2012
In one of the panel sessions with Glen Larson at one of the Galactica reunion conventions, he mentioned that his original Galactica concept, in the early 1970s, was the idea that something happened to Earth--or it was destroyed--so ships left Earth to head out to the stars. It was only later that Glen switched the direction of the ships to come to Earth instead.
I don't remember if he said that the abandonment of Earth was someone else's idea, or whose it was. Does anyone remember?
One of the websites I read regarding 2012 was that the arks were originally conceived as spaceships, not boats. There's speculation that the alternate ending will be included on 2012's DVD.
I know that Roland Emmerich copies a lot of others' ideas (see previous posts) but, truthfully, I doubt that he knew of Glen Larson's original story idea in the early 1970s.
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