World Famous Comics: Colossus - The Forbin Project
Colossus - The Forbin Project
Starring: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff Directed By: Joseph Sargent Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 23, 2004 Running Time: 101 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 1970
"This is the voice of world control..." "Colossus: The Forbin Project" is a sci-fi feature based upon the 1969 novel by Dennis Feltham Jones. The basic premise is that the supercomputer,Colossus, a creation of Dr Charles Forbin [Eric Braeden] and his team of scientists, develops independent thinking and assumes control of the world, trapping Forbin in an invisible prison, and basically destroying anything that crosses its' path.
The movie's premise reminded me of "Demon Seed", another movie where a supercomputer tries to assume control over humans [in particular one attractive woman] and their free will. This is also the precursor to movies like Terminator where we see how far computers can go if they achieve independent thought.
The DVD transfer here is a letdown being in full frame [pan n scan] rather than widescreen. A sci-fi classic like this deserves better treatment. But all in all, this is a must-watch for sci-fi fans despite being decades old.
Service review + brief abt film No problems whatsoever. Arrived promptly and in perfect condition.As for the actual film, it's part of what inspired Terminator and the Matrix series, being one of the first to examine the theme of an A.I we create taking over.The other film of note in this regard, again pre-terminator, is Demonseed.
Long before the recent "Greenin o' America" mentality hit our brainwaves, back in the old days, the late 60's early seventy's, we had "Earth Day" this movie is an off shoot of that. The "eco" people were still wearing "earth shoes" and dressing in overalls. Now they are more fashionable and wearing "Prada". Anyway, the movie wasn't all that bad, but very slow and I never did like Bruce Dern. But it was a cute idea which we may have to use someday, I did however, like the 3 little pre-r2d2's, which Bruce named Huey, Duey, and Louie, ya know, Donald Duck's nephews? Enjoy!
Great movie - ok dvd I love this movie from my shildhood past. It was a suspense movie that got me to love Artifical Intelligence (AI) and go into computer programming as a career. For a kid, this movie would scare me at times, but nothing more than the witch in the Wizard of Oz did. I wish the DVD was of better quailty. Good enough to own.
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer rumoured to remake Colossus Looking forward to seeing it if it does happen. I still do not understand why this is in full screen? As someone else pointed out, a widescreen version will be released in the UK in may. Why no US release? It is an American title and has many fans here who would love to see it in its original aspect ratio.
If it isn't released here on DVD I hope they will make the effort to release it on Blu-ray.
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