tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post114053290067145484..comments2024-03-18T18:08:16.900-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: I'm on Mary's SideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1140553288376180392006-02-21T14:21:00.000-06:002006-02-21T14:21:00.000-06:00Oh, that's how you make money as a writer. Sue the...Oh, that's how you make money as a writer. Sue the big names with deep pockets?<BR/><BR/>I think there are only so many plots out there, and I've become convinced we're many of us tuned into the same channel of the collective unconscious. It's inevitable many stories will seem similar, when there are so many being written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1140549565794317782006-02-21T13:19:00.000-06:002006-02-21T13:19:00.000-06:00Um, I think I read at least two versions of that b...Um, I think I read at least two versions of that basic story in my former screenwriting group. It had a weird history of parallel development. Two guys nearly split up the group over accusations of story theft over a similar thriller plot - each believing the other had "stolen" their MacGuffin.<BR/><BR/>It was a scientific breakthrough that had been on the cover of Time six months previously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1140540785560481512006-02-21T10:53:00.000-06:002006-02-21T10:53:00.000-06:00There are supposedly only SEVEN plots in the world...There are supposedly only SEVEN plots in the world, and Shakespear dealt with all of them. Hmmm, wonder if this guy is going to sue Shakespear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1140534634845255302006-02-21T09:10:00.000-06:002006-02-21T09:10:00.000-06:00This is such BS. Like she knows about some script...This is such BS. Like she knows about some script going around in Hollywood. And like the idea was so radical and original that the only way two different people could have come up with it is if one of them stole it from the other.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com