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Apple and M. Night Shyamalan Sued Over 'Servant' TV Show's Similarity to 2013 Movie 'The Truth About Emanuel'
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I haven't seen either of these, but isn't this the plot of The Boy (2016) too?
who is in turn based on previous Mesopotamish and Pagan and Greek stories...
My wife and I watched this really hoping for the best. We've enjoyed most of his movies, especially Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, so we had no reason to go into these viewings with negative feelings.
Frankly, that's what makes it so much more disappointing. We've loved most of his other work.
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No. It's just that after 5 episodes I don't CARE what's going on. I really don't.
M. Knight SucksaLot should be cast out of Hollywood, and shunned by the rest of the world. He has duped too many people to be forgiven.
totally different. there's no intentional effort to confuse or mislead the consumer. completely baseless lawsuit. there's always a ton of lawyers trying to go after big rich apple though.
Does that mean that if these first shows are loss leaders and she wins she will owe Apple money? /s
This. Her bringing a suit that she likely knows will bring her something:
1. More attention on the Emmanuel film; money.
2. More attention on other projects of hers, past & present.
3. The outside chance of a small out of court settlement (the ATV+ show will certainly never be pulled, and she knows it, but some cash could be had nonetheless).
Yes cynical, but it's business.
I wouldn't hang that hat on this peg. How many reboots of [Film Franchise here] do we really need?
I will never forgive him for that train wreck! Haven't watched anything he's made since.
The whole of Hollywood should sue each other, or be sued by foreign companies for their movies being copied. There is so little original content coming out of Hollwood. Give me original foreign movies any day.
Some people must owe him a favor. How he keeps getting allowed to make garbage remains a mystery.
Well, other than aliens that reacted that way when they came into contact with water could not even visit this planet.
My husband and I are watching it, mainly because we have a grim, morbid determination to find out what the hell is going on with these crazy unlikable people. Also there's some amusement to be had in seeing Rupert Grint trying on an American accent and sometimes choking on it.
There is additional morbid fascination because the mom on the show reminds us so much of an acquaintance of ours. They share the same looks and fashion sense. Same mannerisms. Same intensely overly upbeat way of speaking that sounds like it could turn into a deranged rant if you say the wrong thing...but you're not quite sure what that wrong thing could be. There's just this sense that there's a trigger there, just out of sight.
The show is not meant to be in any way realistic or relatable, yet they've got a character that is in many ways a replica of an actual person we know. That freaks us out every episode, as we watch this mom character and wait to see what's up with her, even as we wonder what might be up with the woman we know in real life.
We would rather watch other shows, but really we can't look away. This is a really creepy freaky show. I haven't really watched series television in over a decade. I'm giving Apple TV a chance and I like the shows so far but this one is definitely bizarre. And really super inappropriate for the family. I laugh so hard when I recall how indignant everyone was when they thought Apple TV was going to be family friendly. Hah!
As for this movie that Servant is supposedly ripping off, well it looks like it stars that actress that ruins every movie for me that she is in. So I'll root for Apple.