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Re: galactica news (Re: Viper)
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:11:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Tom McDonald writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Brown writes:
> > I agree, mostly, but I think Richard Hatch(1) has a certain amount of
> > justification for being peeved - he's worked for *years* on a revival effort,
> > producing books, building a promotional tape, inducing various toy/model
> > companies to rerelease their BG lines, negotiating with Universal, and
> > co-ordinating fan efforts - then along comes Glen, and says "I'm gonna make a
> > new movie! Hunh? Richard who?"
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> I think hiring Hatch to reprise his role can only help. But we must know one
> thing: despite how much he's done to revive BG and even though he's part of
> the original cast, Hatch is merely a spokesperson type for Universal Pictures,
> which possibly has the clout to squash any attempt to use "intellectual
> property" that legally belongs to them. Whether or not it rightfully belongs
> to them is another discussion, well within the pervue of wisdom to settle. But
> wisdom often evades our courts.
If you ever want to see an amusing account of studios battling it out in
court, the lawsuit that was leveled against BG by SW (or rather, Universal by
20 Century Fox) is a good one - there was about 4 rounds of countersuing,
which reads very much as "Oh yeah? Well, you stole this!" "Did not! You
took that!" "Did not!" etc. ad naseum.
> What all the players in this game need to hear is that no matter who owns it,
> who makes it or who stars in it, it should be done as close to the original as
> possible. True sci-fi fans are sticklers for giving credit and blessing where
> necessary and where expected. They are also (often merciless) fans of justice.
> And those fans can make them feel it at the box office.
Hear hear! Fans are going to expect BG - centons, feldercarb, noise in space,
and all. If it's not there, word will spread fast online, and it will flop,
in a spectacular fashion.
> As an example, you couldn't have classic Star Trek movies without Leonard
> Nimoy. You couldn't have it without Gene Roddenberry. But I never met anybody
> outside of Paramount Pictures that cared/cares that Paramount owns ST except
> for Paramount.
Paramount owns Star Trek? ;-)
> If Universal is in this thing for the money, and if it's only Larson and
> Universal who are at odds, it needs to bring Larson and Hatch together, pay
> them both (pay them well), and make a movie. To do it any other way means a
> much less substantial return at the box office.
Universal is a Hollywood studio - it's in it for the money.
As an aside, I think I'm getting old. Friends had two reactions to seeing my
Viper model: "Hey, cool Viper!" and "Neat. Um, what is it?" Way too many
of them were in the second catagory.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) LOL I'd love to see that! Did they shoot spit wads too? (...) Yup. Cylons still need a heavily mechanized voice and bouncing eyeball too. I thought that was so cool the first time I saw it. (...) Did they also happen to think a daggit was some (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I think hiring Hatch to reprise his role can only help. But we must know one thing: despite how much he's done to revive BG and even though he's part of the original cast, Hatch is merely a spokesperson type for Universal Pictures, which (...) (26 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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