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Well, what do the Terminator, Hulk, Harlan Ellison, and the Outer Limits all have in common? Let's travel back in time and go forward. First, let's visit the Outer Limits back in the early 1960's when Harlan Ellison wrote two classic episodes of the Outer Limits titled, "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". Both episodes have been said to have given James Cameron his idea for Terminator. According to E! Online, Terminator production company, Hemdale, and distributor, Orion Pictures, "gave veteran fantasy writer Harlan Ellison an 'acknowledgement to the works of' credit on The Terminator and a cash settlement lest he sue for plagiarism of two episodes he wrote.
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