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To: Ciexyz
Harlan Ellison, now deceased, God rest his soul, was a contentious personality who also sued James Cameron director of the first Terminator film (1984) for copyright infringement

You could have also mentioned Harlan Ellison was the reason Asimov's "I Robot" was never produced.

Although acclaimed by critics, the screenplay is generally considered to have been unfilmable based upon the technology and average film budgets of the time.[6] Asimov also believed that the film may have been scrapped because of a conflict between Ellison and the producers: when the producers suggested changes in the script, instead of being diplomatic as advised by Asimov, Ellison "reacted violently" and offended the producers.[7] The script was serialized in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in late 1987, and eventually appeared in book form under the title I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, in 1994 (reprinted 2004, ISBN 1-4165-0600-4).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot

I was a subscriber at the time and read the serialized version in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.   Harlan Ellison was a pumped up jerk.!

79 posted on 04/06/2022 1:40:23 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

You write something great, it’s your baby, you don’t want people messing with it, in this case good thing they did.


85 posted on 04/06/2022 1:52:27 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: higgmeister

IMO, “I, Robot” has still never been filmed, although there is a movie of that name.


89 posted on 04/06/2022 2:13:03 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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