[net.sf-lovers] Terminator; PLAGIARISM; What Everyone has Missed.

ijk@hou5e.UUCP (Ihor Kinal) (07/02/85)

I just joined a video club, and this weekend saw "The TERMINATOR."
I'm amazed by the discussion tha's been going on in the net by a
key point that everyone seems to have overlooked: at the end
of the movie, a line reads:
"Acknowledgment is made to the works of Harlan Ellison"
(I may be off in the EXACT wording, but it's pretty close.)
Now, it seems to me that if the movie people up front acknowledge
the influence of a writer, they build a pretty strong case against
themselves in terms of plagiarism.  Certainly if my name were used
that way, I would expect reimbursement.  So, sorry MARK; although
your opinion of Harlan may indeed be justified, I think your
wrong in this case.

Ihor Kinal
hru3c!ijk