Hans Rosenfeld II

No, that's not Hans Rosenfeld on the left - that's a movie star from another era. Anyway, as I was saying, Mr Rosenfeld had one of his ideas stolen by Hollywood bigshots - the idea for the movie ROBOTS. Remember that movie??? It wasn't just the idea itself - it was the entire script and the design for the robots. Imagine you talk to someone about an ingenious new invention. Next thing you know, they manufacture it and make lots of money and you're left standing there wondering how they could do this and get away with it.

Hans Rosenfeld

No, that's not Hans Rosenfeld on the left - that's a movie star from another era. Anyway, as I was saying, Mr Rosenfeld had one of his ideas stolen by Hollywood bigshots - the idea for the movie ROBOTS. Remember that movie??? It wasn't just the idea itself - it was the entire script and the design for the robots. Imagine you talk to someone about an ingenious new invention. Next thing you know, they manufacture it and make lots of money and you're left standing there wondering how they could do this and get away with it.

A Rose

Here's a picture of a movie star of a bygone era. Because her image is rendered in the style of the forties, she will not be familiar to my eight readers, though she acted in some well-known productions. Take a wild guess. There's no way you will be right. I was very surprised when the name was finally revealed. As they say, "a rose by any other name....

Robots

Do you remember the movie "Robots?" It's a very nice movie. It was a hit, especially with children. It made a lot of money for Hollywood. The big thing is that there is something very sinister about Robots. Very sinister. Why? BECAUSE IT WAS STOLEN. If you saw Flash of Genius, you know how easily that can happen. Robots was stolen from a friend of mine. Just like that. I'll tell you about it in my next blog.

Flash of Genius

Flash of Genius is a new movie coming out soon, maybe today in fact. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that the movie depicts a situation which is not unheard of. Big people are always trying to steal ideas and inventions from little people. Sometimes they succeed. Almost always they succeed. Little people have no weapons with which to fight the unfairness of large and powerful businesses or corporations. As a matter of fact, I have a friend that suffered the same fate as the guy in the movie. His name is Hans. I will tell you about him in my next blog. It's getting late.