Daily Scan for 08.31.09 - Zombie Remakes The Blob, Ellison Accuses Terminator
• Harlan Ellison talks about Terminator, and claims James Cameron plagiarized not only from his story "Demon With A Glass Hand," but also I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.
• Speaking of James Cameron and plagiarism, Avatar is already being accused of it, this time from a low-budget independent CG-animated feature called Delgo.
• Plop! Beware of the Blob.... especially when it's directed by Rob Zombie: "My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," said Zombie.
• Jason Sanford asks a question that has been puzzling mouth-breathers for decades: Is the term "scifi" still derogatory? No, but that's because it never was.
• Watch all the Doctors Who, even the ones you haven't heard of, turn out for a PBS pledge drive.
• A fantastic YouTube video traces the history of visual effects over the course of a century.
• Everyone loves a Star Trek dance party!
Wow. Harlan Ellison might recall that he got a credit added to the Terminator film:
"Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison"
I'm all for writer's rights, but geez man, you won a lawsuit, you got paid. Shut the eff up already. Terminator is a good film. They added the credit , and it's forever there.
the guy is just a grouchy D*$%
ok I admit, I thought it was a new interview. After watching, it is old. So ok, Harlan is speaking for the record back in the day, it seems. I thought it was new and he was still bitching.
I take back the "grouchy D*$%" part. He was pretty reasonable about it, if they had came to him in the beginning. I need to watch the videos before making comments. Heh. Oops.