2014 Twilight Zone Comic,is the same story of this movie, Legal Trouble?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Seconds
dmannenkov — 11 years ago(May 29, 2014 12:47 AM)
The comic which I am describing is here
http://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513021267200111
Now, I started following it since it came out recently, and then it dwelled on me that something seemed too familiar and I couldn't figure out the relation.
NOW I HAVE IT.
The plot of the comic book is almost exact copy of the movie's plot.
Example; instead of the new body meeting a gorgeous woman on a beach, the character in the comic meets a pretty lady in a park, and even though, in the comic, things don't get deeper than that(as opposed to in the movie) it still is kind of striking that there could be this deep resemblance without some kind of thought put in. Now this is just a very descript and precise example the overall plots of both, the comic and the movie, are the SAME!
The writer of the storyline for the comic is J. Michael Straczynski, now I am not sure. Maybe he has seen the movie a far time back and it slipped under into his subconscious and manifested itself how ever many years later as being the plot to this comic.
I'm going to be doing some more research into this topic.
For now, I suggest you guys go out and purchase the first issue of the comic, it's only 4 dollars, and check for yourselves.
My main question can this have any legal implication?
Copyright infringement, intelectual property infringement?
I don't know take a look for yourselves guys and let me know what you think.
Maybe, I am missing something here, that completely negates my whole assumption. Now, let's discuss.
Here is a link to the writers profile on the comic book site;
http://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/infoDB.html?show=NS01021468115
"He works in films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, radio dramas and other media."
He has to be aware!! No? -
vilafire — 9 years ago(June 14, 2016 08:30 AM)
Good catch. I love Twilight Zone comics and that was a pretty decent run. I think JMS both did more with the story (by bringing it full circle and showing someone else take over the discarded life) and used it as just part of a larger plot. I don't see copyright infringement here but I'm no expert. It's not that original idea anyway really and I'm sure it's been done before. Seconds stands out less for the sci-fi story and more for the execution.