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The Outer Limits influenced Terminator
Added by Media Influence Map · 12 October 2026
The evidence
Cameron's influences included The Outer Limits, and Harlan Ellison argued the film drew on his episode "Soldier" and the story "Soldier from Tomorrow"; Orion settled in 1986 and added an acknowledgment of Ellison's work to later prints.
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