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CapnDunsel		#21	[-]
Oct 10 09 5:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A great movie (in widescreen) becomes pure genius after reading the book. In the book, after Colossus expresses his intelligence and takes over, the computer programmers don't act surprised (they had a feeling it would happen), our "hero" Forbin is a useless non-stop drunk, the Susan Clarke character is a blonde bimbo (despite being a mathmatician) who's only goal is to marry him (typical DF Jones 1-dimensional female character), the President is a little dictator. Very little humor or interesting drama - overall pretty immature and ridiculous. If you then rewatch the movie, you'll be amazed and impressed they made such a good film. The only other DF Jones novel I wish someone would film is "Earth Has been found." There's a creepy but thoughtful alien invasion page-turner.
Reegs		#22	[-]
Oct 12 09 7:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	drmedula wrote: Any film starring Canadian Icon Supreme Gordon Pinsent as the President of the USA is a classic in my book! Here's to Hap Shaughnessy!
Vertigo		#23	[-]
Jul 14 12 10:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is still a really fun, gripping film to watch. I'm glad I kept my 2:35 laser disc however. A proper Blu-ray/DVD please. 1) What a fantastic voice they gave Colossus; Paul Frees on autotune. 2) This is one film I would like to see be remade (wonder what happened to the previous announcement of few years ago?) given the power of today's computers, the internet, data mining, government surveillance, social media, etc. 3) Wonderful musical score.
Helrunar		#24	[-]
Jul 15 12 10:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw Colossus on television during the Seventies. I remember very little about it except that it was a riveting story to watch. And I had seen a number of iterations of the super-computer that must be stopped narrative--a favorite Sixties theme, it would seem. It seems somehow typical that the Region 2 disc is superior to the rubbish handed out by the rights owner to viewers here in the US. sigh (Clearly, still smarting over the Warners idiocy with the House/Night of DS decision...) H.
borchabob		#25	[-]
Jul 15 12 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When I saw this as a kid, it really creeped me out. It made me very wary of technology. Definitely a favorite of mine, man vs. machine film.
Hausenfan		#26	[-]
Jul 16 12 7:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love this film. It has a cult, but not big enough for Universal to release it as part of their 100th Anniversary, as they will with Incredible Shrinking Man & It came from Outer Space. I've got the pan & scan, but a lot of scenes scream for widescreen.
IMSWM		#27	[-]
Jul 17 12 3:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For those who have in recent times gotten the THIS/Antenna TV/MeTV type additions to the corners of your cable universe, Susan Clark appeared semi-regularly in the Emily Of New Moon series, which airs daily in the morning on weekdays. I have no idea what seasons of the show run--not exactly my cup of beer--but Clark's were in the late Nineties. /\ /\/\ \ \ / \ / \/\/ \ visit www.ManorOnMovies.com A new concept in new concepts
CapnDunsel		#28	[-]
Jul 17 12 4:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nebiroth99 wrote: Incidentally, the region-2 edition of the disc is anamorphic widescreen. but being PAL, the voice pitch is too high. I slowed it down to original film speed with the director commentary, added subtitles and trailer from the laserdisc, and kept the Pal dvd extras. Care to do better, Universal? Last Edited By: CapnDunsel Jul 17 12 4:47 PM. Edited 1 times.
Maximillian		#29	[-]
Jul 19 12 4:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Reegs wrote: drmedula wrote: Any film starring Canadian Icon Supreme Gordon Pinsent as the President of the USA is a classic in my book! Here's to Hap Shaughnessy! Amen to that! I love that guy.
countplastica		#30	[-]
Jul 19 12 6:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Will Smith as Forbin and Johnny Depp as the President. Or vice versa. It's inevitable.
CapnDunsel		#31	[-]
Jul 19 12 7:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	well, Clooney could have brought the needed gravitas that would be absent from those other actors, but he's too old for the character now. With all the action thriller, videogame scifi being made, I have no faith in a "thinking" adaption of the book. After seeing the trailer for "Last Mimsy" which looked like a "Spykids" movie instead of the original story, I do have faith that Hollywood will continue to do the impossible: pump up while immasculating original stories.
Helrunar		#32	[-]
Jul 21 12 12:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ugh. no remakes, please. ESPECIALLY none involving Smith or Depp. Depp deserves some heavy karmic retribution after what he did to the Barnabas Collins character... don't get me started though... H.
CapnDunsel		#33	[-]
Jul 21 12 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Helrunar wrote: Ugh. no remakes, please. ESPECIALLY none involving Smith or Depp. not even a "Mr Magoo's ALIEN" re-imagining by Burton with the voices of either actor? With MaGoo's servant Charlie as the android? Last Edited By: CapnDunsel Jul 21 12 7:29 PM. Edited 1 times.
timothymayer		#34	[-]
Jul 21 12 8:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Scared the **%$ out of me when I first saw it on TV in the 70's. One of the few times the movie was more effective than the book. I will say the book's sequel, THE FALL OF COLOSSUS, is better than the original. "It's alive!" Z7 Headquarters
ometiklon		#35	[-]
Jul 21 12 8:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Helrunar wrote: Ugh. no remakes, please. ESPECIALLY none involving Smith or Depp. Depp deserves some heavy karmic retribution after what he did to the Barnabas Collins character... don't get me started though... H. How about John Cusack as Forbin?
Helrunar		#36	[-]
Jul 21 12 10:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	lol @ CapnDunsel! but that could seriously be the premise of a Depp/Burton feature... H.
Maximillian		#37	[-]
Jul 22 12 9:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure some of you fans might get a giggle out of this, but I thought the title of this movie was Colossus: The Forbidden Project. I called it that for years. Now I know better. But if you think about it, my erroneous title is a kind of malapropism. Wait, that's not the word I'm looking for. Let's see... Ah, here it is. My erroneous title is more of an eggcorn. Colossus: The Forbidden Project is an eggcorn of Colossus: The Forbin Project. I repeat myself so I can remember it better. Remembering something increases with repetition.

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