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Post by hector on Jul 30, 2006 7:17:08 GMT
Keith Giffen announces a project of his is being optioned: When Keith Giffen came up with the idea for the comic book Tag based on the phrase, "Tag! You're It," he had no idea it would be Universal Pictures saying it.
Universal has acquired the film rights to Tag, a three-issue miniseries from Boom! Studios that was created by Giffen and artist Kody Chamberlain. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marc Platt will produce the adaptation of Tag along with Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby via Boom Entertainment Inc.Then, Rob Liefeld implies legal threats: Interesting and potentially problematic fact....
Kieth Giffen used to write a book for me called BLOODSTRIKE featuring a female zombie soldier character named TAG.
This should be good....The tought of someone as devoid of original tought, a known plagiarist and all around uncreative guy as Rob Liefeld suing someone for plagiarism is...well, funny as hell.  Follow the hijinks here: forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=77242 |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 30, 2006 14:29:02 GMT
Not sure it's fair to say Liefield is uncreative. He's invented tons of characters, not least Cable. Domino, Shatterstar and Deadpool. Sure he borrows a lot from other sources - but nearly every writer does that.
That said - US comics are all about borrowing ideas from each other, and have been for a very long time. It's easy to lose count of all the Superman rip-offs - and that's just at Marvel! ;D
I think if Giffen had chosen another name for his character this would not even be an issue.
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Post by peterh on Jul 30, 2006 19:35:14 GMT
Is it certain Liefeld will sue or is it just the typical "any publicity is good publicity?
Because from what I've read the Giffen Tag character is inherently different in purpose to the original but Liefeld has been sued before and I think he's well versed when it comes to things like this.
Could he have a case here?
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Post by The Spider on Jul 30, 2006 21:42:09 GMT
I think if Giffen had chosen another name for his character this would not even be an issue. Yeah, but Giffen didn't name any character "Tag," it's just the title of the book (to reference the game). Only other similarity is that it has to do with the undead, but that's about it. Rob's a cool guy but I think it's a mistake for him to bring up the thing on a public message board if he's going to take it to court or whatever. |
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Post by hector on Jul 31, 2006 8:27:57 GMT
Not sure it's fair to say Liefield is uncreative. He's invented tons of characters, not least Cable. Domino, Shatterstar and Deadpool. Sure he borrows a lot from other sources - but nearly every writer does that. Yes, but in many of those "creations" (and I use the term loosely) a case could be made that they are far, far more close to plagiarism than borrowing. And that's not even counting characters like Agent America, which Marvel actually had to sue to stop him from using the discarded plots he had after he was fired from Heroes Reborn. Could he have a case here? Of course not. Liefeld may be many things, but I don't think he's that stupid to think he has a case that wouldn't be dismissed by any judge. Generally, when people want to sue, they don't parade around MBs making legal threats, they just do it. I may be wrong, but I don't think Gaiman was around newsarama or whatever threatening to sue the Toddler. He just went and sued his ass. But you were right. When you don't have talent it's best to give people something to talk about. Especially with that abortion that is Onslaught Reborn in the horizon. In that sense, I'm doing my best keeping Liefeld's career alive.  |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 31, 2006 12:21:10 GMT
They were HIS plots that HE created though, Hec.
It's far from the first time I've heard of comic writers taking ideas they had in one series and using them in another.
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Post by hector on Aug 1, 2006 4:15:03 GMT
They were HIS plots that HE created though, Hec. Sure, but if someone takes scripts written for a specific character, and then intends to use them in the same exact form in another character exactly the same as the first one..well, don't be surprised if there a lawsuit in there if the first character is still copyrighted. |
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Post by peterh on Aug 1, 2006 11:52:59 GMT
As an aside I have a fun story about Liefeld and his Superman rip off Supreme.
Back in the early 90ies he was asked why Supreme is a cooler (better?)character than Superman. The reply - Supreme is not a sissy, he kills people.
Wow - don't that make you all warm and fuzzy inside? ;D
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Post by The Spider on Aug 1, 2006 18:08:00 GMT
As an aside I have a fun story about Liefeld and his Superman rip off Supreme. Back in the early 90ies he was asked why Supreme is a cooler (better?)character than Superman. The reply - Supreme is not a sissy, he kills people. Wow - don't that make you all warm and fuzzy inside? ;D It sounds strange coming from him (since he's said he's a big Superman fan) but thinking on it, I think it's a way of getting his fanbase and other 90's fans to give it a look. I mean, he allowed Alan Moore to do a completely different take on the character years later. |
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Post by peterh on Aug 1, 2006 18:39:33 GMT
Well, I read it in an old issue of Wizard iirc. Anyway, remember the 90ies with all it's grim and grittiness. That's what people wanted back then and I think Liefeld knew how to cater to the fans. They wanted blood, death and guts. Still a fun story  |
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