Honestly, I respect Ellison as an artist far more than Cameron, but he seems to be completely in the wrong here. Which could be taken to be an admission of plagiarism, or could be a simple acknowledgement that ideas don't pop fully-formed out of the aether. It is nonlinear in that the narrative begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, then the end, without the use of flashbacks. And the latter one isn't even part of Ellison's complaint:Īnd 'Terminator' was not stolen from 'Demon with a Glass Hand,' it was a ripoff of my OTHER Outer Limits script, 'Soldier.'Īs for the Starlog quote, near as I can tell all that was said was that 'he got the idea from some Outer Limits episodes'. 'Repent, Harlequin Said the Ticktockman' is a science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison published in 1965. Of the two episodes, there's one where there's a human soldier who travels back in time from the future, accidentally, and then another where there's a benevolent robot sent back to hide from evil aliens who have taken over the Earth. I tended to like Harlan Ellison edited/influenced work but didnt ever get into fiction he wrote. Avoid Eyes of Dust though, that one was pretty weak. He stole two complete storylines from Ellison and used them mostly unaltered. Said the Ticktockman, Blind Lightning, Bright Eyes, and Are You Listening are all pretty cool reads. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey MaguireĬameron took more than just an idea here or there from Ellison.

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