Put what you recall on paper, turn it into a screenplay. Let me know how quickly you get sued.
replyGood artists copy, great artists steal.
replyTrillion dollar companies license.
replyOne could argue most screenplays are derivative.
replyHollywood has extraordinarily well-defined controls for keeping things legal and everyone in the chain compensated. Plus a separate Oscars category for it.
replyI heard somewhere there's like eight basic plots or something. and everything else is just an elaboration on that
replyTrue, they live in your head rent free. But if you produce a derivative work, you have to pay.
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