Everett
McGill is the badass from Under Siege 2, Rutger Hauer (as Roy
Batty) is the badass
from Blade Runner and Bryan Fury is the badass from Tekken.
Any questions?
For the record, Bryan Fury is said to be loosely based off of Roy Batty from Blade Runner.
Wesley
Snipes (as Blade) & Raven
Saw this
one coming did you? Raven's face, cold personality, and haircut was inspired by
Wesley Snipes as Blade... but that's where the similarities end. To Raven's credit, his actual outfit design and fighting style are completely original otherwise!
Dennis
Rodman & Zack
Zack
is clearly based on Dennis Rodman. Fun Fact:
Rodman did the voiceovers for Zack in Dead or
Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
Jennifer
Lopez & Kitana (MK4)
In particular, Kitana's face render in Mortal Kombat 4 definitely resembles Jennifer Lopez. The similarity is too striking to be a coincidence. Is that freakin' photoshopped?
Wouldn't be surprised.
Dee
Jay & Barrack Obama (Submitted by Kaboom Kid)
MAXIMUM health care reform
FTW!
Hmm, I think Obama could
rock Dee Jay's hairstyle rather nicely... not sure how that would go over
with the press though.
William Shatner
& Takuma (Submitted by
Hanylokyman)
This
particular Shinkiro artwork of Takuma Sakazaki (from KOF2000)
closely resembles a young William Shatner. Is Shinkiro a closet Trekkie?
Renee
O'Connor (as Gabrielle) & Sophitia (Submitted by
Moro-chan)
Renne
O'Connor (as Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess) is nearly a
spitting image of Sophitia from Soul Calibur. While it's
"possible" that Namco's designers may have taken some
inspiration from the costumes in the Xena series, somehow I doubt
it.
Elton
John & Kyosuke
.
All
Kyosuke has to do to get to Elton John's status is come out of the closet, score a Disney movie or two, and gain about
150 lbs.
Fallen
Balrog & Marilyn Manson
Here's
an obscure one for the TRUE Capcom fans. "Fallen"
Balrog (Vega) is one of the
bosses of Cannon Spike (a Capcom shooter featuring Charlie, Cammy, Mega
Man, B.B. Hood & Arthur as playable characters). Fallen
Balrog/Vega is clearly based on shock rocker & artist, Marilyn Manson.
The badassly done artworks of Fallen Balrog lead me to believe that a few Capcom
artists were fans of Manson or at least inspired by him in some way.
The person who created this
artwork also must've seen Manson perform live in his early days, as
Manson used to always hit that pose while singing on stage (as
pictured). On an
unrelated but interesting side note, Tekken
producer Katsuhiro Harada also stated he's Manson fan. (I've been a fan of
his music for a long time, as well.)
Iori
Yagami & David Bowie (Submitted by
Laure)
Well,
they both play in rock bands! David Bowie's hair, especially when he was younger, is strikingly similar
to Iori Yagami's. While the similarities are mostly coincidence, there
definitely could be some Bowie inspiration hidden in a few
official Iori artworks. The iconic KOF '96 artwork (pictured
above) with Iori's hands towards the camera is particularly suspect!
For the record, Bryan Fury is said to be loosely based off of Roy Batty from Blade Runner.
Wouldn't be surprised.
Hmm, I think Obama could
rock Dee Jay's hairstyle rather nicely... not sure how that would go over
with the press though.
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