Re: FOX orders "Virtuality" backdoor pilot

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <38-dnY-DpJL8cp3VnZ2dnUVZ_ubinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> How is this different from any number of "holodeck" episodes in Star 
>> Trek: The Next Generation?
> 
> Because it's the premise for a whole series, not just a couple of 
> episodes.
> 
>> Paramount could actually have a lawsuit alleging plagiarism here, if
the 
>>   scripts of the episodes prove too uncomfortably similar to Trek
episodes.
> 
> There have been so many novels, TV shows and episodes, and feature films

> about virtual reality that I doubt any single one could claim owner****p 
> of the concept.

How many have there been in which the virtual reality system was the 
main form of amusement aboard an interstellar space****p?  I don't think 
there have been that many.



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Steven L.
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