Did CBS Steal the Tardigrade Idea?
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You know, I'd be more open to the game designer's argument had he not fused his tardigrade argument with a bunch of pretty terrible arguments about characters' facial hair and skin color. He presents these arguments as a single whole, and the fact that he includes those tenuous arguments calls the whole argument into question. At least to me.
Regardless, there just isn't anything here that seems substantively similar to me, even divorced from the rest of it. However, I for one welcome our tardigrade overlords in ongoing science fiction media production.
Regardless, there just isn't anything here that seems substantively similar to me, even divorced from the rest of it. However, I for one welcome our tardigrade overlords in ongoing science fiction media production.
I type in tardigrade into Google and it tells me they were discovered by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773. So I'm guessing no.
It does make me wonder if it's possible Johann August Ephraim Goeze stole the name from the Timelords, considering how close that name is to the name for their time spaceship. I can't imagine that's a coincidence. Why and what for I cannot say.
It does make me wonder if it's possible Johann August Ephraim Goeze stole the name from the Timelords, considering how close that name is to the name for their time spaceship. I can't imagine that's a coincidence. Why and what for I cannot say.
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The producers said that the tardigrade was initially going to be a regular character named Ephraim. Now I know why they picked that name
I think this argument basically works in the concept of, "Did Kung Fu Panda steal from World of Warcraft?" Which is to say, no. Because Tardigrades are creatures which can live in the vacuum of space just like pandas are Chinese and adorable.
Also, even if they DID take the idea, it's not enough for plagiarism.
Also, even if they DID take the idea, it's not enough for plagiarism.
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Yeah I was going to mention that. I think with tardigrades recently in the news for surviving being frozen for 30 years they are a natural fit for a sci-fi show to cover.
Exactly. When scientific news is in the forefront, writers are going to be inspired into including this info in developing stories.
It's important to realize that on Discovery, initially the Tardigrade was being developed as a regular bridge crew character called Ephraim, named after the first guy to discover them. This was in the early stages. They spent money on a large scaled puppet. But the expense of using it made them change the story into what we have today.
It's important to realize that on Discovery, initially the Tardigrade was being developed as a regular bridge crew character called Ephraim, named after the first guy to discover them. This was in the early stages. They spent money on a large scaled puppet. But the expense of using it made them change the story into what we have today.
Isn't the implication that the people who developed Discovery might be no better than the hack who developed the game?
Well no one has claimed Discovery was groundbreaking.
Nobody has claimed that anything about Star Trek has ground breaking since the 60's.
They may or may not have, I mean i don't think we'll ever know without being inside the heads of those involved, but it doesn't "seem" that way to me, though i do admit there are some striking coincidences,
But rip off? eh I dunno, don't think so personally.
But rip off? eh I dunno, don't think so personally.
The Undiscovered Country did well with the Soviet Union disintegrating.
Really?
That does not necessarily make it groundbreaking as it does engaged,which I think better describes Trek.The Undiscovered Country did well with the Soviet Union disintegrating.
FESTIVAL!
AHHHHHRRRRRHHHH!!!! TARDIGRADE THEFT!!!! FESTIVAL!!!!
You MOCK the canon!! Not of the body!
TUC simply did what TOS and TNG to that point had done many, many times already: created a thinly-veiled allegory for a modern event and told it in a sci-fi setting.
It wasn't even groundbreaking for Trek...let alone science fiction.
I cant even say the last time I thought sci fi on a screen was groundbreaking.
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