I hate to defend Disney here, but based on the evidence presented by this article (maybe the actual filing is better) this is hard to see as plagiarism.
Both stories are based on the same cultural stories, so they automatically have similarities there. Maui typically uses a hook in those stories, so of course that is a common element. A portal in a whirlpool is a known trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalPool
Monster in a mountain is obviously a trope (e.g. Smaug, etc).
They definitely would, they’re evil greedy bastards, but the question is are they doing it HERE? Because a lot of what the article is pointing to as a smoking gun is just the cultural background, so yeah I don’t know about this one…
I hate to defend Disney here, but based on the evidence presented by this article (maybe the actual filing is better) this is hard to see as plagiarism.
Both stories are based on the same cultural stories, so they automatically have similarities there. Maui typically uses a hook in those stories, so of course that is a common element. A portal in a whirlpool is a known trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalPool
Monster in a mountain is obviously a trope (e.g. Smaug, etc).
Yep poor Didney getting sued because of remotely related similarities, they would never do this to someone else
They definitely would, they’re evil greedy bastards, but the question is are they doing it HERE? Because a lot of what the article is pointing to as a smoking gun is just the cultural background, so yeah I don’t know about this one…