I returned to this for the first time in decades and never have I been left with the feeling that a story is way too brief and far from finished. But there would be a problem in taking a different road as well as the book is part of a trilogy... I readthe second book way back when and it totally went away from the format of Colossus and became an unsatisfactory aliens on earth piece. Never investigated part three.
So the film is what it is and that is pretty good.disbelief ).
Set in the USA with a president who resembles JFK Colossus is a super computer put in complete control of the U S nuclear arsenal for speed and security. That's a bit much to accept so suspension of disbelief is required.
Dr. Forbin the genius who designed the brain is played by an actor unfamiliar to me . He reminded me of Richard Chamberlain and comes over as a manly academic. The rest of the cast is weak tho ( Dr.) Susan Clark is her dependable self.
Colossus turns out to be brainier than expected and immediately joins forces with Guardian its USSR counterpart who's existence had been heretofore unknown but was just ready to start cooking ( a coincidence which again requires a suspension of
For a time both machines turn against the governments of their respective countries with their control of missiles creating a Fail Safe scenario.Irenes
Eventually both governments seem to capitulate to the demands of Colossus/Guardian tho Dr. Forbin is really seeking a way out of this mess.
When he's granted complete privacy with Clark his supposed mistress it's suspension of belief time again.
Good news tho Colossus turns out to be smarted than any of them and for me the story has a happy ending. Best moments : Colossus and Guardian begin to communicate with each other ( unforgetable ) and the way Colossus deals with problems. 8/10 goodnight
I returned to this for the first time in decades and never have I been left with the feeling that a story is way too brief and far from finished. But there would be a problem in taking a different road as well as the book is part of a trilogy... I readthe second book way back when and it totally went away from the format of Colossus and became an unsatisfactory aliens on earth piece. Never investigated part three.
So the film is what it is and that is pretty good.disbelief ).
Set in the USA with a president who resembles JFK Colossus is a super computer put in complete control of the U S nuclear arsenal for speed and security. That's a bit much to accept so suspension of disbelief is required.
Dr. Forbin the genius who designed the brain is played by an actor unfamiliar to me . He reminded me of Richard Chamberlain and comes over as a manly academic. The rest of the cast is weak tho ( Dr.) Susan Clark is her dependable self.
Colossus turns out to be brainier than expected and immediately joins forces with Guardian its USSR counterpart who's existence had been heretofore unknown but was just ready to start cooking ( a coincidence which again requires a suspension of
For a time both machines turn against the governments of their respective countries with their control of missiles creating a Fail Safe scenario.Irenes
Eventually both governments seem to capitulate to the demands of Colossus/Guardian tho Dr. Forbin is really seeking a way out of this mess.
When he's granted complete privacy with Clark his supposed mistress it's suspension of belief time again.
Good news tho Colossus turns out to be smarted than any of them and for me the story has a happy ending. Best moments : Colossus and Guardian begin to communicate with each other ( unforgetable ) and the way Colossus deals with problems. 8/10 goodnight
I returned to this for the first time in decades and never have I been left with the feeling that a story is way too brief and far from finished. But there would be a problem in taking a different road as well as the book is part of a trilogy... I readthe second book way back when and it totally went away from the format of Colossus and became an unsatisfactory aliens on earth piece. Never investigated part three.
So the film is what it is and that is pretty good.disbelief ).
Set in the USA with a president who resembles JFK Colossus is a super computer put in complete control of the U S nuclear arsenal for speed and security. That's a bit much to accept so suspension of disbelief is required.
Dr. Forbin the genius who designed the brain is played by an actor unfamiliar to me . He reminded me of Richard Chamberlain and comes over as a manly academic. The rest of the cast is weak tho ( Dr.) Susan Clark is her dependable self.
Colossus turns out to be brainier than expected and immediately joins forces with Guardian its USSR counterpart who's existence had been heretofore unknown but was just ready to start cooking ( a coincidence which again requires a suspension of
For a time both machines turn against the governments of their respective countries with their control of missiles creating a Fail Safe scenario.Irenes
Eventually both governments seem to capitulate to the demands of Colossus/Guardian tho Dr. Forbin is really seeking a way out of this mess.
When he's granted complete privacy with Clark his supposed mistress it's suspension of belief time again.
Good news tho Colossus turns out to be smarted than any of them and for me the story has a happy ending. Best moments : Colossus and Guardian begin to communicate with each other ( unforgetable ) and the way Colossus deals with problems. 8/10 goodnight
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