The “original” was just a soldier accidentally sent back in time, he just exists, then an enemy soldier has the same fluke accident, finds the first and they kill each other.
Like…
This is just how Sci Fi has worked for literally over a century. Stuff is built on earlier works.
If you say it’s the same as Terminator because two people traveled back in time and fought, how is Ellison adding that second person to a time travel story enough for his to be unique?
There’s very few “new” basic ideas left, because for decades the greatest minds in Sci Fi we’re methed out maniacs who had to write a handful of publishable stories a day to afford to live. And even then, there was no credibility for writing Sci Fi, they were all ripping off each other and earlier writers like Doyle and Wells.
All that matter was if you could write a story that could be read in 20 minutes and was entertaining.
I mean, calling The Outer Limits (and Harlan Ellison by extension) obscure feels like a bit of a stretch, but headlines gotta headline I suppose.
Yeah, but the claim is bullshit.
The “original” was just a soldier accidentally sent back in time, he just exists, then an enemy soldier has the same fluke accident, finds the first and they kill each other.
Like…
This is just how Sci Fi has worked for literally over a century. Stuff is built on earlier works.
If you say it’s the same as Terminator because two people traveled back in time and fought, how is Ellison adding that second person to a time travel story enough for his to be unique?
There’s very few “new” basic ideas left, because for decades the greatest minds in Sci Fi we’re methed out maniacs who had to write a handful of publishable stories a day to afford to live. And even then, there was no credibility for writing Sci Fi, they were all ripping off each other and earlier writers like Doyle and Wells.
All that matter was if you could write a story that could be read in 20 minutes and was entertaining.