davem@ICO.UUCP (09/16/85)
I noticed in the closing credits of the movie "The Terminator", that the movie was based on a short story by Harlan Ellison. Could someone give me a pointer to a book (magazine?) which contains that short story? Thanks.
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (09/20/85)
Harlan Ellison sued the makers of THE TERMINATOR for plagerism, and got a settlement that included insetion of a credit to his works on all subsequent prints and videocassettes of the film. The work he felt that had been ripped off most significantly is not a short story, but a television script: "DEMON WITH THE GLASS HAND," which he wrote for THE OUTER LIMITS. Except for one truly dumb plot device (that you can banish enemy time travellers back to the future by yanking off their necklaces), DEMON was absolutely brilliant. Robert Culp, always a powerful actor, essayed the Schwarzenegger role. OUTER LIMITS is an often great science fiction anthology series, filmed two decades or more ago in black and white. It is available in syndication. In the Toronto area, CKVR Channel 3 Barrie shows it around 3 in the mornings. Thank God for VCRs ...