Destroyer of worlds.
So are you justifying the shitty practice or just elaborating on how shitty it is?
Is not impressed.
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Just showing how creators got screwed over back then. Most new writers follow some vairant of JMS's advice when it comes to their creations: register and copywrite them so that they own them and not the studio. Others have gone to court and won (See Neil Gaiman vs Todd McFarland over Spawn characters Gaiman created).
I never said I liked the idea that "work for hire" was some carte blache for studio's to exploit creators, despite what Stan Lee or Gene Roddenberry (and their fanboys) might think. In fact, irony time: both stood on the shoulders of their co-creators and then both got Kicked Upstairs. Lee saw Marvel become a media powerhouse, only to be bought by non-comics media companies and ultimately Disney, Roddenberry ripped off his co-creators (or tried to pretend that they didn't exist) but got "promoted" to management on the movies and saw his influence wane over the course of TNG. Like Stan Lee, his universe is now property of a media giant. However, unlike Stan Lee, Roddenberry never came around and admitted that his co-creators deserved credit.
At least Stan Lee speaks fondly of guys like Jack Kiby. Roddenberry barely mentions Gene Coon or Robert Justman. Most were Demoted to Extra (mentioned in passing on the "Next Generation companion") until recently.
Nowadays, most creators try to share credit, what with the internet and blogs. Most are happy to, given that paying tribute to other creators is the right thing to do.
Studios? They never change. Unless taken to court.
edited 24th Jul '16 7:50:01 AM by TairaMai
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Destroyer of worlds.
The Atlantis: The Lost Empire
review is up.
Ok, am I the only one that notices how much this is movie is like Stargate???
Visiting from the Hoag Galaxy
No. It's a pretty common opinion.
Not Three Laws compliant.
Oh goo. When Chuck never made one stargate joke I thought I was losing my mind. (or did I miss it?)
edited 27th Jul '16 4:34:30 PM by NateWinchester
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
As someone who's never seen any of that series, how is it like Stargate?
Oh God! Natural light!
More the movie than series.
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
Some clarification: I haven't seen anything related to Stargate.
Oh God! Natural light!
Young scientist with a radical Idea concerning ancient civilization is rejected by the scientific community, but is contacted by a group who show that his idea is correct and invite him along on an exploration because of his language and cultural skills. When they arrive there are complications involving advanced ancient technologies and the mission's leader bringing weapons and using the mission for less idealistic purposes. Young scientist pulls together and stops the conflict, but decides to stay with the civilization (specifically the girl) when the rest go home.
Visiting from the Hoag Galaxy
Oh, and both of the movies involve civilizations that lost the ability to read.
In Stargate, it makes sense, in Atlantis...not so much.
Not Three Laws compliant.
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
x3 I haven't watched all of Chuck's stuff, and Stargate just isn't something I'm interested in.
Show an affirming flame
I haven't watched the series proper either, but Chuck's reviews are quite entertaining all by themselves.
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
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@KarkatTheDalek: I never groked StarGate, it just never gelled in my mind. Babylon Five? Smitten after the pilot. DS9? I loved it. Firefly...deeply missed.
BSG and Stargate...eh...just So Okay, It's Average for me. Nothing to really "wow" me.
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You don't have to like stargate, I was just surprised. I knew Atlantis had some broad common brush strokes but... I mean Milo may as well be the animated avatar of Daniel Jackson.
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I haz a sad... :(
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August Schedule
- 1 Aug: Justice League Unlimited: The Greatest Story Never Told
- 3 Aug: SG1: Foothold
- 6 Aug: VOY: Revulsion
- 8 Aug: Full Moon 16
- 10 Aug: Firefly: Ariel
- 11 Aug - 19 Aug: OFF
- 20 Aug: TOS: Whom Gods Destroy
- 22 Aug: Dr. Who: Human Nature
- 24 Aug: Dr. Who: Family of Blood
- 27 Aug: TNG: Second Chances
- 29 Aug: Mahoromatic 9-12
- 31 Aug: B5: Intersections in Real Time
- 3 Sep: TOS: Gamesters of Triskellion
- 5 Sep: Full Moon: 17
- 7 Sep: Wing Commander III
- 10 Sep: TNG: The Dauphin
- 12 Sep: Clone Wars: Bounty Hunters
- 14 Sep: SG1: Watergate
The Dauphin... Ok this will be good.
Editor of Posts
Regarding the issue with the flying machines still working; it's possible they were designed to work fartther away from the crystal than the other technology, since they were made to fly away from Atlantis and still need to be able to fly on the other side of the ocean. They probably contain some kind of batteries or something.
edited 31st Jul '16 3:52:40 AM by Druplesnubb
The best and the worst.
More clone wars looks fun, and... Wing Commander? That's unexpected. I'll be looking forward to that.
Me and my friend's collaborative webcomic: Forged Men
Perpetually Confused
Man it's so funny seeing how far behind the non early access queue is. My request for Foothold's been out for a long while now.
Anywho, Wing Commander is a good surprise.
Wait, this was supposed to be a Firestorm story? Well now I hate this episode with a passion! 
(no matter how brilliant it is)
In many cases, studios still try to play fast and loose with rights and crediting authors and creators. Gene, sadly was of the It's All About Me mindset. Just ask some of the writers and the composer he...creatively borrowed from.
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