I just saw this on Nickelodeon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11aFIrS4w5s&feature=related

Now, don't cheat, don't scroll down and look at the comments, WHAT DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF??

A certain MUSICAL of the HIGH SCHOOL persuasion perhaps??

I haven't seen Camp Rock, but I hear it's a blatant copy of that too.

I guess what makes me mad is I'm sick of people trying to glom off hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNOupmGN5g Case in point, the Little Panda Fighter, a blatant rip off of Kung Fu Panda. (Along with their Little Cars, Little Bee, and Ratatoing. This stupid company from Brazil does this all the time.)

When I watched the Spectacular trailer, I felt like I was watching a brazilian rip off all over again.

Now think about this...

How long did it take for a musical more popular and more of a pop culture thing than Grease to come along? Well Grease came along in 1978. High School Musical came out in 2006. That's 28 years.

So guess what Nickelodeon?

NOTHING YOU DO WILL BIGGER THAN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.

Seriously.

I give it another 28 years for something as big as HSM to come around again. I mean, let's think about this... Disney ripped THEMSELVES off with Camp Rock. They over-hyped it and made a blatant copy of their hit and called it the "next HSM". And guess what?

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

So good luck Nick, but you're destined to FAIL. And MISERABLY at that.

Because come to think of it, nothing HAS ever been as popular as HSM. Think about it: HSM 2 beat out The Sopranos and became the MOST watched television program SINCE THE TELEVISION HAS EXISTED. HSM 3 continues to be number one in the box office and the cast continues to be the most popular people on the planet right now.

So NO. Good try Nick, but NO. Way to alienate your Disney viewers.

-Chi <3