Are there references to WWE Superstars in Real Steel?
In the movie Real Steel,
Atom is called the People's Champ, which seems like a direct reference to The Rock.
In the final fight against Zeus, after Atom is down, he got up just like Undertaker does. The Undertaker does the exact same thing after getting beaten up pretty badly.
Zeus' entrance is just like Triple H's.(The trademark fist up and evil green color theme)
Is this some sort of homage/tribute? Or stolen just cuz they are cool? Or am I just imagining things
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I don't think so....the fighting between the 'bots in the movie is mainly boxing-oriented. Some of the moves may look similar, but I don't see a People's Elbow or a Pedigree happening in the movie, so I doubt it.
I think these parts of the movie are just symbolic. Atom's the People's Champ because he represents a more human way of fighting, which is more relatable than Zeus, who is "fully automatic".
It just boils down to the themes, I think...
EDIT: I noticed you said that both Atom and Zeus do the "sit-up", and I forgot that they do both do that. I guess that's more of the fact that their both robots.
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What was Real Steel inspired by?
\u201cReal Steel\u201d is based partly on Richard Matheson's 1950s short story \u201cSteel,\u201d which was later adapted into an episode of \u201cThe Twilight Zone,\u201d starring Lee Marvin. The movie's story is credited to Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven, its screenplay to John Gatins.Is Real Steel based off rocky?
While Real Steel, a 2011 movie directed by Shawn Levy, is technically based on a Richard Matheson short story called \u201cSteel,\u201d it's essentially a recreation of Rocky. Real Steel shares only the vaguest generalities with its origins, as both stories are about robot boxing.Did they use real robots in Real Steel?
In all, there were 27 robots, including six Hero robots, which were practically characters in the movie, one partially destroyed robot, and 20 robots seen mostly in background shots. While eight were nonmoving, the other 19 incorporated motion of some kind.Who is the protagonist in Real Steel?
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searching key words "wwe real steel" brought me here. i was curious about the exact same thing, but the reference that really got me marking out was the reference to where Atom hails from, and it was cited as "parts unknown", which is exactly how The Ultimate Warrior and Kane (half-brother of The Undertaker) are billed in the WWE. Chris Jericho, at one point, even referenced it and said he's terrified of wrestlers who hail from "Parts Unknown."
Also, I'm pretty convinced that taking elements from prowrestling/WWE was intentional. I want to make it clear that I'm completely aware that the movie is about robot that uses a "boxing" style of fighting, but the element of gimmicks (dancing robot), baby face/heel competitors (Atom is cheered, Zeus is booed), the use of a femme fatale authority figure/valet, the father (money)/daughter(brains)/fighter(brawn) combo as dictating the shots in the league is like a reference to vince/stephanie/hhh management.
I think the technical parts are expressly based on wrestling, but the "drama", "entertainment" and "exhibition"/"showmanship" elements are all implicitly prowrestling.
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I think you're mistaken and just imagining things. Real Steel is based on the short story “Steel” by Richard Matheson (1956). The story takes place in the not so distant future. Though Atom is not a physical or “real” character and had no speaking lines, there was something definitely human about him and the bots would knocking out all the WWE Superstars. I think they'd definitely paid tribute to Richard Matheson rather than WWE Superstars. According to me, the atoms had its unique traits of boxing style rather than wrestling style.
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