Hi everyone,
As writers we all have probably worried about one of our stories being "pirated", that is one of the risks when putting our work out there.
I put a link below to a story about Guillermo del Toro's new upcoming film The Shape of Water. The article states that there are striking similarities between his new film and a short film from 2015 entitled "The Space Between Us" which is about a woman in a post apocalyptic world that works in a research facility that finds out about an aquatic man (who does look very similar to Abe Sapien) and develops feelings for him and decides to save him.
Now I have seen the short film, which was made by some people in the Netherlands, and noticed it is very similar to Guillermo's Shape of Water trailer.
But I would hate to think that Guillermo (whom I admire and I love his films and film style) would take another's story and change it slightly. To me that just seems underhanded.
I prefer to think that maybe Guillermo had this story idea in his head for decades and that maybe he and the people who made the short film just happened to tap into what I call the "idea ether" out there at the same time. You know, like when you think of something and find out others had the same thoughts as you at the same time, or like when there are trends of similar films all coming out around the same time.
So I was wondering what everyone here thinks about it?
Here's the article:
http://awardswatch.com/2017/08/18/is...ce-between-us/
As writers we all have probably worried about one of our stories being "pirated", that is one of the risks when putting our work out there.
I put a link below to a story about Guillermo del Toro's new upcoming film The Shape of Water. The article states that there are striking similarities between his new film and a short film from 2015 entitled "The Space Between Us" which is about a woman in a post apocalyptic world that works in a research facility that finds out about an aquatic man (who does look very similar to Abe Sapien) and develops feelings for him and decides to save him.
Now I have seen the short film, which was made by some people in the Netherlands, and noticed it is very similar to Guillermo's Shape of Water trailer.
But I would hate to think that Guillermo (whom I admire and I love his films and film style) would take another's story and change it slightly. To me that just seems underhanded.
I prefer to think that maybe Guillermo had this story idea in his head for decades and that maybe he and the people who made the short film just happened to tap into what I call the "idea ether" out there at the same time. You know, like when you think of something and find out others had the same thoughts as you at the same time, or like when there are trends of similar films all coming out around the same time.
So I was wondering what everyone here thinks about it?
Here's the article:
http://awardswatch.com/2017/08/18/is...ce-between-us/
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