Do you ever think about the two movies that came out the same year that were basically the same movie? Armageddon and Deep Impact? Olympus is Down and White House Has Fallen? How do those happen? Why doesn’t copyright law intervene?

I mean the jury is out, Armageddon won.

Still, it’s interesting to wonder why so many movies capture the same exact idea at the same time. Humans often get on the same wavelength in relation to the public oeuvre and that’s clearly the reason. Still, it does feel suspicious that two movie studios arrive at the exact same plot at the exact same time.

I’m no conspiracy theorist. I recognize that I see patterns that no one intended. It’s still weird though right? It’s just a good reminder that there are always deeper things at work than we’re presently thinking of.