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From: ajlill@watrose.UUCP (Tony Lill)
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Subject: Re: Silent Running
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 14:17:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 14:17:42 1985
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Reply-To: ajlill@watrose.UUCP (Tony Lill)
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>It seems that the cylons (remember them?) were just a little *too*
>much like silver Darth Vaders to sit well with Fox.  The producers
>of BG (Paramount, I think) filed a counter suit claiming that
>Star Wars infringed on their movie, you guessed it, Silent Running.
>Apparently they felt that R2D2 was an awful lot like Huey, Luey,
>and Dewy from SR.

No wonder that BG used the ships from Silent running as part of the fleet.
I also noticed that the interior of the Vipers and the interior of the
Starfighter from Buck Rogers (yes I still watch that show every weekend) are
very similar.
Same producers no doubt.

Hmmm, maybe Fox was justified....
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