repo:the genetic opera vs repo men

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Up until recently, we've stayed neutral in the initial similarities drawn by fans of Repo! The Genetic Opera versus Universal Studios upcoming feature film Repo Men. The likeness seemed like nothing more than a case of coincidence; totally possible that two different creators came up with a similar idea at the same time. For every Armageddon, there's a Deep Impact. For every Volcano, a Dante's Peak and so on and so forth.However, now as Universal gears up the publicity machine for Repo Men (which hits theaters on March 19th), journalists, writers, bloggers are yet again bringing up comparisons with the filmmakers of both entities. Repo! director Darren Lynn Bousman has posted a blog addressing the issue from his perspective, which definitely warrants reading and investigation. (Read it right here) (Repo! co-creator Terrance Zdunich also wrote a blog about it here, "Spooky" Dan Walker who's working on a documentary about Repo! compared the opera to the Repossession Mambo book right here, and several weeks back Ain't It Cool's Mr. Beaks spoke at length with Repo Men author Erica Garcia about his origins for the story.)While it's still completely feasible that both works similarities are coincidence, the promotional posters that Bousman posts side by side on his blog are rather curious. (If nothing else, the marketing materials are pretty darned close.) Also suspect is the inclusion of a writer's note at the end of the Repossession Mambo book (which was released in 2009) explaining the story's origin, something that's not common practice for most novel releases.Do some research and read the above links and let us know what you think? How would you feel if you were the creator of an independent original story and it bared many similarities to an upcoming major studio picture?

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