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I'm not saying they ripped me off, this is just weird

My brother called me and told me about this when he saw a tv-spot that gave just a little bit of info (personally, I haven't seen anything for it) He said that the tv-spot said something along the lines of "Ya know all those romantic comedies where the woman leaves her boy friend for a new guy? Well, now you hear the other guy's story" or something along those lines

He called me up about this because a few years ago I wrote a short story called "The Other Guy" and am currently in preproduction on a low-budget film version of it. It's very similar to how that TV spot described the Baxter, except mine is a depressing Drama, not a comedy.

The thing that really gets me is the similarity of the taglines. Mine is "I'm the Other Guy, and this is my story" which is even on some of the poster mock-ups I've done, while the tv-spot for this ends with "now you hear the other guy's story"

just thought I'd share

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maybe you should give up

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nah, it'd take a lot more than that

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Unless you copyrighted it, I doubt you can do anything.

Besides, I doubt Michael saw your short script and copied it. He's been writing this since 2003-ish.

Even so, if you were so concerned you should have registered it with WGA before it went into pre-production.

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How'd your movie turn out?

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Yes, do tell.

But still, where'd the lighter fluid come from?

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Actually, that was a bad tagline choice for this one. He's not really the other guy. He's the rom-com nice guy who lost the hot girl back to the douchey other guy. It's a rom-com in reverse.

Amy: I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!

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