From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

In article ,
 "Your Name"  wrote:

> 
> "Anim8rFSK"  wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-38A69F.10260610122009@news.dc1.easynews.com...
> > In article ,
> >  Merrick Baldelli  wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:48:27 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> > >  wrote:
> > >
> > > >If you're going to change the characters and background _that_ _much_,
> > > >why not just write something new?  It would probably be easier.
> > >
> > > Not when you're inherently lazy.  It's far easier to write
> > > something from an established story/plot than it is to come up with
> > > something "new".
> >
> > More importantly, it's easier to sell.
> 
> Except that if most people actually had brains, it wouldn't be easier to
> sell.

But we aren't talking brains, and we're barely talking people; we're 
talking producers.

The reason the whole 'remake tv shows' genre came up in the first place 
is that if you'd try to sell something original to a producer, he'd 
always rephrase it in terms of "it's like..."

"This script is a stirring drama about a woman's love for a sea captain 
over the years"

"So it's like Gilligan's Island with penguins?  Can you put in some 
Mayans?"

Eventually people realized it was just easier to pitch Gilligan's Island 
in the first place, with or without penguins.

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