Let me try this again. I heard it said on a podcast as well. But basically the idea being that you want to write your own Halloween movie, but you don't own Michael Myers IP so you can either writer a sequel you can't sell or you can write your own version of Halloween and create a new slasher named Michelle Byers who kills people on Thanksgiving Dinner each year.
Basically Star Wars was George Lucas making his own Flash Gordon. And Indiana Jones was because SS wanted to make a Bond movie... so basically when people talk about IP and wanting to write "their own MOVIE X" they should just be inspired by and create their own.
I feel when people get stuck too, it's a great way to generate ideas. You love Goodfellas. Create your own version of that. Maybe it's Corky Romano. Or maybe it's The Sopranos.
Basically Star Wars was George Lucas making his own Flash Gordon. And Indiana Jones was because SS wanted to make a Bond movie... so basically when people talk about IP and wanting to write "their own MOVIE X" they should just be inspired by and create their own.
I feel when people get stuck too, it's a great way to generate ideas. You love Goodfellas. Create your own version of that. Maybe it's Corky Romano. Or maybe it's The Sopranos.
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