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Was GTA V based off "Pulp Fiction"?


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I'm not saying that GTA V directly based off Pulp Fiction, but Rockstar tried to tell the story in a "Pulp Fiction" way, just like how they told Vice City in "Scarface" way,... maybe the good part of GTA V is the dialogue and little details, not the whole story itself?

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Drunken Cowboy

The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

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The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

 

Hey calm down. I'm just wondering, why would Rockstar throw away the god-tier story of GTA IV and replace it with a ridiculous story in GTA V? There's gotta be a reason right?

 

I prefer GTA IV over GTA V FYI.

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GTA IV felt Godfather-ish?

 

Nah, III felt more like the Godfather.

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GTA IV felt godfather-ish? Man, I want that water you've been drinking

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The protagonist switching? Yeah, I could see that. Quotable diologue? Oh, no no. No, no.

Besides, III was more like the Godfather.

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Sorry, I've never finished III so the only GTA I feel "godfather-ish" was IV, I can't judge.

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Payne Killer

GTA V did not have the pulp fiction feel. IV did.

IV is nowhere near the Godfather feel, III is.

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universetwisters

I think GTA 5 is based off the movie "Cars" because there is a desert and there are cars.

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I think GTA 5 is based off the movie "Cars" because there is a desert and there are cars.

You don't say?

Wait. Wouldn't SA be Cars 1 and V be Cars 2?

*mind blown*

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I thought GTA V was built off the stellar film, The Room.

I felt that Michael was tearing Trevor apart, and Trevor was constantly feeling betrayed and fed up with this wuhrld. Michael reminded me a lot of Mark because he told a lot of great stories. Franklin didn't do much but he liked to watch so I felt he was a good representation of Denny, allegorically showcasing injustice in third-world society.

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I'm not saying that GTA V directly based off Pulp Fiction, but Rockstar tried to tell the story in a "Pulp Fiction" way, just like how they told GTA IV's story in a "Godfather" way, Vice City in "Scarface" way,... maybe the good part of GTA V is the dialogue and little details, not the whole story itself?

GTA IV's Story was not told in a "Godfather" way...

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Honestly, I didn't get a Pulp Fiction feel off the Godawful story of GTA V, I also didn't really feel a Godfather feel off of GTA IV or a Scarface feel off VC either. Sure VC was set in the same time and the mansion Vercetti stays at after the end of the game is definitely based off Tony Montana's mansion, but the story itself didn't give off that much of a Scarface feel to me.

 

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I thought GTA V was built off the stellar film, The Room.

I felt that Michael was tearing Trevor apart, and Trevor was constantly feeling betrayed and fed up with this wuhrld. Michael reminded me a lot of Mark because he told a lot of great stories. Franklin didn't do much but he liked to watch so I felt he was a good representation of Denny, allegorically showcasing injustice in third-world society.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART MICHAEL! *he says as he pisses on someone, idk*

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The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

 

Hey calm down. I'm just wondering, why would Rockstar throw away the god-tier story of GTA IV and replace it with a ridiculous story in GTA V? There's gotta be a reason right?

 

I prefer GTA IV over GTA V FYI.

I take that back... If you prefer IV over V than you are cleary a smart person in these forums. You're one of us!

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The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

Hey calm down. I'm just wondering, why would Rockstar throw away the god-tier story of GTA IV and replace it with a ridiculous story in GTA V? There's gotta be a reason right?

 

I prefer GTA IV over GTA V FYI.

I take that back... If you prefer IV over V than you are cleary a smart person in these forums. You're one of us!One of us, one of us, one of us! I'll go get SOL to do the initiation rituals.

 

(Welcome back Snake)

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I thought GTA V was built off the stellar film, The Room.

I felt that Michael was tearing Trevor apart, and Trevor was constantly feeling betrayed and fed up with this wuhrld. Michael reminded me a lot of Mark because he told a lot of great stories. Franklin didn't do much but he liked to watch so I felt he was a good representation of Denny, allegorically showcasing injustice in third-world society.

That's just mean, I'd go with Tommy Wiseau > Trevor Phillips any day of the week.
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OriginalGunslinger

GTA V's Story was more like "a cheap" Hollywood Movie.

 

I give it 1 out of 5 stars.

 

 

 

The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

Hey calm down. I'm just wondering, why would Rockstar throw away the god-tier story of GTA IV and replace it with a ridiculous story in GTA V? There's gotta be a reason right?

 

I prefer GTA IV over GTA V FYI.

I take that back... If you prefer IV over V than you are cleary a smart person in these forums. You're one of us!One of us, one of us, one of us! I'll go get SOL to do the initiation rituals.

(Welcome back Snake)

;)

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The f*cking audacity of you!

 

What are you gonna do next? Say the last sh*t you took was based off the Mona Lisa?

Hey calm down. I'm just wondering, why would Rockstar throw away the god-tier story of GTA IV and replace it with a ridiculous story in GTA V? There's gotta be a reason right?

 

I prefer GTA IV over GTA V FYI.

I take that back... If you prefer IV over V than you are cleary a smart person in these forums. You're one of us!
One of us, one of us, one of us! I'll go get SOL to do the initiation rituals.

 

(Welcome back Snake)

 

 

lol I've always been a IV fan. Just trying to find a reason to give V credits...

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OriginalGunslinger

I will say that NO GTA game beats Red Dead Redemption's Story but that a totally different game.

 

If you haven't played Red Dead yet... You are missing out!

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I will say that NO GTA game beats Red Dead Redemption's Story but that a totally different game.

If you haven't played Red Dead yet... You are missing out!

Ain't that the truth.

 

OT: in all honesty, I think that V is just some cheesy Hollywood summer block buster compared to IV's cult film status.

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Pooyan Cyrus

I can't judge.

So don't judge, please.

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Algonquin Assassin

I'd say GTA IV/EFLC is more like Pulp Fiction due to the different perspectives of the same missions and the individual stories being told in a non-linear sense even though it's one big, connected story.

 

I'm not sure what GTA V's story feels like. It's too confused and inconsistent to have any parallels drawn to a movie/tv show.

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I'd say GTA IV/EFLC is more like Pulp Fiction due to the different perspectives of the same missions and the individual stories being told in a non-linear sense even though it's one big, connected story.

I'm not sure what GTA V's story feels like. It's too confused and inconsistent to have any parallels drawn to a movie/tv show.

This. I always thought that V was some Hollywood summer blockbuster that everyone forgets in a year.

 

E: Why did OriginalGunslinger get banned?

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I thought GTA V was built off the stellar film, The Room.

I felt that Michael was tearing Trevor apart, and Trevor was constantly feeling betrayed and fed up with this wuhrld. Michael reminded me a lot of Mark because he told a lot of great stories. Franklin didn't do much but he liked to watch so I felt he was a good representation of Denny, allegorically showcasing injustice in third-world society.

Oh my god this just f*cking made my morning. That movie is awful!

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Well no. It's easy to think that GTA V storytelling might be based on Pulp Fiction because of the 3 characters/stories division, but if we take more things in consideration, there's not that much similitudes between the two.

 

By the way, IMO Pulp Fiction is the most overrated movie I've ever seen. It's boring, bland, lame ... I hated it, I was expecting something waaay better for what is supposed to be one of the best movie ever. I almost stopped watching it toward the middle.

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Well no. It's easy to think that GTA V storytelling might be based on Pulp Fiction because of the 3 characters/stories division, but if we take more things in consideration, there's not that much similitudes between the two.

 

By the way, IMO Pulp Fiction is the most overrated movie I've ever seen. It's boring, bland, lame ... I hated it, I was expecting something waaay better for what is supposed to be one of the best movie ever. I almost stopped watching it toward the middle.

 

Did you even pay attention to the dialogue, dude? That's what sells this film.
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GTA_Sharpshooter

GTA III and LCS have Godfather bases

GTA VC and VCS have Scarface and Miami Vice bases

GTA SA have Boyz N Hood (LS),some random 60's/70's movie (SF) and Casino (LV)bases

GTA IV has like 1% Of Godfather,1% Pulp Fiction and the rest is random

GTA V is like Iron Man 3.It's have all the good of the series.Except : Good Music,Good Story , Good Acting and No Iron Man. '-'

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GTA IV + EFLC is pulp fiction in gameform. Which is why I love it so damn much.

 

GTA V felt like a stereotypical american action movie, if you must compare it a movie by Tarantino though, it's more like Resovoir dogs. For instance the focus on heists and the similar torture scenes. But that is streetching it abit.

 

EDIT: I get a really strong Taxi Driver feeling from GTA IV too. The dark gritty reality of New york is portrayed very similarly in both Taxi Driver and GTA IV. A few missions though have obvious refences to other movies. Three leaf Clover resembles one of the heists from Heat, with the shootout through the city, after a bankrobbery, and Heavy Toll from TLAD bears a similarity to the scene with the gunfight at the tollbooth in The Godfather.

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