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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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(...) How many of them said, "Hey! You're X-Wing is missing a wing or two!" Steve (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh - nobody said that, but one of them did ask if it was an episode 1 model. James (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <grin> I wouldn't be surprised! I hunted down the Q&D version in the BG FAQ (1): (URL)Hear hear! Fans are going to expect BG - centons, feldercarb, noise in space, (...) I was always a big fan of lightbulb head, personally (...) Nope, but if (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's especially funny when you consider how derivitave SW is of Dune. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dune the movie came out in 1984, though it can be argued that it has little resemblance to the book. OTOH, the book was written long before 1984. (Checking Amazon.com... 25th anniv. on 1996, so that puts first printing around 1971.) I'll take (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) SW derivative of Dune? How so? SW:ANH released in 1977. Dune released in 1984. Did the original Dune book(s) go into SFX-like levels of visual detail? Or do you mean Tattooine? --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Steve (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) by (...) Yup. I'd actually forgotten that the "lawsuit that started it all" was in relation to BG until I found that article. James (URL)Steve (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: <snipped Sw copies Dune examples> Actually, I think the same arguement (from below) can be made of the Dune/SW thing - the end products are quite different. Dune spends a lot of time on ecosystems & (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <snipped comparisions> Very interesting, Sproat. It almost makes me want to try reading Dune again. Notice I said "try". I never could seem to read Herbert. He always put me to sleep. Or worse, I would read a few paragraphs, then have to stop (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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