Talk:Demon with a Glass Hand

message: My edit summary should have read: "check all the other outer limits episode articles". For example Tribunal - it is structured as your typical OL episode. Introduction (the first few scenes of the episode setting the stage, followed by the titles), then the opening narration, plot, and closing narration, Same for the others. If you plan to revert this again, I hope you are planning to alter every single article... but I'd suggest further discussion before making such a wide change. - Motor (talk) 16:45, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

message: Shouldnt we explain that Gilgamesh, the mythical King Gilgamesh, did not achieve immortality nor a prolonged lifespan?
They may have mixed up a couple of facts in the narration, they might have ment utnapishtim who was given eternal life by the gods, for his service during the great flood. --A941 (talk) 13:05, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gilgamesh 

message: "Within his abdomen, stored on a gold wire, are the human survivors of the alien invasion of the future, whom he must safeguard until 200 years after the invasion has passed, when the plague will have dissipated." How are the survivors stored on gold wire inside is abdomen? -- Kjkolb 03:52, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the program is science fiction, so the question of "how" is moot.  But I think the description doesn't accurately reflect this plot detail. I'm not certain enough to change it at this time.  If you are, then edit the page. Slowmover 18:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never seen the episode. I am not expecting a plausible explanation, but the current description is somewhat baffling. I just looked it up on Google and I think I can improve it. -- Kjkolb 18:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, now I see why it was confusing.  I think that's better.  Slowmover 19:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Survivors stored in his abdomen? 

message: The copyright issue regarding Ellison's claim is interesting, because Ellison's story here has no more connection to The Terminator than does the preceding Man Who Was Never Born Outer Limits episode (which Ellison did not write). It is in that story that a man from the future goes back in time to kill the person responsible for armageddon. And once he learns he's gone back too far, he sets about trying to prevent the person from being born. It is also similar in that the future man becomes romantically involved with the female lead. Just an observation. ZincOrbie 19:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My recollection of the claim (which is fading from memory) is that it is the combination of elements drawn from both this episode and Soldier that really makes the case.  I vividly recall, after seeing The Terminator for the first time, that it brought back memories of both these episodes (and I even looked for Ellison's name in the credits).  I wonder now, given the plot differences and the point you make about The Man Who Was Never Born, whether it is actually the atmosphere of these episodes that marks the greatest similarity to The Terminator. Slowmover 20:11, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, good point. I forgot all about Soldier, with two futuristic characters battling it out on history's streets. You're right. The Terminator appears to be a montage of all three Outer Limits episodes. The writers of those other episodes could have also made a claim against The Terminator filmmakers. Side note: Have you ever seen It! The Terror From Beyond Space? It is very apparent that this film was the basis for the original screenplay Star Beast from which the movie Alien was derived. And although the original suffers from a low budget and archaic technology, I find the characters to be superior. They are all intelligent, and they deal with their alien stowaway with calm resolve, instead of the histrionics displayed in Alien. Just my quickie review. ZincOrbie 22:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd read that Alien was based on that movie, but I don't think I ever saw it.  Slowmover 22:43, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I guess with these statements, and with the extensive "borrowing" Cameron did for Avatar (The Emerald Forest, Princess Mononoke, Dances With Wolves, etc.) we might come to the conclusion that he's not a very original screenwriter, but knows how to make lots of money. - Parsa (talk) 01:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright issue

message: This raises a whole bunch of unanswered questions:
*Will he prompt the future humans into starting the project that creates him?
*Does he even have to be built, since he will already exist?
*With his foreknowledge, could the human race defeat the invasion?
*Do I have way too much time on my hands? 
OK, that last one does have an answer.
Clarityfiend 04:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Time paradoxes

message: "The tragedy is that Trent actually thought he was a man; he and the woman had begun to have feelings for each other. When the secret is revealed, she leaves him, pity mixed with horror in her eyes, to face 1200 years of lonely vigil."
As far as I can see, this should read "he leaves her": otherwise it makes no sense. It is Trent who's going to live for 1200 years, not the woman. I'm changing it. WikiReaderer 10:20, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it back. She couldn't love a robot, so she left. Clarityfiend 14:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsensical bit 

message: For heaven's sake, people: learn the definition of "decimate".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.91.207 (talk) 17:34, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pet Grammar Peeve 

message: The first "hand-held" computer? Clarityfiend (talk) 05:44, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Joke

message: In his IMDb review  “Ellison's take,” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667812/reviews, 7 June 2009) author garysheski reports that Ellison “hated the way the writers butchered & disgraced his story,”  and quotes Ellison as saying:
: "Imagine", he said: "creatures from a far-future century fist-fighting and shooting at each other with pistols! Gimme a break!"
This sounds quite plausible to me; does anyone have a source for a similar quotation which meets Wikipedia guidelines?
—FlashSheridan (talk) 22:54, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable Source for Ellison Quotation on Nonsensical Fisticuffs:  “Gimme a break!” 

message: I recollect watching this around Christmas 1964. Or am I imagining it? Jakescows (talk) 19:53, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK original broadcast.