These horrible, horrible movies matter because they are the perfect examples of lazy writing. Lazy writing can make money, but it also hobbles the soul. The worse thing about these highly popular, loosely thrown together mediocrity festivals is that they can be easily confused with really good rip offs.
I believe in stealing in the name of writing, whether that means taking notes while someone is in an argument three feet away, or just using old plots as a starting point for your own story. Most of my stories owe a great deal to the work of Carl Sagan and Rod Serling. Outright stealing is fine by me, as long as you put real work into it, that mean adding until you make it your own.
These movies are just plain stealing with no extra work.
Posted by russellbauman 
