Krista Perry wrote:

Hm.  Are you *quite* sure it was a rip-off, rather than, say... a
tribute?  Besides, the episode was written by William Gibson, the man
who *created* the cyberpunk genre with his break-through novel,
_Neuromancer_.  If anything, BGC owes the very aspects that you claim
X-Files "ripped off" -- if not its very existance -- to that man.  So
chill out, dude.

Krista Perry

I agree with you, Krysta, and I also have that "D�j�-vu" feeling...
As far as I know, when Total Recall was shown in theaters, many fans of
Buichi Terasawa yelled "Hey, this is from Cobra! The guy who lives a
fake life because of a memory implant and used to be a great fighter..."
Yeah, cool. Except that Mr Terasawa (who still has all my respect, his
work is really wonderful) had obviously taken this part of the plot in a
Philip K. Dick novel...written long ago.
We shall not forget that it's often difficult to be sure of the origin
of a plot. Often, anime scenarists pick up an idea here and there, then
add their own creativity. 
Now, of course, there are many original creations in anime and manga,
but on a side or an other, let's give back to Caesar what belongs to
Caesar...


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