#1521 Similarities of 'Blue Sea' and 1984 film 'Splash' (spoilers)

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Originally posted on: 11/18/2016

Connection in their childhood // Connection in their past lives



Male lead picks up the female lead who was taken away by the police


Learns language by watching TV // Learns language while watching videos on laptop


Legs transform to mermaid tail when in the water


Uses hand to eat food ravenously while attracting stares from people





Learning about the crosswalk traffic lights





In Splash, a scientist seeks after and exposes the mermaid's identity



In LOTBS' episode 2 epilogue, preservation scientist Cha Shi Ah (Shin Hye Sun) discovers a drawing of a mermaid on an artifact













theqoo:  Legend of the Blue Sea's similar set up to 'Splash' 


-Park Ji Eun's just stealing everything

-She did it again

-Isn't it a remake at this point? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-If you were gonna copy, you could've at least made your version interesting

-I'm not even surprised anymore ㅋㅋㅋ

-1. It's a common story, 2. It's an homage, 3. A parody. Which one is it, writer? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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