UPDATED: 5/6/2009 - I have received a response to my original posting, and with the author's permission have included it on this post. We're not out to have a "war", so my final thoughts are posted below. - JZ

Imitation in the the film industry is certainly not a new thing. The "killer asteroid" craze with ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT facing off in the summer of '98;  the dueling "president's daughter" films CHASING LIBERTY and FIRST DAUGHTER in 2004; the recent "organ repo" phase with last year's REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, and the upcoming REPOSESSION MAMBO (due later this year) - it's often times a race to see who can get to the finish line first.

Sometimes, "imitation" is purely a business-related affair, driven by corporate shills with no motivation other than getting in on the action to make a grab at a pie they think that they're missing out on. Bitter because they didn't get there first, often times these said "imitators" resort to blatant "copying", perhaps to play "catch up", or perhaps because they have no original ideas of their own. While the film industry is a prime example to use while setting up this blog, I'm not here to talk about FILM, but about MUSIC. There's someone out there that's crossed the line, and tonight I'm calling them out.