tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post3782721568522808432..comments2024-03-25T10:29:21.161-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: How Can It Be Copywrong When It Feels So Copyright?Ragle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-89688440725868331942011-10-29T07:22:28.806-07:002011-10-29T07:22:28.806-07:00I can't really tell if this is seller's re...I can't really tell if this is seller's remorse, Hollywood greed, or some combination of both. <br /><br />However, I'll say what I said on RFA's post about this. The movie is (at best) only loosely based on the story. A general overall theme, and character names...but that's about where it ends. And there are many movies that also follow a "similar theme" to a PKD story.<br /><br />In the end, most likely the lawyers will be the only winners...they typically always are.ct-scanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415165623335167516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-17402890161999153552011-10-28T15:50:51.215-07:002011-10-28T15:50:51.215-07:00The story as reported yesterday at The Wrap (www.t...The story as reported yesterday at The Wrap (www.thewrap.com/movies/article/philip-k-dick-trust-sues-over-unpaid-adjustment-bureau-royalties-32263) has more detail including an image of the first page of the suit, showing that the plaintiff is in fact "Laura Archer Dick Coelho, as Trustee of the PKD Testamentary Trust." Her half-sister Isa Dick Hackett is an executive producer of <i>The Adjustment Bureau</i>, although that little detail isn't mentioned in either this or the NY Times story.gottacooknoreply@blogger.com