I think Akalabeth may be concerned that this thread is making the argument that BP is somehow worth less for its similarities to HW. Alternatively, he may think that people are accusing BP of ripping things off.
No. It's more the fact that I get annoyed that the only comments people can make about new things are "gee, this reminds me of . . ."
ie. Post a new model in the mod forum, people will say "oh, that looks like a klingon bird of prey with the engines of a perseus" or "looks like the child of a Nahema and a Dragon".
The only thing less constructive is "wow, looks great!" or "or wow that was super duper".
Of course the original post was not really in that spirit, but it is along those lines.
And no offense is intended to anyone who drew comparisons to HW btw.
A more interesting and useful conversation would be discussing the failings of Blue Planet if the story was set-up such that it was similar enough to Homeworld to distract the players and take them out of the moment (for whatever reason). Though personally I would have no place in such a conversation since Homeworld and other stories didn't come to mind at all, BP kept me engrossed and focused on it's unique story for the one time I played through it.