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Originally Posted by lindabaker
Traninedobserver: Are you saying that ALL writers are just now taking other ideas and using them? That there are no new, creative ideas?
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$%#ing *#%%! What did I say? How could you get that from what I've said? Let's look: “[they]…mine forums just like this one
for ideas.” …” using it as
source material and idea generation. They are
riffing off the stuff.”
I'm clearly saying that the internet is used for, let me spell out the word,
INSPIRATION. And for Pete's sake what fool would make a such an overarching generalization that
all writers would do
anything in the same manner? Or any group for that matter? I certainly have not. I guess I have to write to the lowest denominator here and make sure I craft my sentences in such a manner that I painstakingly take all possible misconceptions into account.
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Saying that the writers of LOST or other movies and tv shows are not using any original creative thought is an insult to anyone in the writing field.
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You've obviously used some creativeness to extrate such an idea from anything I have written in this thread. Good Grief Linda. I challenge you to show me where you got such an idea from me.
Obviously the writers of LOST are very creative people. Creative people use things to stimulate their imaginations. They draw upon popular culture as well as other things. It's a given. This isn't a major revelation here. The "cross-contamination" (if you want to call it that) is there for all to see and is readily admitted to.
To further clarify:
SOME writers use the buzz on the Internet for INSPIRATION. This causes things to appear in T.V. shows and movies that are also being discussed or hinted at on the Internet. To place too much weight on this, that is to see it as some sort of CONFIRMATION of ANYTHING is foolish in the extreme.