Talk:Demon with a Glass Hand

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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)

[edit] Survivors stored in his abdomen?

"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)

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)

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)

Oh, now I see why it was confusing. I think that's better. Slowmover 19:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright issue

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)

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)

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 the movie Alien was derived from that film. 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)

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)

[edit] Time paradoxes

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)