The Terminator wasn't original?
The Terminator wasn't original?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/fullcredits#writers
They've admitted, over the years, that it was influenced but several other stories and then sown together!Writing credits
James Cameron (written by) and
Gale Anne Hurd (written by)
Harlan Ellison (acknowledgement to the works of)
William Wisher Jr. (additional dialogue) (as William Wisher)
All the Terminator movies that followed were co written by him and quite a few others as well!