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Blown away that Cameron wrote Terminator in 1984, how in the fuck

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chilmata
  05/22/25
Few people were even thinking along those lines back then, a...
.,.,...,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,....,:,..;,..,
  05/22/25
He is obsessed with Engineering.
cowgod
  05/22/25
I think I had an Atari 800 in 1984.
chilmata
  05/22/25
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Kenneth Play
  05/23/25
He was watching shit like the Outer Limits and Halloween, so...
Oh, you travel?
  05/22/25
Aren’t those OYT-esque?
cowgod
  05/23/25
There were a couple Twilight Zone episodes that broached on ...
"'''""""'"'
  05/23/25
For Skynet he ripped off “I Have No Mouth, and I Must...
.,.,...,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,....,:,..;,..,
  05/23/25
by 1984 this was a trope. Butlerian Jihad was what 1967? ...
manic pixie dream litigator
  05/23/25
Lovecraft was the progenitor of most 20th century scifi/horr...
Oh, you travel?
  05/23/25
wasn't his work mostly interspatial lurking indescribable ho...
manic pixie dream litigator
  05/23/25
The Shadow out of Time was a sort of proto-Terminator story.
Oh, you travel?
  05/23/25
ljl at the character list Nug-Soth: "A magician of t...
manic pixie dream litigator
  05/23/25
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Kenneth Play
  05/23/25
I'm more impressed by Metropolis from 1927.
guava
  05/23/25
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"'''""""'"'
  05/23/25
this is the first time anyone has ever complimented camerons...
barnabyjones
  05/23/25
lol ok bro btw where is your prescient masterpiece of modern...
martin heidegger
  05/23/25
Neural Networks were big news in the early 80s, it was the f...
Ass Sunstein
  05/23/25


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Date: May 22nd, 2025 7:08 PM
Author: chilmata



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Date: May 22nd, 2025 7:12 PM
Author: .,.,...,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,....,:,..;,..,


Few people were even thinking along those lines back then, about neural networks and such

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48954886)



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Date: May 22nd, 2025 7:12 PM
Author: cowgod ( )

He is obsessed with Engineering.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48954887)



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Date: May 22nd, 2025 7:14 PM
Author: chilmata

I think I had an Atari 800 in 1984.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48954888)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Kenneth Play



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956553)



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Date: May 22nd, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

He was watching shit like the Outer Limits and Halloween, so it wasn’t just out of nowhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48954932)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: cowgod ( )

Aren’t those OYT-esque?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956341)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: "'''""""'"'

There were a couple Twilight Zone episodes that broached on Terminator type themes and tropes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956455)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:18 PM
Author: .,.,...,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,....,:,..;,..,


For Skynet he ripped off “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison (1967), who later received writing credit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956425)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: manic pixie dream litigator

by 1984 this was a trope. Butlerian Jihad was what 1967?

I would like to know who was the first writer to come up with "thinking machines obtain consciousness and attack humanity"- i wouldn't be surprised if it predates actual working computers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956437)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

Lovecraft was the progenitor of most 20th century scifi/horror.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956446)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: manic pixie dream litigator

wasn't his work mostly interspatial lurking indescribable horrors? Not really a tech guy. In any event he was a very bad prose stylist imo, I didn't make it all the way through his book.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956462)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:10 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

The Shadow out of Time was a sort of proto-Terminator story.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956559)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:15 PM
Author: manic pixie dream litigator

ljl at the character list

Nug-Soth: "A magician of the dark conquerors of 16,000 A.D."

S'gg'ha: A being from "the Star-headed vegetable carnivores of Antarctica."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956569)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Kenneth Play



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956554)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: guava

I'm more impressed by Metropolis from 1927.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956438)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: "'''""""'"'



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956449)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: barnabyjones

this is the first time anyone has ever complimented camerons screenwriting ability. technically he is a master but his scripts are on par with junior high creative writing class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956548)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:18 PM
Author: martin heidegger

lol ok bro btw where is your prescient masterpiece of modern Film?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956574)



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Date: May 23rd, 2025 2:27 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

Neural Networks were big news in the early 80s, it was the first wave of AI hype (that flamed out spectacularly in the mid-80s).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728963&forum_id=2Elisa#48956597)