First we had the lawsuit that claimed the idea for Heroes was stolen, then we had the controversial comments from ex-Zach, Thomas Dekker. Now comes what could be the most intriguing Heroes controversy of them all.
Was the first season tag line "Save the cheerleader, save the world" borrowed from a short-lived NBC show from the mid-80s?
That's the news from the B-Side blog, which discloses that the classic, campy NBC sci-fi show Misfits of Science (which starred Courteney Cox and ALF's Max Wright) had the catch phrase "Save Adele, Save The World." Now, this would be just a cute coincidence if it wasn't for the fact that Heroes creator Tim Kring was one of the writers on the show! Of course, since he was a writer on the show, maybe it's not a controversy at all.
After the jump, video from the show, which includes the tag line.
Note: the B-Side Blog seems to be down right now, so here's the story on Defamer.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-18-2008 @ 3:44PM
bsgfan2003 said...
Bob, what do you mean by writing, "after the jump"?
Is that some sort of Communist code?!! ;) (I could not resist)
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3-18-2008 @ 4:12PM
Oreo said...
How about instead of worrying about lame lawsuits after lame lawsuit they worry about making the show... good... I think they got off the "goodness" at the end of season 1.
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3-18-2008 @ 4:43PM
dt3 said...
NONSTORY!!!!
nbc stole from itself, kiring plagarized himself
YAWN!!!!
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3-18-2008 @ 4:46PM
mklopez said...
I have on my desk a copy of Wizard magazine #191, from last year (around august), that has a feature article on Heroes. In page 62, talking about the line, writer Michael Green says: "... the actual line came from Adam Armus, a wonderful writer/producer, who was going over the scene again and sort of shorthanded Future Hiro's message to Peter using those words"
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3-18-2008 @ 10:22PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
"Save blank, save the world" = stealing now? Holycrap people are desperate to cash in on others.
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3-19-2008 @ 9:36AM
Galley said...
That's just like the time John Fogerty was sued because his solo recordings sounded too much like Creedence Clearwater Revival; songs which he wrote!
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3-19-2008 @ 12:49PM
sitruc said...
Why wasn't the Dekker non-story revisited when he said he was joking and didn't care as long as they were happy?
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