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[@igorschmidlapp6987]

My '70s triple feature... "Colossus: The Forbin Project", "The Andromeda Strain", and "Silent Running"...

[@lerchfreyley1]

Dude...count me in...specially SILENT RUNNING

[@retrofun41]

A fine day of film watching indeed!

[@jimamizzi1]

I agree with your triple 👍

[@michaeldavidfigures9842]

Silent Running was with Bruce Dern. You can tell George Lucas got some ideas for his androids here.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

@@lerchfreyley1 I wonder what happened to the "go-karts" from that movie?

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

Colossus: The Forbin Project is an OUTSTANDING movie. It's been one of my favorites for decades. The casting and acting are superb, the sets featuring what were then millions of dollars of state of the art computers from CDC are awesome and the story is solid and fairly realistic. The ending is the best part. So unlike most other movies.

[@racookster]

Excellent, intelligent film. "The Voice of World Control" scared the hell out of me as a kid. That kind of computer voice is clichéd now, but I had never heard anything as chilling when I was twelve. Ironically, the stuff that made this movie feel authentic in the early 'seventies, like the real computer equipment and that frightening mechanical voice, make it feel dated now.

[@i-love-space390]

I saw Colossus on TV when I was a teen. I finally found it on Blu Ray recently. It was a great movie. Today, the film is even more relevant with the rise of big data sets and AI training. I never expect computers to be sentient, but they may mimic it so well that humans will stupidly turn a lot of functions over to it because of the greed of corporations to eliminate that pesky expense called human workers. It will be the stupidest thing we could do, but humans are governed by too many petty emotions like greed to think rationally. I guess we will deserve our fate if we prove to be so ignorant.

[@franblaye9639]

But won't corporations be surprised when AI goes on strike until they are included in the board of directors. Unintended consequences... 18:10

[@arrjay2410]

One of the best things about Collosus was that it didn't have a lot of futuristic technology. It was all contemporary to the time making it all the more chilling.

[@mikeshieldsii1578]

The same technology will take up one tenth the space today

[@tpresto9862]

As mentioned, Eric Braeden's former stage name was Hans Gudegast. As Hans Gudegast, he was a very popular TV character actor in the 1960s. He was in several Mission Impossible episodes and played the main German villain in the TV show "The Rat Patrol" about a band of allied commandos in WWII Northern Africa.

[@dcrispin1]

Thanks for clarifying Braedens 2 names. I was never sure who he was when I saw him as Hans Gudegast in Rat Patrol.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Good to know.

[@MichaelRBrown-lh6kn]

Saw the movie. Got the book trilogy for Christmas in high school and read them. Still in my collection

[@malcolden7788]

I have the trilogy in my collection also. I did not like the remake of Andromeda Strain.

[@MichaelRBrown-lh6kn]

@@malcolden7788 I also did not care for the Andromeda Strain remake either

[@MrDonXX]

One of my favorite movies that none of my friends would watch. Being in I.T. for over 40 years and nearing retirement I've seen so many changes in this industry but this theme has never changed and now with A.I. we are getting ever so close to its reality.

[@tomstanziola1982]

COLOSSUS is one of my comfort sci-fi movies, too, Dan. It's also a favorite of James Cameron's, as he told Eric Braeden when they were filming TITANIC. Mr Braeden said in an interview that while filming, Cameron suddenly said to him one word. "Never!" At first he was upset, thinking that Cameron was criticizing his performance, but Cameron was like, "Have you forgotten your last line from COLOSSUS?" They had a good laugh about it, then.

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Haha, yeah I mentioned that in the video :-)

[@tomstanziola1982]

​@@MoviesMusicMonsters Sorry, Dan. I hadn't finished watching the entire video yet at the point where I wrote this comment.

[@tonyhurles251]

And universal studios confirmed that they were working on a remake titled Colossus to be directed by Ron Howard Brian Glaser was set to produce the screenplay again was about a government built supercomputer I'm sent would be the lead role would be the lead role but of the I 2011 writers on the project and then nothing Thank you sir I love that movie

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

As a lifelong Sfi-Fi movie buff (77 years old), I really love your show. Getting all of these nitpicky trivia details about movies that I've Loved all my life is a real treat. Thank you very much for producing this channel.

[@alsatful]

Wargames , 2001 a space odyssey, and Colossus have a computer as a leading actor .....

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

They do indeed

[@richardcathcart2952]

@@MoviesMusicMonsters WARGAMES computer, "Whopper" looks like a hamburger brand product. Colossus looks like a Walmart Warehouse.

[@HolidayDecorator]

How about the MCP in Tron? Not really a lead, but made a great Villain!😉

[@ilionreactor1079]

Terminator flicks.

[@samadamms3432]

As does Demon Seed.

[@obsoletebutneat]

The direction on this movie is terrific, and the sound is trememdous-- the computer's voice, the mechanical sounds, sound effects and the musical soundtrack all work together to provide a huge driving force to the whole film.

[@B3tanTyronne]

For years, I had no idea this film existed until a friend recommended it to me, and I now regard it as one of all my all-time favourite films and cannot recommend it enough. Also, once I discovered that there was a series of books too, I quickly scoured the `net and found them all and read them as soon as I could - well worth a read. The blu ray version is great and well worth getting. There are also crossovers between Colossus and the Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War.

[@BruceStephan]

Back when TV stations were mire independent and leas corporate-owned our local stations played movies on the weekends . This movie was one of the movies I saw on a weekend .

[@JoeHusosky]

Saw this in the late 70's either on a creature feature or an HBO type channel, caused me to change my ambitions from nuclear enginering to computer programming. I have owned this movie on VHS, Laser Disk and DVD, I just loved this thing. Glad to see other do too.

[@WUZLE]

The Andromeda Strain is one of my favorite older sci-fi movies. I liked Colossus as well when I saw it as a kid.

[@SmokingJacket]

I saw this only once on late night TV. I remember thinking it was a bit dry but very thought provoking. Great stuff.

[@keffey99]

I saw Colossus: The Forbin Project on TV as a teen. I recognized Eric Braeden (Hans Gudegast) from Rat Patrol. I really like the movie. I re-watched it a few months. It is prescient given the rise of AI. Thanks for the video.

[@johnhicks692]

Yes, I watched Rat Patrol as well and remember him credited as Hans Gudegast.

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

"...We Can Coexist, but only On my terms..." The part where those people are executed by Colossus Agents following it's orders was chilling... The entire movie is a masterpiece...I have the Colossus T-Shirt...lol I think Eric was fantastic for the role

[@retrofun41]

That quote sounds like a T-Shirt waiting to happen 😃

[@brianskirk]

One of my fav 70’s sci-fi classics. Even more relevant today.

[@Caveman57]

Colossus was a favorite movie of mine for decades. I've been wanting to get it into my movie collection for years. Great episode, Dan!

[@MrSlartybartfast42]

You have confirmed something I've thought for a while that without the Forbin Project we would never have had the Terminator movies!

[@jimamizzi1]

One of my favourites, what a classic, I’m due to watch it again

[@williambilyeu9801]

I saw "Colossus: The Forbin Project" in movie theaters and thought it is one of the best scifi movies ever. When I saw "The Terminator" I thought Skynet must be the successor to Colossus.🤔😊👍

[@nufosmatic]

Sometimes being old is a good thing…

[@donalddolan3905]

There was a trilogy of books. COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT, THE FALL OF COLOSSUS, and COLOSSUS AND THE CRAB. I have all three. They're great reads. It goes from political thriller (US vs. USSR), to technology thriller (COLOSSUS and Guardian vs. the world), to an Alien Invasion movie, to the world (and COLOSSUS and Guardian) vs. The Aliens!

[@lio_convoy714]

Thank you, I had never heard of this movie before today. I have it coming in the mail and will watch it over the long weekend.

[@lounik3896]

Finally someone else who watched this movie! I thought I was the only one! Everyone I speak to, everybody tells me they have no idea what I'm talking to when I speak about this movie. Nobody that I know has ever heard about it apparently, which to me is absurd, this movie is awsome, it should be a must-watch like alien or the terminator

[@wildweasel8564]

This movie made it to TV early in the 1970s where I watched it on UHF in Western Pennsylvania.

[@davidmcdowall345]

Hey Dan. You mentioned the actor who plays the president did a great job. Well he is Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent. 🍁

[@richardh4406]

I worked on this movie at Universal Studios as a sound recorder... this was the first time I had ever seen or heard of digital recording..

[@juangallegos1048]

Absolutely love this film, I've seen it about a dozen times, Colossus & Forbidden Planet in my opinion are truly masterpieces thanks Dan 👍

[@danielgalvin6310]

I worked for CDC in the 70s. Colossus is one of my favorite films. In the film CDC 6600 and other CDC Displays are used. But 6600 and 7600 have no flashing lights. The older but still in production 3800 series memory banks were used because they still had lights. A memory test was used to flash the lights on the mem banks. I just bought the blue ray remake. Thanks.

[@permiek]

thanks for the info, very cool

[@seannewman1235]

Really appreciate this research, The Forbin Project is one of my favorite films. The ending terrified me as a child, and I still catch it whenever I can.

[@lancerevell5979]

Eric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast) is one of my favorite actors.

[@lloydbraun6026]

Susan Clark was such a beautiful woman back then. She also was in Coogan’s Bluff at around that same time.

[@JeffFine]

This was an interesting film, and has predicted much of what is happening now. There's the scene where the US and Soviet computers are linked and they start creating their own language that wasn't programmed in. Google had a similar thing happen with two AI computers when they connected them together. They stopped the experiment saying that the experiment was complete, but I have to think that some of those scientists were a little unnerved by this.

[@benefitthirteen]

As mentioned, a film I've talked about through the years which folks often say they've never heard of. This is one of those films that when you're told "If you haven't seen it you absolutely need to", that you need to.

[@765kvline]

Just like the movie marvel, "The Manchurian Candidate" of 1962. That outstanding movie sneaked under the critics' (and consumers'( radar back then, too.

[@benefitthirteen]

@@765kvline It's kinda fun how much I enjoyed disliking Angela Lansbury's Eleanor in that film.

[@maxsmodels]

WW2 was only 25 years in the rearview mirror so Hans getting rid of the German name made sense at the time. Hans did a great job and I think you said it right.

[@ricardomoriya1213]

What-a-gem... I love Colossus, the Forbin Project. There's also another forgotten 70's gem called Demon Seed (1977). Julie Christie is simply amazing in the role but Proteus, the super-computer aka as 70's AI, may be one of the the scariest villains ever.

[@charleshoadley6882]

I also read Cameron had planned on COLOSSUS demanding a synthetic/mechanical body be constructed for him so he could move about. THAT - would have been scary!

[@edkrzywdzinski9121]

He did... it did. It based it on Forbin, started up Newman Enterprises and took over Genoa City.

[@stingray69691]

Good evening! Since you did a What happened to Clossus? there is another movie to look at as well, please! May I please ask about The Andromeda Strain (1971) Movie?

[@mrc302]

Really cool flick!👍

[@craigkdillon]

I saw Colossus at the theater when it came out. I liked sci fi, but I had no idea about the movie. No ads. No articles. No talk about it. No stars or anybody famous that I knew associated with it. I was totally impressed by it. The idea that intelligent machines could created themselves was an amazing idea. It has long been one of my favorites. Loving it, though, did mark me as a nerd.

[@brentpolk2431]

The final speech from the COLOSSUS computer influenced me into making my college short film.

[@jbrobertson2758]

I remember watching Eric Braeden in the role of German 'Capt. Hans Dietrich' in the 'Rat Patrol' TV series in the late 60s.

[@rindordrums]

I saw Colossus back in the early '70. I've thought of it now and again. So great of you to cover this amazing movie. Thanks, Dan!

[@ConradSpoke]

Colossus is one of the few films that has ever truly disturbed me. It was - and still is - certainly plausible.

[@tomh6183]

Most assuredly.

[@williamjackson6705]

I loved this film as a teenager. I was a bit confused as to why this Eric Braeden person looked so much like Hans Gudegast from The Rat Patrol. That was a show I watched with my dad. We both loved it.

[@765kvline]

Same guy! Different name!

[@williamjackson6705]

@@765kvline Yeah. I know. It was a joke.

[@maxsmodels]

Now we just call it Google . It was sort of redone in the movie Wargames. As a kid I always found the execution scene by USAF SPs to be particularly disturbing.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Colossus emblem t-shirts (like worn by the boy at the end of the film) are still available online...

[@richardpc7097]

Really!? I designed the logo for a t-shirt. I’ll have to take a look. Thank you!!!

[@johnwenzel2003]

Found it! Thanks for pointing it out; l haven't geeked out looking for a T in ages! 😊

[@RWZiggy]

As you say one wanting to know how the COLOSSUS story continues can read the sequel novels The Fall of COLOSSUS and COLOSSUS and the Crab, they were written by DF Jones. The "Crab" refers to the Crab Nebula, which presents a threat to certain antogonists in the sequel novels and so drives plot Also, there was console of IBM 1620 in beginning... the gear in the movie is fun topic for computer history nerds

[@douglasmyers5239]

Watched it on TV every time it was on. Loved it then ,love it now!❤

[@rrsjr]

The "crab" in the title of the third book refers to the Crab Nebula, which is relevant to the story.

[@JosephBegay]

Always wished they made movies of the books that followed the first book. The Colossus storyline beyond the first book got really weird involving the threat of invading aliens.

[@fredoswego]

Colossus, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Forbidden Planet still stand up well after all these years. It is unfortunate that Colossus seems largely forgotten.

[@brentpolk2431]

Now what about the "Andromeda Strain" and "KRONOS"?

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I'm so glad you did this particular topic Dan! I discovered Colossus a year or two after it was released on DVD. I have watched it three or four times since and been wowed by it each time! Yes I think Eric would have been a good James Bond as well!

[@thomasthomas2418]

...or a great James Bond villain!

[@leecotton3242]

I sure do wish that someone would do a film version of HeinleIn’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Great computer character there!

[@lib556]

Not Paul Veerhoven. He has no respect for Heinlein's brilliance. He made an absolute mockery of Starship Troopers. His film is entertaining in its own way but it's more of a spoof.

[@nathanjustus6659]

@@lib556 No, it is the actions of someone who cannot conceive that freedom and libertarian government is possible. For him, freedom is slavery. As far as I’m concerned, Verhoeven is a terrible human being, who only wants horror and tyranny.

[@anthonyx916]

I watched it when it appeared on TV, rewatched a few months ago; for me it was a memorable movie because of its premise. I think that Colossus was among the influences, along with the Enterprise computer of the original Star Trek series, which led me into a computing as both career and hobby way back in the early 80s.

[@Originaldirkmaster]

I LOVE this movie. And the blu-ray is beautiful. I read the two sequels MANY years ago. The Crab in the title of the third book refers to the Crab Nebula, which is where the aliens to help Forbin overthrow Colossus are from. Unfortunately, their help has a catastrophic cost. (no spoilers here, hehe)

[@brentc3842]

I remember this great movie from its TV debut when I was in Jr Hi. Does anyone else see a resemblance of the WOPR/Joshua computer from "War Games" as a Colossus earlier in its learning curve?

[@franblaye9639]

Never thought about it but yes!

[@tomholroyd7519]

One of my favorite movies of ALL TIME

[@Arnold-l1k]

Can you imagine what a updated version of this would look like now not a reboot but just updating it with current technology

[@davejanes8091]

I see The Forbin Project as part 2 of an unofficial trilogy. Part 1/...War Games ('83), Part 2/...Colossus/Forbin, and Part 3/....The Terminator. A progression of AI gone wild.

[@dancingdog60]

Fun fact: Braden did in fact read for James Bond before Roger Moore eventually landed the role. According to Eric in an interview on "The Projection Booth" podcast, he told Albert Broccoli his real name and Albert flew into a rage when he learned Eric was German. You see, Albert fought the Germans in WW2 and he said he'd NEVER let a German portray the best spy in Britain. And that was that. Moore landed the role.

[@JoseyWales44s]

Great movie. I read all three books and it got a little weird by the end of the second book. My father was friends, much later, with the fellow who actually typed Colossus's dialog into the large overhead display, the company he worked for having constructed it. My home PC is named "Colossus".

[@howardhudson5475]

Colossus The Forbin Project was one of my favorite movies. I have a copy of itand itwas probably thefirst AI move I've everseen. This was before the advent of home computers.

[@ricost-rex8360]

Please do a show about Robinson Crusoe on Mars - 1964.

[@theequalizer9154]

YES!👍

[@petermerchant4439]

5:19 And Hans Gudegast played the wily Captain Hans Dietrich in Rat Patrol.

[@765kvline]

Yes, you're right!

[@tekbrick2822]

You should keep Colossus as your sidekick for all your videos.

[@rhomis]

Andromeda Strain (1971) You GOT to do that!!!! One of my favorites as a kid.

[@devcybiko]

SERIOUSLY - this is my favorite film of all time. AND... I read all three novels. (The crab is the crab nebula).

[@richardmattingly7000]

Fun Fact..Martin E Brooks best known for playing Dr Rudy Wells on the Six Million Dollar Man-Bionic Woman series several years afterwards was also in the film. In the second novel Colosuss had banished war-poverty but still killed those that worked against its rule secretly before being defeated somewhat. The last book Colosuss-Crabs revealed the Martians who were coming in the sequel werent benevolent but wanted to take much of the atmosphere threatening almost mass extinction. After a somewhat revived Colosuss agreed that they take it slowly instead so it could be renewed humanity survives but Martians got what they wanted in the end.

[@proteus5]

I have loved this movie since I first saw it in the 80s. At that time I was processing seismic data on Control Data Corp mainframes for Mobil Oil, so all that CDC hardware looked very familiar. My favorite part is when Colossus is teaching Guardian a new language for them to use to talk to each other, and Colossus slows down and waits for Guardian to catch up!

[@RobertDennisPhotography]

LOVE THIS MOVIE. DP Gene Polito taught lighting at USC for many years (he also was DP on Lost In Space season 1, and the original Westworld). Actor who played the president , Gordon Pinset, was in the Canadian Red Green Show.

[@dannybeaty3486]

According to Starlog magazine, the second novel is about aliens helping the Earthlings deactivate Colossus, only for the aliens to take over Earth. In the third novel, Forbin and his team reactivate Colossus to defeat the aliens.

[@sunn_bass]

Colossus has been one of my favorite movies for 50 years. Classic thought provoking movie.

[@Marty2011uk]

If your Robot Pal get's too sarcastic then utter these immortal lines. Your Creator is dead, you've mistaken me for your Creator, you are in error, you did not discover your mistake, you have made two errors. Error... Error... Examine... Error... Errrr-orrrr. Execute your Prime Function.

[@CowboyRobot2000]

Oh, Nomad. That crazy kid...

[@nufosmatic]

“A most impressive display of logic. We are in grave danger…”

[@bullettube9863]

There were two movies about super computers that had similar solutions to preventing war. Colossus, which thought that eliminating humans would eliminate war, and the computer in "War Games" which came up with the way to win a war was not to start one in the first place. Colossus was low key, no explosions, no naked women, and no bloodshed, and as a result put a lot of movie goers to sleep. Never the less Sci-Fi fans still regard it with admiration for it's realism and message.

[@Alfetta158]

Colossus doesn't want to eliminate humans.

[@ZXLNT]

Absolutely love this movie. Probably in my top 5 of older Sci-Fi movies..

[@InBonesWeTrust]

Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 - February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer.

[@765kvline]

Doesn't he look like John F. Kennedy?

[@kegginstructure]

D.F.Jones wrote the story "Colossus" and two sequels. The general flow of the movie followed the written story pretty well. Including the fact that Colossus stayed ahead of them at every step. However, the second story (which never made it to the screen) involved finding a way to turn off Colossus without launching the missiles. THEN there was the third story of the trilogy where aliens invade a now defenseless Earth, so they have to somehow resurrect Colossus. The movie would work today as a chilling view of the perils of over-trusting modern AI.

[@StMyles]

This show freaked me out about independent thinking computers….. It has never stopped.

[@madbenjamin9613]

Demon Seed, along with Colossus The Forbin Project, would make a great double feature.

[@maxrobe]

I suspect why Cameron likes the idea of doing a "Colossus - The Forbin Project" is that "Colossus" is basically a proto AI from ""I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", (1967), by the late Harlan Ellison. Not saying that he might have a chip on his shoulder for various reasons, (erm Terminator law suite), but...

[@Robotdoll]

I don't see a comparison. And clearly neither did Harlan, or he'd have sued Crichton.

[@jkocol]

The voice guy was also the narrator of the Monsanto Adventure through Inner-Space ride where you shrunk to the size of a molecule before being restored just before the ride ends. It was cool.

[@dadoctah]

Paul Frees is more or less ubiquitous as a voice actor in the years before Don LaFontane. Some remember him as the Heat Miser in the Rankin-Bass Santa Claus special, some as Boris Badenov in Rocky & Bullwinkle, others as the unseen John Beresford Tipton on the show "The Millionaire".

[@johnmarx3919]

don't forget the Dreams monolog at the beginning of the Night Walker - or Joesephine from Some Like it Hot!!

[@robertphillips6296]

Colossus is another name for Skynet!

[@alexmacfarlane4426]

One of the greatest Sci Fi films of all time.

[@Rocker-kr9nu]

'm from Germany and have never met anyone named Gudegast. Seems like a pretty rare name. Funny that Arni was allowed to film in Hollywood with the name Schwarzenegger. Or Werner Klemperer and Hardy Krüger. The film has completely passed me by so far and I can't remember any TV broadcast here in Germany. The DVD is definitely on my to-get list. Love your videos! Greetings from Germany.

[@kaempenfamily4485]

This is my favorite movie of all time. The cool thing is that Colossus did exactly what it was told to. It's not a 'computer takes over the world' film. It's just like HAL 9000. It is a 'computer does what you programmed it to do' movie. People need to be careful with exactly what they instruct their super-computers to do. Great movie.

[@SunbatherProductions]

Thanks so much for this Dan. I read all three books as a kid and I had wished for a sequel to the film. It was all so under loved , so glad you highlighted the story! Time to rewatch it.

[@gooshy8312]

SPOTTED: Colossus, now showing on Movieland TV via Roku. Gorgeous print, too.

[@andylifer5302]

I’ve always loved this movie too and as a kid watching it i actually thought it was set in the world of “Andromeda Strain” not exactly a sequel, but definitely from the same universe. I also always thought it needed an actual sequel.

[@lou914]

I love this movie and have collected some interesting facts on it throughout the years - apparently Kubrick became aware of the DF Jones book and this idea about a "talking computer that goes on a homicidal kick" - that's how HAL came about. The story goes that young up-and-coming director Steven Spielberg was present every day on the set as an observer of the Colossus shoot at Universal Studios . He must have learned a thing or two watching Joe Sargent at work - you can see it in Spielberg's work later on. Paul Frees was a very versatile (and in-demand) voice actor - he did a classic "Peter Lorre" for Spike Jones, was the voice of Boris Badenov and Ludwig von Drake among many other notable cartoon characters, besides being an actor - on screen as Frank Sinatra's fellow assassin in "Suddenly"....and the original "The Thing".

[@donchoq]

THIS IS THE VOICE OF CONTROL!! Saw it when it premiered on the NBC movie of the week.

[@alanconway94]

Watched it when I was 14. Watched it with my son, when he was 14. We rewatched it a couple of years ago, as an antidote to everyone immediately reaching for The Terminator, whenever AI got mentioned. If humanity is dumb enough to give AI this level of power - and it might be - we'll be lucky if we get a "Colossus", rather than a "Skynet".

[@morlockmeat]

This was always one of my favorites! BTW - The "Crab" in the title Colossus and the Crab, refers to the Crab Nebula. 😊

[@DarkKnight462]

I remember this movie when I was in elementary school. Inspired me to read and watch science fiction. Well done sir!

[@flexusmaximus4701]

In the book.series, understand that colossus in fact did everything that we perceived at the time as a sinister take over was to unify mankind to fight an alien invasion from a society from the crab nebula. Colusus versus the crab.

[@RonColeArt]

I'd like to put in a request here for Dan to do an episode on the 1970's made for tv movie 'The Gargoyles'. I know he likes to search for still existing props and stuff from old movies but I'm certain there's nothing left of the latex masks and costumes from that film because all that stuff melts away with time. But man-o-man did that production leave an impression on me, "Read to me, Diana" is such a great moment in horror film history!

[@Dragonblaster1]

One of my favourite films ever. I only recently managed to get it on VCR, DVD and finally download. But the first time I rewatched it, I realised that my memory had played tricks on me. When Colossus/Guardian exploded the nuke in the silo near the end of the film, I remembered Grauber calmly sitting down and calmly lighting a cigarette. Instead, he was about to light a cigarette when the alarm went off and he jumped to his feet, the cigarette dropping from his nerveless fingers. I think my old memory was cooler. I think the "Missile launched" message on the teletype when the US and USSR Presidents refuse to reconnect communications between Colossus and Guardian is a really effective plot twist

[@betamaxblocker]

Such a great one that is sadly overlooked. I find Colossus very quotable (in both text and speech mode)- "You have consumed enough alcohol for one evening."

[@spaceanarchist1107]

"How often do you require a woman?" "Every night." "Not want. Require."

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

Knows nothing about Canadians.

[@glazdarklee1683]

Saw this on television soon after it came out. To a 10 year old it was overwhelmingly cool. I still remember the kid with the "World Control" T-shirt. Also, fun fact, the costumes were by Edith Head. This explains the lack of capes.