My amusing thought of the day
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sailorzeoFrom tvtropes.org's "INSPACE" page:
Stories are often recycled from other shows, with the setting changed with just enough of a gimmick to make it look different. The characters will have the same character types, sometimes even the same voice actors. Sometimes these will be direct spinoffs, with the same characters with one major time or setting change. Later varieties included "AS KIDS!"
The majority of these are seen as nonsensical updates according to whatever else was popular at the time. Putting the series into space, though, is the big one.
And an individual entry, regarding the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series:
The entire series was heavily inspired by series creator Glen Larson's Mormon faith, making it effectively The Book of Mormon IN SPACE!
...and finding that was triggered by Matt's comment, regarding yesterday's Sci-Fi Channel programming, "Did you know they made a Leprechaun 4? Leprechaun 4: IN SPACE."
Personally, I wasn't aware of more than 2, and that's just by skimming over the boxes in the video store waaaay back when.
Stories are often recycled from other shows, with the setting changed with just enough of a gimmick to make it look different. The characters will have the same character types, sometimes even the same voice actors. Sometimes these will be direct spinoffs, with the same characters with one major time or setting change. Later varieties included "AS KIDS!"
The majority of these are seen as nonsensical updates according to whatever else was popular at the time. Putting the series into space, though, is the big one.
And an individual entry, regarding the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series:
The entire series was heavily inspired by series creator Glen Larson's Mormon faith, making it effectively The Book of Mormon IN SPACE!
...and finding that was triggered by Matt's comment, regarding yesterday's Sci-Fi Channel programming, "Did you know they made a Leprechaun 4? Leprechaun 4: IN SPACE."
Personally, I wasn't aware of more than 2, and that's just by skimming over the boxes in the video store waaaay back when.
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Date: Mar. 18th, 2009 11:50 pm (UTC)