Ellen Page claims Naughty Dog “ripped off” her likeness

[BinaryDelt]

hatmoza said:

BinaryDelt said:

hatmoza said:

Like I said, if she wasn't starring in her own game in the same time frame, she shouldn't be mad. But it makes a world of difference when Naughty Dog is bumping dicks with her work. Ellen Page has every right to be upset when her work is potentially compromised.

I respectfully disagree.  Ellie looking like Ellen Page won't make me less likely to buy Beyond: Two Souls.  Ellie looking like Ellen Page makes me go "oh yeah, I remember her...that chick from Juno.  Isn't she ironically in a game coming up?"  As far as I'm concerned, it's a publicity bump for her, and Beyond if she just lets it happen.  When people started clamoring for Fillon to play Nathan Drake in a potential movie, I looked him up and checked out Firefly...I may not have done that otherwise.

 

hmmm, I think my point is being overlooked. Let me try this again. 

More than anything, the timing of The Last Of Us and the character Ellie appearing so close to a game where Ellen Page is acting as her own flesh in blood is just flat out wrong, even if it was pure coincidence. 

So I understand why she can be upset when she put so much work in a game just to have another game unintentionally steal some of her thunder. We are human after all.

There's nothing wrong with coincidence.  It's just that, coincidence.  If it's not coincidence, it's not a big deal because people who were going to buy Beyond prior to The Last of Us coming out are either just as likely to buy it or more likely to buy it due to the likeness.  If she's upset, yeah, I get that for the purposes of all the hard work she put into Beyond, but it's kind of petty really--she should be above this.  You don't see the actual actress who played Ellie upset because her likeness was disregarded.

For the record, I'm not defending Naughty Dog (Ellie does look a hell of a lot like Ellen Page), nor am I defending Page.  There's nothing to defend because this is a non-story.  It's either a coincidence or intention that has no effect on anything anywhere whatsoever.

Your point was heard loud and clear.  I just disagree with it.