From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 1:58:35 PM UTC-7, Stephen DeMay wrote:   
   > 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 read    
   the 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.    
   > 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    
   disbelief ).    
   > For a time both machines turn against the governments of their respective   
   countries with their control of missiles creating a Fail Safe scenario.    
   > 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    
   Irenes   
      
   (2023 Youtube uploads):   
      
   "Sci-Fi Classic Review: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1970)"   
      
   "AI Sci-Fi Film Colossus: The Forbin Project Removed From All Streaming   
   Platforms - WHY?"   
      
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