MOVIE REVIEW: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

pureblather.com ^ | December 12, 2023 | Staff

[Zathras]

Pretty good for 70’s science fiction

[Fledermaus]

But not as good

[MikelTackNailer]

From "Savior Machine" we see David Bowie must have read or watched it and you can tell his band of that time (The Man Who Sold the World's Mick Ronson and Trevor Boulder) gave it their best. Pretty sure Brian Eno was doing keyboards.

He was extremely smart and literate for a drug-plagued manic-depressive.

For the record, his supposedly cross-gender posing was just that - to garner publicity and higher sales (total hound worse than Nugent back in his heyday). Worked brilliantly.

[rllngrk33]

The good guys always win, even in the 60s or 40s but definitely in the 80s.

These days it's hard to tell who the good guys are.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I read the book, back when I was a kid, never saw the movie.

My only memory of the book is where Colossus imprisons Forbin’s wife with a primitive sub-human, who repeatedly rapes her and treats her like dirt. When Forbin finally rescues her and kills the caveman she weeps over him.

[Red Badger]

Nothing like that was in the movie...............

[cgbg]

Two of my old favorites—both available for free online:

Hanger 18—I still refer to the place where my dog is about to poop as the “designated landing area”.

Capricorn One—OJ as an astronaut—and many other cool elements.

[Red Badger]

The ‘voice’ was done by Paul Frees, who did teh voice of Boris Badenov on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, among others.

He was also the voice of Disney’s Ludwig Von Drake Character............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frees

[SunkenCiv]

I had to see that one in a film class in college, it wasn’t too terrible for egghead sci-fi.

[Red Badger]

At the time it was made, the idea of a computer taking over was practically absurd.

Now we are being warned to be careful with AI.................

[Buffalo Bob]

I watch this awesome movie about every 2 years. The most haunting scene is Colossus playing chess with Dr. Charles Forbin.

Colossus: "Forbin, the system programming unit under the supervision of John F Fisher with the assistance of Jefferson J Johnson have attempted to overload my circuits.

This was a deliberate and premeditated act. The penalty is the death of the men who organized this action. At this moment they are being executed... bishop to rook 3"

[shots fired]