Sentence examples for too derivative from inspiring English sources

So "Doctor Sleep" has its own vivid frightscape, one that's not too derivative of "The Shining".

"Contagious" is rarely boring, but it's too derivative and too clichéd to be genuinely interesting.

His lawyers contend that the new work is too derivative and that the characters in "Catcher" are protected by copyright.

Sadly this is far too derivative, clunky and confusing to be either a great show or a ratings powerhouse.

A lot of people like "Avatar," obviously, but a lot don't — too cold, too formulaic, too computerized, too derivative.

Many of the more than 200 submissions were " 'me too,' derivative, not innovative enough," Mr. Porter said.

It has been followed by Y and Z, but those are too obviously derivative, and the Millennial Generation — if narrowly defined as those beginning to come of age since 2000 — has members still in knee pants.

I have seen too many derivative movies.

So, too, with derivatives and securities based on debt — things like collateralized loan obligations.

The only thing more dangerous than having too many derivatives floating around the financial system, it seems, may be having too few of them.

It's derivative too -- mostly, and unsurprisingly, of the Beatles, the Gallaghers' favorite band.