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tredlow · 06/18/2011, 06:45 am

Ever had an awesome idea for a movie/game/TV show/comic/invention, only to realize that someone has beaten you to it or it has been done before?

I had an idea of a movie where a guy journeys from heaven to hell to rescue his wife. I was shocked and saddened when I found out that it was a novel AND a movie adaptation already.

*Darth Marsden* · 06/18/2011, 06:49 am

A couple of times I'll have nice ideas that I'll file away to develop in some way or another at some point, only for someone else to do something incredibly similar a couple of years later. It's like they're reading my mind or something.

One example was Gen X, which I thought would make a nice TV show. It was basically what if the concept behind X-Men - mutants and their struggle to fit in - was actually set in the real world and not the comic one where things like lasers and aliens exist?

Then, a couple of years down the line, Heroes comes alone. It's not quite the same thing, but it's similar enough to make me think 'Huh. Kinda what I was thinking.'

There's others, but that's probably the best example.

Rather Dashing · 06/18/2011, 06:51 am

Lightbulb. Apparently some jerk figured it out already.

DrRocketGenius · 06/18/2011, 06:54 am

Man, the toaster was totally my idea.

Gman5852 · 06/18/2011, 06:55 am

Im telling you, it was MY idea to create a game starring a dog and a rabbit, MY IDEA

Secret Fawful · 06/18/2011, 07:44 am

This is not a joke. A pheonix as an instrument of capital punishment. Frakking Bleach....

coolsome · 06/18/2011, 07:47 am

Wizard school!!!

tredlow · 06/18/2011, 08:15 am

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Originally Posted by coolsome

Wizard school!!!

Yeah, but that didn't stop JK Rowling, so it's fine.

Also, I had an idea for a movie like Tron, but the computer world is like the normal world. Damn you, Matrix.

Guinea · 06/18/2011, 08:35 am

I thought it would be cool to have a movie character realize he's a movie character, and trying to break out of it. I forgot which movie that was but it's basically the same idea, just that the guy is a character in a book someone is writing at the moment and plans to have him die.

So I guess my idea IS different enough to go for it, because in my story it would all have developed in a completely different way.

The other way round however, is also interesting.
I've made Mario fangames, and some elements of those have later been used in official Mario games, such as the Ice Flower (complete with the ability to freeze enemies to blocks and kick them) and the giant Bowser chase from NSMBWii.
Most probably coincidence, but still cool that some ideas I had have later been had by the team who made the official games.

I think there were some more but I can't think of anything atm.

der_ketzer · 06/18/2011, 09:09 am

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Originally Posted by Guinea

I thought it would be cool to have a movie character realize he's a movie character, and trying to break out of it. I forgot which movie that was but it's basically the same idea....

The Truman Show?

RetroVortex · 06/18/2011, 10:11 am

Exiles the TV series!

Oh wait....

tredlow · 06/18/2011, 10:18 am

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Originally Posted by Guinea

I thought it would be cool to have a movie character realize he's a movie character, and trying to break out of it. I forgot which movie that was but it's basically the same idea, just that the guy is a character in a book someone is writing at the moment and plans to have him die.

Stranger Than Fiction, starring Will Ferrell. Awesome film, in my opinion. Was expecting more of a comedy, though.

Kroms · 06/18/2011, 10:23 am

The main idea of the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" was something I'd been toying around with for a while, though Neil Gaiman's experience may have caused his script to be superior to what I could have done.

A short story that the plot of the movie Heaven had already covered got to the writing stage, though my story involved a rogue, enraged cop going half-Taxi Driver, half Bad Lieutenant at a mall. It was a bit Port Arthur massacre, but I didn't work a shooting for the fun of it; I had a point. I still want to do this one, but it needs a re-working.

There are more, but I let those ideas die.

coolsome · 06/18/2011, 10:33 am

I wanted to rip off the simpsons and become famous but Seth Macfarlane beat me to it.

*Darth Marsden* · 06/18/2011, 10:37 am

I wanted to be the most awesome person on the forums, but coolsome beat me to it.

Jon NA · 06/18/2011, 10:57 am

Optical fiber.
I was working on a kind of telephone-wire that works with laser and has some sort of very thin.and flexible mirror in it to reflect the laser beam containing the data, Only to figure out it has been invented.

And the idea of travelling through time by drinking a cup of coffee.
The Iranian historical comedy TV series, Qáhvé-yé Tálkh (The Bitter Coffee), beat me to it.

Alcoremortis · 06/18/2011, 08:47 pm

The iSlate. Totally had that idea a year before the iPad. Yup.

doodo! · 06/18/2011, 08:54 pm

It happens all the time when people try to understand something , or even not trying to understand something really deep, or intellectual... they do understand it. Some of the most advanced topics known to man, unknown to man, are already known through symbolism and metaphor. Just watch music videos and look at art work, and you'll be amazed. But I'm not surprised personally as many artists with sudden realizations have gone on to prove their self as famous scientist, or visionaries.

Every idea already exist, you're actually a super super genius, you just don't know it, every idea throughout your life exists, it just has a different face, if you will.

I know you don't believe me, but this is not a musing thread, so let's leave it there. But you've all had brilliant ideas, even if you're not aware of it.

Remolay · 06/18/2011, 09:23 pm

I wanted to start a band named Burnt Toast. Burnt Toast now exists.

I wanted to make a comic of a super hero where all you could see of him was his cape, because I couldn't draw anything else. The name of this comic? The Cape.

tredlow · 06/18/2011, 09:39 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

The iSlate. Totally had that idea a year before the iPad. Yup.

The name sounds like 'isolate', which is still better than iPad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Remolay

I wanted to make a comic of a super hero where all you could see of him was his cape, because I couldn't draw anything else. The name of this comic? The Cape.

Just call it "Cape" or "Mr. Cape" or "The Lone Cape".

Also, I had an idea for a comedy film that takes place near the end of the world, focusing on how each people cope differently with the apocalypse; one still desperately tries to save himself and his family, one make amends to people he had wronged in the past, one finds religion, and one decides to do everything he'd always wanted to do in life.

A twist is that, in the middle of the film, we found out that the apocalypse was a fluke, and each people had to face the consequences of everything they just did.

The 'end of the world' thing has been done in an upcoming film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World"

06/18/2011, 06:45 am	#1
tredlow Has Possum Powers. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,536	Ideas that you were beaten to/weren't aware has been done. Ever had an awesome idea for a movie/game/TV show/comic/invention, only to realize that someone has beaten you to it or it has been done before? I had an idea of a movie where a guy journeys from heaven to hell to rescue his wife. I was shocked and saddened when I found out that it was a novel AND a movie adaptation already. __________________ My Friend: You know, if only Bruce Wayne was bit by a radioactive psychiatrist rather than a bat, Gotham wouldn't even need Arkham Asylum. Me: Haha, yeah. That's true. Minutes Later Me: Wait, Bruce Wayne was never bit by a radioactive anything.

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06/18/2011, 10:23 am	#13
Kroms Knows Pi backwards. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 774	The main idea of the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" was something I'd been toying around with for a while, though Neil Gaiman's experience may have caused his script to be superior to what I could have done. A short story that the plot of the movie Heaven had already covered got to the writing stage, though my story involved a rogue, enraged cop going half-Taxi Driver, half Bad Lieutenant at a mall. It was a bit Port Arthur massacre, but I didn't work a shooting for the fun of it; I had a point. I still want to do this one, but it needs a re-working. There are more, but I let those ideas die. Last edited by Kroms; 06/18/2011 at 10:33 am.

06/18/2011, 10:57 am	#16
Jon NA It's N/A. Jon, N/A Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Semnān, Iran OldName: Milkman08 Posts: 625	Optical fiber. I was working on a kind of telephone-wire that works with laser and has some sort of very thin.and flexible mirror in it to reflect the laser beam containing the data, Only to figure out it has been invented. And the idea of travelling through time by drinking a cup of coffee. The Iranian historical comedy TV series, Qáhvé-yé Tálkh (The Bitter Coffee), beat me to it. __________________ Is Stan an anthropomorphic purple crocodile in disguise? ~ apenpaap Good night! Don't let the Basij bite! ~ Comrade Pants Last edited by Jon NA; 06/18/2011 at 11:09 am.

06/18/2011, 06:54 am	#4
DrRocketGenius The Batman Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,514	Man, the toaster was totally my idea.

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coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,961	Wizard school!!!

06/18/2011, 08:35 am	#9
Guinea Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 436	I thought it would be cool to have a movie character realize he's a movie character, and trying to break out of it. I forgot which movie that was but it's basically the same idea, just that the guy is a character in a book someone is writing at the moment and plans to have him die. So I guess my idea IS different enough to go for it, because in my story it would all have developed in a completely different way. The other way round however, is also interesting. I've made Mario fangames, and some elements of those have later been used in official Mario games, such as the Ice Flower (complete with the ability to freeze enemies to blocks and kick them) and the giant Bowser chase from NSMBWii. Most probably coincidence, but still cool that some ideas I had have later been had by the team who made the official games. I think there were some more but I can't think of anything atm.

06/18/2011, 10:33 am	#14
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,961	I wanted to rip off the simpsons and become famous but Seth Macfarlane beat me to it.

06/18/2011, 08:47 pm	#17
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,226	The iSlate. Totally had that idea a year before the iPad. Yup. __________________ ETERNAL QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN STATUS CONFERRED. ~ Comrade Pants How can we be sure that Alcoremortis isn't just Comrade Pants trollplaying as a girl? ~ GuruGuru214 You're a shiny bright star; floating amongst a million slimy slugs in a sea of sludge. You transcend the pre-conceived and supposed limits of the human race, to emerge from the pit of pitiful maggots as a beautiful, majestic butterfly. ~ Davies The suspence of what's gonna come after death is killing me! ~ Jon NA Are you a secret Plaster Princess or something? ~ Secret Fawful

06/18/2011, 08:54 pm	#18
doodo! Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,268	It happens all the time when people try to understand something , or even not trying to understand something really deep, or intellectual... they do understand it. Some of the most advanced topics known to man, unknown to man, are already known through symbolism and metaphor. Just watch music videos and look at art work, and you'll be amazed. But I'm not surprised personally as many artists with sudden realizations have gone on to prove their self as famous scientist, or visionaries. Every idea already exist, you're actually a super super genius, you just don't know it, every idea throughout your life exists, it just has a different face, if you will. I know you don't believe me, but this is not a musing thread, so let's leave it there. But you've all had brilliant ideas, even if you're not aware of it.

06/18/2011, 09:23 pm	#19
Remolay Does not compute Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Planet Earth(Sol 3) Status: My head asplode Posts: 1,987	I wanted to start a band named Burnt Toast. Burnt Toast now exists. I wanted to make a comic of a super hero where all you could see of him was his cape, because I couldn't draw anything else. The name of this comic? The Cape. __________________ It's Gallifreyan, it doesn't translate Crap I do: Homestar WUW Twitter YouTube Fanfiction.net It says Remolay

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