>>6332601 (LB)
Actually, the writers of both films stole the idea from Philip K. Dick. He spoke and wrote about the idea of a simulated fake world long before either of these films.
Hollywood has stolen a lot from PKD
He himself never received much money from any of his works except Do Androids Dream… at the end of his life
Pretty much everything PKD wrote about is coming or has come true
He was right about everything and the government went after him for it.