Mutant X was as unrelated to the mutants of the Marvel universe as Heroes is. They did however do a Generation X TV movie at one point, though it was unfortunately and unwatchably bad as I recall.
Heroes, take two - or three?
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No, you are not. That is an ignorant and insulting term used by people who don't have a goddamn clue how creativity works. There's no such thing as a completely original story. The very nature of human creativity is to build on pre-existing themes and explore new approaches to them. There is a huge, fundamental difference between stealing something and being inspired or influenced by it. Influence, inspiration, and homage are fundamental aspects of the creative process. Creativity is a dialogue among creators, among generations, among cultures. Every answer inspires new questions. Every way of telling a story, of presenting an idea, inspires someone else to think of a new angle on that idea. That's how it's supposed to work.
So it is utterly stupid and wrong, as well as grossly insulting and unjust, to see any similarity as a "ripoff." You might as well say I'm ripping off Shakespeare because I use the same words he used rather than making up my own flerb sngrempl mjorfi. Ideas, just like words, are vocabulary, the basic building blocks that creators use to construct their works. That vocabulary has to be familiar or it won't convey anything to the audience. The originality is in how you put the pieces together.
I defy you to create something that bears no resemblance to any story ever told and then get an audience to like and understand it. Until and unless you can achieve that, you have no goddamn right to accuse other people of plagiarism just because you see some passing similarity between their work and something that preceded it.
Gotcha. You didn't specify you wanted a show about mutants set in the Marvel universe, only made by Marvel.
I remember Marvel and the production companies involved with Mutant X were actually sued by Fox because of the show's similarities to X-Men and the brand. So, at least a number of years ago Fox was in control of the TV rights.
X-Men started the genre, or if there was some mutant superhero story before them (and isn't there always), it elevated the genre so that it is synonymous with mutant superheroes forever after.
If you imitate the original, you're a ripoff. Sorry if that bothers ya.
Your first sentence contradicts your second sentence. Illogical.
