Board Thread:Summer/@comment-4146635-20140820171850/@comment-228338-20140821041444

User:Red Compassion, Red Love, Red Hate wrote: I really would hate Austin & Ally with Liv & Maddie (I mean, like, to the point where I probably wouldn't watch it). For me, it would be way too cliché and expected. Liv & Maddie is pretty much the exact same thing as Austin & Ally. I mean, they even have the title as a copy as one another. I mean, 2 complete opposites that didn't even really know each other, get along really well while (at least) one of them is involved in music... It would be way too similar. I could see the potential plot, but I feel like it would just be like as if a single guest star was on one of the shows. I have to agree with you on everything except Liv and Maddie. First, the title isn't that much of a copy. Liv and Maddie doesn't use ampersands, and the episode titles aren't patterned the same way as the main title, like Austin & Ally. Yes, they're patterned an exact way like Austin & Ally, but they don't follow the same patterns. I know that's not much, but there's more. Simply having main characters who are opposites of one another isn't really that exact. Austin Moon was a complete stranger to Ally Dawson until Ally caught him playing drums at Sonic Boom with corn dogs, while Dez videotaped him. Liv and Maddie Rooney were twins, and they did know each other before Liv went off to Hollywood to play as Stephanie Einstein on "Sing It Loud!" Third, Austin & Ally both have musical careers that they've been seeking since childhood, even though Austin got the jump on his first. Liv Rooney is more of an actress than a singer (albeit talented at both), and Maddie is neither. Finally, Liv Rooney was already a star when that series began, and Maddie Rooney was a local basketball phenomenon. Austin Moon became famous the same way Justin Bieber did, and Ally Dawson wrote songs while struggling to deal with her stage fright for a over a season and a half before having the courage to perform.