I get ya, but the argument is even simpler than that: anyone who doesn’t realize that art is and has been intertwined with political discussion - and has been for all of recorded history - is a fucking moron, whether they’re actually stupid or just pretending to be.

Every night I get on my knees and I pray to blog for forgiveness.

The most generous interpretation of the Ds9/B5 situation is that JMS pitched B5 to some paramount exec, who then told the Trek producers, “Have you thought about a space station”, and they said, “actually, yeah, because it’s really the only other alternative setting for a star trek show that’s not a ship, so if you’re…

Isn’t there some saying that you’re nobody until somebody sues you (yes, I know the song)?  Welcome to the Big Leagues, Quinta!

I agree about McDonalds but these plagiarism cases are usually based on the fallacy that no one else could have come up with the same premise when in fact it happens all the time. I can only think of one of these cases that actually bore fruit, Art Buchenwald’s case where he was hired to write a treatment for an Eddie…

Belloq: now Doctor Jones, again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away

Ugh, I hate people like this. She’s just chasing clout, and it’s especially gross that she’s trying to steal the thunder of a history-making minority woman.

I won’t rest until my fantasy script about Garry Porter sees justice.

Plot: mockumentary set at an urban elementary school.

I’ve never seen Babylon 5, but I did just finish Deep Space Nine for the first time, and it’s not only the best Star Trek show, it’s also one of the best shows of all time.

Reminds me of when Harry Potter became huge and everyone started suing JK Rowling because they wrote a children’s book about wizards, or magic, or with a character named Potter or something that sounded like Potter. You can’t copyright the idea of a sitcom or a mockumentary or a show set in an inner city public…

Hmm I’m pretty sure I had the idea of setting a sitcom in the workplace first, so I’m suing the creators of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Newhart, Barney Miller, Taxi, Cheers, Wings, Spin City, NewsRadio, Scrubs, The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Brooklyn 99, Superstore, *and* Abbott…

I can see similarities in the broad strokes, but I would also say those broad strokes seem fairly generic. 

Seriously, was that an actual response to Jack? I came in late and by season six he was like president of Bisexuality on the Internet.

Lucasfilm these days has a terrible habit of pandering to the vocal fans. It was the main problem with the Star Wars sequels - each one of them was a reaction to the last. So if a vocal contingent are saying X cannot be recast, then it won’t happen.

I don’t even get the thing about “learning [their] lesson” with Solo. Is it just because it was Harrison Ford? I mean, Ewan McGregor’s done a darn fine job with an iconic franchise character who was originally played by an absolute legend.

Not really. Name one old time radio show remotely like it. It’s more based on 30s film serials.

He was in Star Trek: First Contact very very briefly and that was a good movie!  

Dakota Johnson in a post-modern, erotic re-imagining of the beloved classic Charlotte’s Web.

Bring in Sean Patrick Flanery. He’s already played Young Indiana Jones, now he can play old Indiana Jones. He’s in his mid-50s, so he can pick up around the mid 1950s and we can remake Kingdom of the Crystal Skull without all the aliens, CGI monkeys, and Shias LaBeouf.