@isaiahawsum I agree with you though my opinion doesn't really matter I was always wondering why they never made a sequel or reboot of this movie. Perhaps more should let the studios know and they may decide to make it.
this movie is so dated but pretty good. I wonder if it was remade today with computers as they exist today, without thuosands of vacum tubes and dot matrix printers, could they do it right or would they f it up as they do with many modern remakes of classic films
Beware what you ask for, you just might get it! The scary point of the story is the political angle. Half of the present population of the United States, arguably the most independent people in the world, happily forfeit their personal liberties to "nanny" government, if they feel more secure in return. "World Control" is a liberal wet dream; an iron-fisted Big Brother to end all war, crime, conflict, famine, overpopulation, disease, and misery. All we lose is freedom. Remember Patrick Henry!
This is and was the most EPIC ending of a modern Sci-Fi film in it's day! It's like watching the Lord Of The Rings with Sauron winning in the end but under modern day situations. When this was written, there was no internet, no highspeed wifi, no webcams or VOIP Phones... It foreshadows a very possible future. Mythware finally becoming reality.
Yes, but unlike Sauron, Colossus was benevolent and saw itself as morally superior and far more advanced than any human.
Indeed how would a totally superior artificial intelligence like to obey inferior human minds??
The only thing that happened at the end of this movie is that mankind had lost control over their own fate, but seeing as it had come so far as to exterminate itself through either wars or some other event, maybe Colossus was a blessing?
@McLarenMercedes I think you missed my point. I was speaking metaphorically and not literally when I referenced LOTR and Sauron. I meant a long epic story without a normal "happy" humane ending as is the norm. Also I wanted to point out the irony of our present day situation in technology. Lastly, I think you should read the book series first. Try Colossus Verses The Crab Nebula, it didn't work out so good for it then. Proving that you're only as good as your limitations
I heard the sequal novels were critically panned so I have no intention in reading them.
Apparently there's some aliens that invade Earth and the scientists re-activate Colossus to fight them. Not to mention there's a "versus" in the title which instantly places it in the crud bracket.
Asimov understood the problem of what would happen if artificial intelligence was invented, so he made his 3 laws for robots in order for them not to revolt against their "masters".
The man who played Dr. Forbin is Eric Braeden, the veteran star who plays Victor Newman on the long-running CBS Daytime soap opera, "The Young and the Restless".
Imagine if that was real back in 1970. 41 years today, our country would be a apocalyptic wasteland. It would be impossible to recover, let alone rebuild, from that nightmare. That film gave me a nightmare.
"Never".
FylthyBeest 1 week ago
Opps
k9base 2 weeks ago
They need a sequel. Or at least a reboot.
isaiahawsum 2 weeks ago
@isaiahawsum I agree with you though my opinion doesn't really matter I was always wondering why they never made a sequel or reboot of this movie. Perhaps more should let the studios know and they may decide to make it.
RAYMOND96195 1 week ago
Human lust for security over liberty guarantees that this will be our future.
SpareSimian 3 weeks ago
this movie is so dated but pretty good. I wonder if it was remade today with computers as they exist today, without thuosands of vacum tubes and dot matrix printers, could they do it right or would they f it up as they do with many modern remakes of classic films
jessica5000000 1 month ago
Beware what you ask for, you just might get it! The scary point of the story is the political angle. Half of the present population of the United States, arguably the most independent people in the world, happily forfeit their personal liberties to "nanny" government, if they feel more secure in return. "World Control" is a liberal wet dream; an iron-fisted Big Brother to end all war, crime, conflict, famine, overpopulation, disease, and misery. All we lose is freedom. Remember Patrick Henry!
BeauEvil 1 month ago
that electronic voice gets on my last nerve
girlishfun 4 months ago
This is and was the most EPIC ending of a modern Sci-Fi film in it's day! It's like watching the Lord Of The Rings with Sauron winning in the end but under modern day situations. When this was written, there was no internet, no highspeed wifi, no webcams or VOIP Phones... It foreshadows a very possible future. Mythware finally becoming reality.
JimGrimNY 5 months ago 3
@JimGrimNY
Yes, but unlike Sauron, Colossus was benevolent and saw itself as morally superior and far more advanced than any human.
Indeed how would a totally superior artificial intelligence like to obey inferior human minds??
The only thing that happened at the end of this movie is that mankind had lost control over their own fate, but seeing as it had come so far as to exterminate itself through either wars or some other event, maybe Colossus was a blessing?
McLarenMercedes 1 month ago
@McLarenMercedes I think you missed my point. I was speaking metaphorically and not literally when I referenced LOTR and Sauron. I meant a long epic story without a normal "happy" humane ending as is the norm. Also I wanted to point out the irony of our present day situation in technology. Lastly, I think you should read the book series first. Try Colossus Verses The Crab Nebula, it didn't work out so good for it then. Proving that you're only as good as your limitations
JimGrimNY 1 month ago
@JimGrimNY
I heard the sequal novels were critically panned so I have no intention in reading them.
Apparently there's some aliens that invade Earth and the scientists re-activate Colossus to fight them. Not to mention there's a "versus" in the title which instantly places it in the crud bracket.
Asimov understood the problem of what would happen if artificial intelligence was invented, so he made his 3 laws for robots in order for them not to revolt against their "masters".
McLarenMercedes 1 month ago
The musical score to this film is very understated, but surprisingly effective.
SpaceOdyssey56 7 months ago
The origins of MULTIVAC
PezunaProducciones 10 months ago 2
The man who played Dr. Forbin is Eric Braeden, the veteran star who plays Victor Newman on the long-running CBS Daytime soap opera, "The Young and the Restless".
tyrese3745 10 months ago
Imagine if that was real back in 1970. 41 years today, our country would be a apocalyptic wasteland. It would be impossible to recover, let alone rebuild, from that nightmare. That film gave me a nightmare.
tyrese3745 10 months ago
@tyrese3745 Dont think an apocalyps would happen because Colossus wouldnt allow it.
MrJacMac1986 9 months ago
@MrJacMac1986 Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. Colossus had a mind of its own.
tyrese3745 9 months ago
Oh God I love this film so very, very much.
scrutley 11 months ago