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[apocalypsos]

James Cameron sued by a couple who say they came up with the concept of the T-1000 from Terminator 2 first. Of course, when you read the article, you find out that the character they're talking about is a minotaur who can change form, and the changing form part is the only thing that appears to have "carried over," if you even want to say so.

Jesus, people. They're called shapeshifters. You did not come up with them, you will not be the last ones to write about them, you do not hold the copyright on "shapeshifting" as a concept, and just because James Cameron read that does not mean he got the idea from your crappy script. I don't even like the man, but bitch, please.

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[foenix.livejournal.com]

Oh pffft.

One of my friends claims that Cameron actually ripped off Chris Claremont for most of his ideas.

He got the Terminator films from the whole Nimrod storyline, and Aliens? That was a ripoff of the Brood.

Can you spot the slight logic flaws here? ;)

J

[sleepyaardvark.livejournal.com]

Oh please, give me a break. Are they going to sue Star Trek-Deep Space Nine next? OBVIOUSLY the concept of an alien empire run by shape shifters was ripped off from them...I mean shapeshifters is such a unique and orginal concept after all... ~eyeroll~