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Old June 10th, 2004, 08:39 AM
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Default Re: OT:An Observation

It's not very common to run across a concept both original and (widely considered) good in a well-established media (either seperately is reasonably common, however), simply because people have been at it for a long while. When something both original and good comes along, it's often a smashing success. Others, seeing that success, copy it, and then the attack of the clones begins. For a while it works - with film, the first few copycats include their own spins and twists, often have better effects due to bigger budgets, better performers, et cetera, and the idea hasn't become old news. After a while, however, the concept is old news, the copycats have flooded the market for that style, people get sick of it, public intrest flags, and budgets folow. It can be cyclical - a copycat of a piece that hasn't been done in fifty years or more is new to the majority of the current audience.
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