Did The Terminator Rip Off The Outer Limits?

In 1984, The Terminator exploded onto movie screens and changed sci-fi forever. But just as quickly as James Cameron’s cyborg assassin began its box office rampage, a bombshell dropped from the world of television: legendary sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison accused Cameron of ripping off one of his Outer Limits episodes. According to Ellison, The Terminator …

James Cameron vs. AI: The Future of Sci-Fi Storytelling

James Cameron is facing a new kind of challenge—and no, it’s not the epic underwater shoots of Avatar sequels. It’s AI. “It’s getting hard to write science fiction,” he recently admitted to Bill Gates. “Any idea I have today is a minimum of three years from the screen. How am I going to be relevant …