by the evil Beagle Boys. They throw themselves into Scrooge's dream in order to extract the combination to his vault door.
Theft through dream invasion. Sounds familar, doesn't it?!
And look at the screencap from the comic above! Those machines look awfully similar, if you ask us! Really all Uncle Scrooge seems to be missing is the advent of CGI and the dashing good looks of Tom Hardy.
So could it be true? Could Chris have jacked his hyped up, high concept flick from a children's book? Do you remember how you got the idea, Christopher? Or even how you got here, with a #1 movie at the box-office that wasn't already based on a previous franchise???
Thoughts???
Tags: christopher nolan, comic book, inception, plagiarism
He should probably stick to acting, but only because his smoldering good looks will make him a hell of a lot more money than his sultry voice!
There's this series in London called Songs From A Room in which well known actors just show up in people's living rooms and perform impromptu performances. Some lucky chick got 
FIRST!** Yes, it is a little similar~?~? Weird…
lets not be stupid this is ridiculous
Uncle Scrooge has always and will always be the best.
It's a very common plotline and they try to break into Scrooge's vault every issue/episode. I say coincidence.
Christopher Nolan = overrated. Both the Dark Night and Inception sucked. I'm not surprised that he cops his ideas from comic books.
You were so congratulatory to him recently and now this. You sure change with the wind P.
And haven't all ideas been done before at some point?
I don't know the exact storyline, but it also seems similar to Paprika, an anime.
It is far from ridiculous. It is similar as with music. Many MANY artists for example hear a piece of music at some point of their life and then years later write a song that has a tune very similar to that song they once heard. And it is (mostly) completely unintentional.
Ah come on! Nolan was inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, not Disney (and no, Dick didn't write a novel or short story that inspired the scriptwriter - as in Blade Runner; Nolan was inspired by that strange universe), Only in America could someone be accused of copying an old uncle Scrooge comic book. (Did the guy even read it?)
Did a quick goog search, themovieblog states "You eagle-eyed viewers might say that this comic is before Inception was released, but Christopher Nolan actually had thought about these ideas on and off since he was sixteen years old and first pitched the idea to Warner Bros. in 2001." Case closed it seems.
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Chris Nolan didn't even write the movie. He just directed it, his brother wrote the entire thing.
People these days are having trouble being original
Mario you're a fucking tool
Re: sandysays –
Ah… check your facts: Inception was written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. His brother has nothing to do with this film.
yeah and you stole your name from Paris Hilton. So?
old news.keep up
Re: kittendom – LOL … haha … but the this is pretty dead on Inception.
Seriously? He's being accused of ripping off an old Disney comic? Seriously?! Please…. shut up.
OK. When I first heard about this movie, I immediatly remembered a movie with Dennis Quaid called "Dreamscape." I also thought of another film with Natalie wood and Christopher walken, called Brainstorm (similar head gear as well) So, I say…"whatever!"
It's sad how americans doesn't know Don Rosa's comics. You know he's american and those comics are pretty damn funny.
Shakesphere and others wrote about dream manipulation. This "story" was old news yesterday when it was making the rounds. Now it's just stale…pretty much just like this site.
wut
Gosh I read this story already on other outlets. Is this the same way Perez copies other people's stories and post them on this site. Really original Perez really original.
You take everything from reddit. 3 days late.
Re: Swedish Beauty – i sure hope all ideas havent all been done before
it'd be a sad world to live in with absolutely no chance of originality in anything
Well nothing is new under the sun
Just FYI, Inception is not what one would refer to as a 'high concept' movie. 'High concept' is a sarcastic phrase used to describe lame movies such as Weekend at Bernies, 27 Dresses or The Bounty Hunter.
I saw it and I'm not saying he copied the idea..but it is really damn similar
Actually, Nolan stole the idea from the dreams of the comic book's author. Sneaky guy.
That is incredibly ridiculous. Even for you that is a stupid correlation.
Chris Nolan is a genius and is more intelligent and creative than any producer/director alive. INCEPTION has a million times more depth than a simple minded one dimensional comic from decades ago.
And if you haven't seen all his movies going back to FOLLOWING, then please don't comment on what you don't understand or know anything about.
If the concept of Inception is stolen from somewhere, it's stolen from a anime movie called Paprika which was made in 2006 and it's based on a novel made in 1993.
OBVIOUSLY the makers of that disney comic planted the idea in his head & it took him like, 15 years for it to come to fruition.
slick move on scrooge's part, eh?
Well Perez. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, then it must be a duck!
how is this stealing when the comic is in the public domain…i think we can say inspired perez…now die