Posted: January 03, 19100 at 16:54:25: by Michael Martinez
: As I said, appears to be pretty much the entire episode. Maybe
: H.G. Wells' heirs should sue the scriptwriters for damages.
: Yes, sounds definitely like "The island of Dr. Moreau". I know
: it's difficult to come up with new ideas, however they don't
: seem to try very hard. Then again, it takes a certain audacity
: (some would probably say impudence) to steal plot ideas as
: often and openly as the TLW writing staff does. If they turn
: the ideas into entertaining episodes, I guess that I wouldn't
: mind very much. It would, however, be nice to see them becoming
: a bit more original in the second season. After all, do you
: guys get paid full when you rip-off dead authors ? ;) But maybe
: my criticism is premature, let's watch the episode first.Ideas, themes, and plots can be reused and reused freely. Copyrights don't extend to them. Copyright only applies to the expression of ideas, themes, and plots. As for originality, I gather that the writers are playing with the viewing audience. Hercules and Xena did this very successfully, and there is a wealth of action/adventure fiction from the late 19th and early 20th centuries which stylistically fit so well with Doyle's Lost World era. I believe they are trying to draw on those materials for inspiration to evoke that sort of feeling, since these characters are clearly not wandering around 1919 London.
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