Did CBS Steal the Tardigrade Idea?
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Maybe the original Blade Runner?
Mad Max Fury Road if you consider post-apocalyptic stuff "sci-fi?"
Those would be my obvious choices....and that's not a lot, for sure!
And so long ago too,
groundbreaking on tv in this day and age is difficult, dare I say impossible?
I'm reminded of the child who insisted that the Tribbles sequel in TAS was them ripping off him when he was on a tour of the studios and gave an idea to one of the writers visiting.
I see the my thread has been merged. Now my name is attached to controversy 
The game designer's only concern appears to be fear that he could get in trouble for using their concepts. He made a single post detailing the similarities and dates in what seems to be an attempt to protect himself and his project that he's been working on for however many years.
He hasn't accused CBS of anything, despite the comments section on his blog post, which he can't control. So I wouldn't call them "arguments," but "appeals." And the character similarities are peripheral. They only have meaning when combined with the main similarity(A giant blue space tartigrade, slightly larger than a man, that can travel anywhere in the universe in an instant).
If one of us is interested(I'm not), we should look for any other concepts in sci-fi as similar, or if these two are unique.
I think we should be clear on one point.
The game designer's only concern appears to be fear that he could get in trouble for using their concepts. He made a single post detailing the similarities and dates in what seems to be an attempt to protect himself and his project that he's been working on for however many years.
He hasn't accused CBS of anything, despite the comments section on his blog post, which he can't control. So I wouldn't call them "arguments," but "appeals." And the character similarities are peripheral. They only have meaning when combined with the main similarity(A giant blue space tartigrade, slightly larger than a man, that can travel anywhere in the universe in an instant).
If one of us is interested(I'm not), we should look for any other concepts in sci-fi as similar, or if these two are unique.
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As demonstrated in this thread, that would be hard to do. Secondly, you think the game developer profits in this equation?He should.
Possible. I really hope not, but yeah, possible.
I just listened to a podcast that talked about the Animated series and how an actor was recorded while auditioning without their knowledge, then the audio used without paying them. Sketchy stuff happens, especially in Hollywood.
I just listened to a podcast that talked about the Animated series and how an actor was recorded while auditioning without their knowledge, then the audio used without paying them. Sketchy stuff happens, especially in Hollywood.
** Never mind, the threads have been merged now. Absorption is complete, the Body is whole. It is the will and the peace of Landru. **
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Yeah. If this game was produced by some bigger corporation, you'd bet your ass there would be consequences in court, most likely to end with the lawsuit being settled out of court, with some monetary compensation and both sides saying afterwars everything was "coincidental" and has now been solved.
Since this is just a little personal Indie project, any court would immediately dismiss his claim, and the guy is better off to pro-actively explain his situation to not get in trouble himself.
Since this is just a little personal Indie project, any court would immediately dismiss his claim, and the guy is better off to pro-actively explain his situation to not get in trouble himself.
No!!!! Nuh uh..It was actually DS9 that ripped ME off!
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They probably both read about the Tardigrades In Space project, which was also called TARDIS (no, I'm not joking). So the idea of a Tardigrade in space that can dematerialise and materialise anywhere isn't exactly a huge imaginative leap.
To be honest I've gotten really sick and tired of sci-fi fans constantly calling something vaguely (vaguest of vague) similar a ripoff. Hell, I got bored of it back during the DS9/B5 days. I know the sci-fi community tends to be a little overly concerned about small details, liking to overthink things and generally ignoring anything that's outside of science fiction or their particular fandom (like a project called Tardigrades in space) but it's getting really tiresome.
To be honest I've gotten really sick and tired of sci-fi fans constantly calling something vaguely (vaguest of vague) similar a ripoff. Hell, I got bored of it back during the DS9/B5 days. I know the sci-fi community tends to be a little overly concerned about small details, liking to overthink things and generally ignoring anything that's outside of science fiction or their particular fandom (like a project called Tardigrades in space) but it's getting really tiresome.
Dune was using Humans modified into creatures to power intergalactic fleets in 1966.
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