Sophia Stewart: Matrix, Terminator Author Battles On

This case is really pretty interesting, whether the movies were actually plagiarized or not, but man, this article is so bad. I can't get over how bad it really is. Why would you want to post this here?

Over-the-top tone, broken links and misspellings aside, it just doesn't have any real sources. It claims Snopes as one source, but as msg linked here, Snopes actually completely contradicts this article. The main source for it appears to really just be Sophia Stewart herself, if you believe the article's author at all.

I looked for another site that would have a more objective analysis of the whole thing, and this[1] is the best I found in short order. Even that one's not great.

The most interesting point, I think, is that the Wachowskis were only 21 and 23 in 1986 [2], and they were apparently just working as carpenters while making comic books on the side. I can't imagine they had a lot of money to solicit scripts through magazines at that point.

[1] http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/sophia-stewart-the-m...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wachowskis

As soon as the Matrix came out, there were all sorts of reports that the story was not original. As far as damages go...I'm not entirely sure that the claim to the story is where the money lies. Subjectively, the story is crap and I can think of a million ways to have made the story more interesting that were not explored. That movie was a blockbuster for its visual effects. Period.

Is there a list of purported similarities or stolen lines somewhere?