Plagiarism, the Sincerest Form of Flattery. We all know where James Cameron got his vision for the Terminator movie; as told in many sources, it came to him. Piranha II movie. Then, stories kept creaping up about. Outer Limits' episodes called "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand", both written by Harlan Ellison, that. James Cameron The Terminator movie. Eventually all was decided in court and Cameron.

Ellison's name to the credits of the movie. But.. was it still his own dream, or is there more to tell in. The Terminator? Well.. Check out this comprehensive article by blogger Mercurie, who talks about plagiarism. TV- series and other works.

The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which.

The entire article in interesting to read, since its about lots of. IS a Terminator related site, we've colored the Terminator. Perhaps the simplest definition of the word plagiarism is artistic or intellectual thievery. Our word plagiarism comes. Latin word plagiare "to kidnap," the origins of the word being perfectly understandable given the nature of the. Plagiarism is the misappropriation of another's ideas in order to present them as one's own. While plagiarism is easy to define, it seems to me that it is much harder to prove that any given work, in any given.

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In fact, throughout the history of popular culture there have been lawsuits in. Curiously, there have been cases in which authors have sued claiming a given work, although very. Indeed, one of the most famous plagiarism lawsuits in the history of film involved an obvious case of theft. Watch Big Bear Streaming. Although. regarded as a classic, the silent film Nosferatu is essentially an unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

In fact, the production company Prana- Film Gmb. H had tried to get the film rights to the novel and failed. They then set. about creating their own version of Dracula (with "Count Orlok" instead of "Count Dracula"), changing the novel's plot. Orlok does not create other vampires and he is vulnerable to sunlight, quite unlike Dracula). Anyone who has both read Dracula and seen Nosferatu can only conclude that Prana- Film Gmb. H wilfully stole from Bram.

Stoker's work. This was certainly the conclusion of Bram Stoker's estate. They sued Prana- Film Gmb.

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They ordered every single copy of Nosferatu destroyed. Fortunately, collectors around the world preserved the film, allowing it to survive. Although a work of plagiarism, it. Although the film would survive, the company that made it would not.

The plagiarism suit. Prana- Film Gmb. H to bankruptcy. Nosferatu would remain the only film it ever made. Another well known plagiarism lawsuit involved the movie The Terminator. Anyone who has watched the original Outer Limits.

Harlan Ellison ("Soldier" and "Demon. Glass Hand"). In "Soldier" two soldiers from a post apocalyptic future were tossed back in time.

Demon with a. Glass Hand" centred on a man with a advanced computer contained in his left hand (which resembles glass) who is sent into. Of course, while The Terminator has a good deal in common with "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand," arguably. James Cameron did not. Harlan Ellison. After all, it is possible for someone to have an idea similar to one previously. James Cameron. While initially claiming that the inspiration for The Terminator came to him after being ill in Rome, he.

Starlog that he had drawn the idea from two episodes of The Outer Limits. And while The Terminator.

Soldier" but little, anyone who has seen "Demon with a Glass Hand" would have to wonder about Cameron's true. At the outset Harlan Ellison was not inclined to sue James Cameron. Unfortunately for Cameron, his actions would lead.

Ellison to believe that he had wilfully plagiarised his work. Cameron had managed to have the Starlog article edited so. The Terminator resting with two Harlan Ellison Outer Limits episodes were removed. Unfortunately for Cameron, Starlog still had the original article. Ellison presented this evidence to Orion Pictures as. Cameron had plagiarised his work.

As a result, the studio settled with Ellison out of court for $4. The bitter irony of the whole affair is that if Cameron had only approached. Ellison prior to making the film and let him know that it was inspired by his work, he would have only settled for a. Special Thanks credit on the film. Of course, there have been plagiarism lawsuits in the world of cinema in which, at least to me, it seems obvious that. I can think of no better example than a case involving the classic movie Alien. From the. beginning writer Dan O'Bannon has always admitted where found the various inspirations for the film.

Among them are. Forbidden Planet (the sci- fi classic in which the crew of a spaceship face an invisible creature, inspired by. Shakespeare's The Tempest), It! The Terror from Beyond Space (in which the crew of a spaceship inadvertantly brings a. Clifford Simak story "Junkyard (in which the crew of a spaceship stumble upon.

Planet of the Vampires (involving the discovery of an ancient alien found dead at the helm of his spaceship). Watch The Nutcracker Online Hollywoodreporter. Philip Jose Farmer story "Strange Relations (which involves alien reproduction), The Thing From Another World (based. John Campbell's Who Goes There, it centred on a murderous alien at an Arctic base), and many stories published in Weird. Tales One story which O'Bannon never mentioned as a source for Alien was A. E. van Vogt's short story "Black Destroyer,".

Space Beagle. If O'Bannon never mentioned "The Black Destoryer" as a source of inspiration, it is perhaps with good reason. The story. resembles the movie only insofar as both feature monsters aboard a spaceship. In "The Black Destroyer," a sentient.

Coeurl boards the Beagle and systematically begins killing crewmen in order to feed on the. Coeurl then less resembles the Alien of Alien that he does the Salt Vampire from the original. Star Trek episode "Man Trap." Regardless, A. E. van Vogt sued Twentieth Century Fox, who then settled out of court despite.

The Black Destroyer" and Alien. As to why Twentieth Century Fox did not fight the lawsuit. I do not know. To me, it is fairly obvious that Dan O'Bannon did not plagiarise A.

E. Van Vogt. Indeed, the movie more. Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and the movie It! The Terror from Beyond Space than it does "The. Black Destroyer.". Curiously, while I can think of various plagiarism suits in the world of cinema, I cannot think of nearly as many plagiarism. I find this curious as television has historically been a very imitative medium and I am.