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Director James Cameron stated The Terminator was inspired by two episodes of the 1960s television Science Fiction series The Outer Limits - "Soldier" and "Demon with the Glass Hand" These were written by science fiction author Harlan Ellison. This source is credited in the releases of the movie.

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Cameron was on board the research ship that found the Titanic and along with Ballard he filmed the ship as she sat on the bottom. I heard him in an interview that from that point he wanted to make a movie on the sinking of the ship.

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James Cameron got the idea for "Titanic" when he was filming "The Deep".

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