There's a lot of chuntering going on at the moment about Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and how it's shamelessly ripping off Harry Potter in order to be the new Harry Potter now that we're running out of actual Harry Potter. No doubt JK Rowling is right browned off about this state of affairs.
Well before she gets her fur-lined, gold-trimmed, diamond-studded knickers in an expensive twist, maybe she should go back to her 1985 diary, a page of which The Incredible Suit recently came across in an unlikely and, frankly, imaginary turn of events:
"Dear Diary,
I was so bored today that I went to see Young Sherlock Holmes, which starred a whole bunch of people I doubt anyone will have heard of in 25 years' time. It wasn't very good.
There were a few elements of the film I liked though, so I thought I'd jot them down in case I ever decide to write a bestselling series of books that could one day be made into a multi-billion dollar movie franchise:
The protagonists are two boys who become firm friends and a posh, annoying girl with bad hair
One of the boys looks so cute with his mop of black hair, his round glasses and stripy scarf
I love how they hang out with a beardy eccentric who lives on the school grounds
The hero's classroom nemesis is a blond, floppy-haired git
Their school is more like a castle...
...where they eat their meals at long, candlelit tables
And in a blindingly obvious twist, a teacher turns out to be the bad guy!
If I ever get round to writing those books I'll be sure to leave it ten years in case anyone notices the striking resemblance to Young Sherlock Holmes! I certainly don't want some annoying prattlesmith wittering about it on some kind of world wide web log one day do I?"
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See you in court.
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Bring it on. Think of the publicity!
ReplyDeleteAdrian Jacobs, suing JK Rowling, Suing The Incredible Suit. An Incredible Lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't mention it, but Chris Columbus directed both the first Harry Potter film and this new Percy Jackson thing, and also produced Young Sherlock Holmes. The man's making a killing off of the same film over and over!
ReplyDeleteAnd that right there is why I'm a blogger and not a journalist who does, you know, research and stuff. Top marks sir!
ReplyDeleteUndermining myself a little, but having actually checked my facts, he actually wrote Young Sherlock Holmes, rather than producing it. So he was original at one point!
ReplyDeleteAlso, saw the film and found it to be entertaining, if more than a little crass. Differences from HP were greater than the similarities.
Also in1985, Columbus penned both Goonies and Gremlins with younger cuter stars, and Phoebs CatesLol in 2022 Columbus is worth 90 million. Rowling a billion and the Dumbledore films that she screenplayed suck.
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