Pieces Of Media You Can't Believe Were Made By The Same Person?

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I was having this random thought... I was thinking of famous filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, specifically these two movies of his in particular:

 

It just kept bothering me. These two movies are the furthest thing away from each other, it was hard for me to accept it was the same person who created both. It made me wonder for other similar cases too... Do you know of any?

[Wyrmwood]

Well Robert Rodriguez made Dusk till Dawn then followed it with Spy Kids. The thing that gets me most is that Danny Trejo's character in that kids movie is the same character he plays in the ultra-violent Machete films.

[crusty_charlie]

Both of these were directed by Peter Jackson but neither of them feel even REMOTELY like they were directed by the same person.

[BGreener]

Sometimes its easy for me to forget that Dragon’s Dogma is a Capcom game. Its story, characters, and writing aren’t mind blowing ‘Legacy of Kain’ craziness, but hoo lawdie is there a galaxy of difference between Dragon’s D and the mid-2000 Resident Evil games.

[Jello]

 

 

Evil Dead was so much better than Spider-Man.

[MrFroz]

Joel Schumacher. Made Batman & Robin (1997), but even though of his other films I have only seen the phone booth one, I think most are nowhere near as bad.

[Mr. Freeze]

George Miller directed both the Mad Max series and Babe: Pig In The City 

[lazygecko]

2 hours ago, Jello said:

 

 

Evil Dead was so much better than Spider-Man.

 

Sam Raimi has an unmistakeable unique directorial style which is just as present in the Spider-Man films as anything else he did. The throughline from Evil Dead to Spider-Man isn't that much of a leap especially with Darkman right in the middle.

[S4turn]

Finding out the creator of the Yakuza series also made Super Monkey Ball really blew my mind

[Jello]

50 minutes ago, lazygecko said:

 

Sam Raimi has an unmistakeable unique directorial style which is just as present in the Spider-Man films as anything else he did. The throughline from Evil Dead to Spider-Man isn't that much of a leap especially with Darkman right in the middle.

That is true, and I thought of Darkman when I was posting that, so it isn't that amazing of a leap. I just really didn't think Sam Raimi would be on board with something as iconic and generic as Spider-Man. But I guess Evil Dead and Darkman aren't going to pay the bills forever, so I'm glad that he found broader recognition.

[Goody]

11 minutes ago, S4turn said:

Finding out the creator of the Yakuza series also made Super Monkey Ball really blew my mind

 

Also David Gordon Green's filmography started with some artsy, almost early Terrence Mallick-eqsue movies (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Undertow) and then did a bunch of stoner comedy starting with Pineapple Express and then most recently did the Halloween reboot trilogy.

[Rudolph]

The Terminator and Avatar. I understand people change over time, but the former does not really feel like what we came to expect from a James Cameron movie. If anything, it feels more like a John Carpenter movie!

 

Similarly, it is difficult to believe that Star Wars: A New Hope was directed and the Prequels were directed by the same person.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Rudolph

[heliumlamb]

3 hours ago, S4turn said:

Finding out the creator of the Yakuza series also made Super Monkey Ball really blew my mind

the throughline from virtua racing & daytona usa to yakuza makes sense when your mentor's throughline went from outrun & hang-on to shenmue.


edit:
i should add one as well
yar's revenge and e.t.: the extra-terrestrial for the atari video computer system, the latter of which is far from being the worst game on the console, as many claim.

Edited June 4, 2023 by heliumlamb

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The SDL version of the game Sopwith was ported by our very own Simon "fraggle" Howard, maintainer and developer on Freedoom, Miniwad, and multiple source ports.

[continuum.mid]

Also, Neil Cicierega (aka Lemon Demon, Trapezoid) is an archetypal example of this. Compare these two videos:

 

[bobstremglav]

Yuzo Koshiro made music for Streets of Rage serie, and... Sonic The Hedgehog for 8 bit systems. How?

[ConMan3222]

20 hours ago, bobstremglav said:

Yuzo Koshiro made music for Streets of Rage serie, and... Sonic The Hedgehog for 8 bit systems. How?

Yeah, the 8-bit version of Sonic 1 was developed by Ancient Corp./Ancient, Yuzo Koshiro's development team. They also helped on the production of Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle) 2 (II) & 3 (III) with SEGA, too.

[roadworx]

On 6/3/2023 at 1:07 PM, crusty_charlie said:

Both of these were directed by Peter Jackson but neither of them feel even REMOTELY like they were directed by the same person.

heh, yeah. peter jackson's earlier works are such a far cry from his later stuff that it's astonishing. of course, they're still fantastic movies, even if they're, uh...not for everyone :v

[Captain red pants]

On 6/4/2023 at 11:07 AM, Rudolph said:

Similarly, it is difficult to believe that Star Wars: A New Hope was directed and the Prequels were directed by the same person.

Oh, once you learn a bit about the original cut of Star Wars it doesn't seem as far fetched.

[Mr. Freeze]

35 minutes ago, Captain red pants said:

Oh, once you learn a bit about the original cut of Star Wars it doesn't seem as far fetched.

 

Lucas was always buoyed by the talented people around him. Take them out of the picture and you get the prequels. 

[Rudolph]

6 hours ago, Captain red pants said:

Oh, once you learn a bit about the original cut of Star Wars it doesn't seem as far fetched.

I already knew about that, and sure, editing can make or break a movie, but those amazing practical effects, memorable performances, iconic characters, highly-quotable dialogue remain... unless they all get cut for some reason, I suppose.

 

5 hours ago, Mr. Freeze said:

Lucas was always buoyed by the talented people around him.

Nah, I think it applies to pretty much everyone. Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, after all.

Edited June 5, 2023 by Rudolph

[TasAcri]

On 6/4/2023 at 7:04 AM, bobstremglav said:

Yuzo Koshiro made music for Streets of Rage serie, and... Sonic The Hedgehog for 8 bit systems. How?

 

This had the opposite effect on me. IMO the 8-bit Sonic is superior to the original and one of my favorite soundtracks. So when i saw who made it i thought it makes sense.

[Rudolph]

33 minutes ago, TasAcri said:

This had the opposite effect on me. IMO the 8-bit Sonic is superior to the original and one of my favorite soundtracks. So when i saw who made it i thought it makes sense.

Which 8-bit Sonic game, specifically? I tried listening to Sonic 1 on SMS and it sounded like the same music as the Genesis, albeit with different instruments.

[TasAcri]

51 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

Which 8-bit Sonic game, specifically? I tried listening to Sonic 1 on SMS and it sounded like the same music as the Genesis, albeit with different instruments.

 

That's only the first level. The rest have original tunes.

[Al-Faris M]

Jamie Christopherson, the guy who composed music for this:

 

Also composed music for this:

[Drywtler]

Same Director

[lazygecko]

8 hours ago, Mr. Freeze said:

 

Lucas was always buoyed by the talented people around him. Take them out of the picture and you get the prequels. 

See also: Ridley Scott going from Alien to Prometheus and Alien Covenant.

[Scripten]

On 6/5/2023 at 9:33 AM, Al-Faris M said:

Jamie Christopherson, the guy who composed music for this:

Consider Harry Gregson-Williams, who composed the music to the MGS series as well as that of Shreks 2-4.

 

Also Ridley Scott absolutely stumbled into the success of Alien and Blade Runner, imo. Not quite as buoyed as Lucas was with Star Wars (The Secret History of Star Wars is a fascinating read btw), but the elevation of singular people into unassailable positions of creative freedom almost always seems to make for worse media. Consider Ken Levine's trajectory with the -Shock series.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Scripten

[Al-Faris M]

34 minutes ago, Scripten said:

Consider Harry Gregson-Williams, who composed the music to the MGS series as well as that of Shreks 2-4.

Music composers are like onions, they have layers to them.

 

1 hour ago, Drywtler said:

Same Director
[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile] [Ninja Gaiden]

The difference in difficulty between those games is hilarious.

Edited June 5, 2023 by Al-Faris M

[Azuris]

On 6/3/2023 at 9:57 PM, MrFroz said:

 phone booth

 

That Movie is great!