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James Cameron Commits to Directing "Avatar"
Jan 8 2007

www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/


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Director James Cameron will begin principal photography on the movie Avatar in April 2007, according to Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman, Chairmen of Fox Filmed Entertainment. James Cameron wrote the film based on an idea he's been kicking around for over a decade.

Avatar will mark Cameron's return to feature films as director. His last theatrical release, Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was nominated for 14 Academy Awards in 1998. The film won 11 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.

According to the studio, Avatar will be a mix of live-action photography and "new virtual photorealistic production techniques invented by Cameron’s team." Cameron's new technique uses image-based performance capture along with a real-time virtual camera system.

After a worldwide search, Cameron tapped Australian Sam Worthington (The Great Raid, Somersault) to star as Jake Sully in the film. Zoe Saldana (Guess Who, Haven) will play a woman Jake first betrays and then falls in love with. Worthington and Saldana have both signed on for future sequels.

In the press release announcing the upcoming start of production on Avatar, Cameron stated, "For me, as a lifelong fan of science fiction and action, Avatar is a dream project. We’re creating an entire world, a complete ecosystem of phantasmagorical plants and creatures, and a native people with a rich culture and language. The story is both epic and emotional. The two things that make this film even possible are pioneering advances in CG effects and performance capture, as well as my 22 year relationship with Fox, since only with great trust can you operate so close to the cutting edge. I plan to honor that relationship by bringing them a winner. And I have the team to do it, the best team of artists and technicians I’ve ever been privileged to work with. This one’s going to be a grand adventure.”

“Every year, our business makes hundreds of films, most of which come and go. But a Jim Cameron film is different,” Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos were quoted as saying. “Jim’s movies raise the bar, both in storytelling and use of technology. Avatar will do so again. The world he has created is breathtaking and the action breathless. It will take two more years, but in the summer of 2009, Avatar will be a seismic change in the movie going experience.”

Avatar will be shot in Los Angeles and New Zealand.

Avatar - The Official Synopsis

Avatar is an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival. It thus again combines the elements of massive spectacle and intimate character that made Titanic the highest grossing film of all time; a title it still holds by over three quarters of a billion dollars.

[28.03.2007] SciFi.com meldet... (SciFi.com javlja...)
Michael Biehn confirmed that he has talked with director James Cameron about a role in the helmer's upcoming SF epic film Avatar, which would reunite him with his Aliens director and co-star Sigourney Weaver in a movie Biehn characterized as "Lawrence of Arabia in space."
"I've had two very, very good meetings with Jim," Biehn said March 25 in an interview while promoting Grindhouse, in which he has a part. "And they went very well. He showed me a lot of stuff that he was doing. Showed me the presentation that he showed Fox. I thought they went very well. There have been a lot of other sources, like Harry Knowles at Aint-It-Cool-News.com, that have reported they have sources saying that I'm doing it, but so far I haven't heard anything from Jim. He hasn't cast the role yet."
Cameron has already cast Weaver, Australian actor Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana in the movie, which Cameron wrote and has been developing for more than a decade. Avatar is the story of a wounded ex-marine who is unwillingly sent to settle and exploit a faraway planet. He gets caught up in a battle for survival by the planet's inhabitants.
Biehn has appeared in several of Cameron's films, including the original Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss. "I've had two meetings with him, but they were a while ago, and he hasn't cast the role, and he hasn't cast me in it," Biehn said.
Biehn added that if he wins the role, his Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez deserves some of the credit. "He and Robert are friends," Biehn said. "If I did get cast in it, ... I would give a lot of credit to Robert, because Robert showed Jim a lot of my footage from this movie before I had those meetings with Jim. So, you know, I think that ... I'm not sure that Jim saw me in that role originally anyway, and I think I might have won him over in a couple of meetings." [...]

[15.02.2007] Harry von AICN sprach mit James Cameron, u.a. über die Dreharbeiten und die Besetzung...(Harry iz AICN je prichao sa Jamesom Cameronom o pripremama i samom snimanju...)
[...] We started off with Jim telling me that he was in Kauai en route to the airport to head back to California. He had just shot 3 days of live action work in Hawaii in the tropical rainforests. Apparently he was shooting with Sam Worthington, Lola Herrera and I believe he said Sigourney Weaver was there, but I might have heard that wrong.
Once he returns to California - he begins a stage called Pre-Capture where he'll mainly be shooting with Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. The reason is that their characters have been fully entered into the CG system. He told me that this way, with the realtime rendering, he can actually compose and find his shots - and then work with the actors to get the performances he wants within those shots. [...]
[...] wanted to give me the new casting before having to go. So as you could see in the notes - we got:
WES STUDI, SIGOURNEY WEAVER (confirmed as Grace), Peter Mensah, Joel David Moore (fantastic in both HATCHET and SPIRAL) - I imagine him as being Hippy-esque (think ABYSS), C.C.H. Pounder (love her) and then last but not least... I believe it was Laz Alonso - looking at his filmography - that's the name that most fits with what I heard.
Jim said that each person was "perfectly cast for the part they're playing." He said there was more casting to be done, but that a great deal of it had fallen into place. [...]

[18.01.2007] Laut einem Beitrag bei AICN wird Sigourney Weaver nach eigener Aussage in einem kommenden Film von James Cameron mitspielen, evtl. in "Avatar" !?!
(Postoji najava da ce Sigourney Weaver igrati u nekom od sledecih filmova Jamesa Camerona, pa se pitaju da nije avatar )



[10.01.2007] Harry von AICN sprach mit James Cameron...(Harry iz AICN je prichao sa Jamesom Cameronom)
Harry - [...] Take us through what you’re aiming for - for the visual texture of this film.
Jim - Well, it’s Photorealism, but I think that doesn’t mean it won’t have a cinematic style - and whatever Cinematic style that we adopt - and there’s still some testing to be done there - it has to work equally well in shooting HD DIGITAL STEREO and with CG. So whether it is a hard light look or something soft with some diffusion or whatever kinda color treatment it is... whatever we decide on as our look - that kind of look up table has to work for the digital cameras as well as the cg stuff so that the audience really feels they’re watching one seamless thing. People should not be thinking that was live action and that was CG.
Harry - How early will you tease us with an image?
Jim - That’s a good question, because what happens is there’s an awful big flurry of activity for like a year and you finally get one shot that you like and then after that another 1500 shots have to come in batches of hundreds. I would think that realistically it’d be SHOWEST of 07 - I’m sorry - of SHOWEST of 08 [...]

Robert Rodriguez to Direct New Barbarella Movie
May 22 2007


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Universal Pictures has tapped filmmaker Robert Rodriguez to direct a new Barbarella movie which the studio hopes to release in 2008. Rodriguez' Barbarella won't be a remake of the 1968 film starring Jane Fonda, but instead will be a whole new adventure for the sexy heroine.

Rodriguez is just coming off the box office disappointment Grindhouse and is prepping work on Sin City 2. There had been rumors that he would be directing either Land of the Lost or The Jetsons, but instead Barbarella has definitely been added to his slate of projects.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rodriguez was quoted as saying, "Dino De Laurentiis came to me and said, 'Barbarella is a world where you are completely free to unleash all your fantasies, creativity and imagination -- where the possibilities are limitless.


I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I'm truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe."
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are tackling the script. Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis are producing Barbarella.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

"I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I'm truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe."
That was Robert Rodriguez. This week. In Variety. Discussing ... which upcoming, R-rated project of his?
Oh, you betcha.
Apparently, there's been Barbarella-remake scuttlebutt circulating since the turn of the last century, when such names as Drew Barrymore (then on the cusp of Titan A.E.) and Jeri Ryan (remember Jeri Ryan? She was Jolene Blalock before Jolene Blalock knew what was up) were being bandied about within various circles. Lindsay Lohan (all together now: "WHAT?!") came up as a suggestion not all that long ago, with the project still struggling to scrape together momentum. Reports as late as last month (since refuted) had Kate Beckinsale as the favorite, while this week's announcement has spurred more than one fanboy to greedily suggest Rodriguez regular Carla Gugino -- either scenario would presumably provide sufficient fuel for another four solid decades or so of tongue-wagging and fevered adolescent-male. Messageboards are currently frothy with speculation: Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, Jessicas Biel, Alba, and Simpson (?!), Uma Thurman, Eva Green ..


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BBC:
Rodriguez will remake Barbarella

The original was directed by Jane Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim
Sin City director Robert Rodriguez is to make a new film version of cult sci-fi classic Barbarella.
The original film, based on Frenchman Jean-Claude Forest's comic book, starred Jane Fonda as the titular mercenary and intergalactic sex-kitten.

"The possibilities are limitless," said Rodriguez. "I love this iconic character and all that she represents."

Original producer Dino De Laurentiis is in charge of the remake, which is due to be released by Universal next year.

"Barbarella is the ultimate science-fiction adventure heroine - smart, strong and sexy," De Laurentiis said in a statement.

"In our vision, the future is female, and I can't wait to introduce Barbarella to a new generation of moviegoers."


Rodriguez is in Cannes with Quentin Tarantino to promote Grindhouse
Casino Royale screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are working on the script.

The original film was a box office flop but has since achieved cult status, constantly referred to in pop culture.

It was directed by Fonda's then-husband Roger Vadim and became infamous for the opening scene, where Fonda undresses in zero gravity.

Kylie Minogue recreated the iconic sequence in the video for her 1994 single Put Yourself In My Place.

Pop group Duran Duran also named themselves after a character in the film.

Comic reissue

Barbarella first appeared in a French graphic magazine written and illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest in 1962, and her adventures have been published around the world.

De Laurentiis has secured the rights to the cartoon creation from Jean-Claude's son Julien.

The deal will also see the first two Barbarella books be reissued, along with the publication of material previously unreleased in English.

Robert Rodriguez recently collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on the horror movie double-bill Grindhouse.

After disappointing returns at the US box office, the directors will see their movie split in two for the UK.

Tarantino's half, Death Proof, is scheduled to reach cinemas on 21 September. Rodriguez's segment, Planet Terror, is yet to receive a release date.

HYPERION: The Movie
Rumors and Reality


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SHRIKE


There have been a lot of recent rumors and queries regarding the status of the movie option on the four Hyperion novels. Dan recently gave this response to some of those queries – “Yes, Virginia, there is a Hyperion movie in the works. It has been optioned by a top-notch studio, is slated to be directed by a top-name director, and already has the involvement of a top-flight movie star. Screenwriters have been attached to the project and a first draft screenplay is expected soon.

The reason the details haven’t appeared here on this web site
or elsewhere is that the studio and producers have the prerogative of announcing the deal before anyone else, and so far they haven’t chosen to do so, although the rumors of the option have appeared in print in various places.

"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands."

"A stunning tour de force, this Hugo Award-winning novel is the first volume in a remarkable new science fiction epic"


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Out of the novel hyperion by dan simmons:

hyperion tells the story of a pilgrimage to a worshipped killing machine
it tells the story of the last war of the hegemony of mankind
of the attack of the space-barbarians called ousters
of a father loosing his daughter every day
of a priest loosing his own dead
a poet speared by his muse
of the deus ex machina...

you should read it!

Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons's first published story, "The River Styx Runs Upstream," won the Rod Serling Memorial Award in 1982. His first novel, SONG OF KALI, won the 1986 World Fantasy Award (the only first-novel to do so up to that time.) His next novel, 1989's CARRION COMFORT, won the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers of America. His first science fiction novel, the 1989 HYPERION, won the Hugo Award.


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Since then his work has included contemporary literary fiction (Phases OF GRAVITY, THE HOLLOW MAN, ENTROPY'S BED AT MIDNIGHT), psychological suspense and horror (SUMMER OF NIGHT, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, FIRES OF EDEN, A WINTER HAUNTING), three collections of shorter fiction (PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES, LOVEDEATH, WORLDS ENOUGH & TIME), three hardboiled noir novels in the ongoing "Joe Kurtz" series (HARDCASE, HARD FREEZE, and HARD AS NAILS), a screenplay adaptation of "Children of the Night," several film treatments, two produced TV scripts, and completion of his four-volume science-fiction HYPERION CANTOS epic (HYPERION, THE FALL OF HYPERION, ENDYMION, AND THE RISE OF ENDYMION),about which The New York Times wrote --"An exemplary specimen of an all-too-rare subgenre: literate space opera, replete with believable characters facing hard moral choices" and of which The Denver Post said -- "Simmons' own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry."

[size=4] Dan Simmons: ILIUM-OLYMPOS movie deal signed with Digital Domain
The following news item appeared in the January 9, 2004, issue of VARIETY[/size]

'Ilium,' 'Olympos' optioned for epic
Bain, Domain plan film on Simmons sci-fi saga


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Visual effects facility Digital Domain and Barnet Bain Films ("what dreams may come" ) have optioned author Dan Simmons' sci-fi novel "Ilium" and its sequel, "Olympos," to adapt into a feature film.

What dreams may come-pictures

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Simmons, who will also pen the screenplay, is an award-winning sci-fi writer. His "Hyperion" saga is a multi-volume space opera widely compared to the "Dune" series.

"Ilium," published in July by the Eos imprint of HarperCollins, is another epic sci-fi tale that spans 5,000 years and sweeps across the entire solar system, including themes and characters from Homer's "The Iliad" and Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

"Olympos" will be released in 2005, providing "Ilium's" producers with a potential franchise.

Producer Barnet Bain brought "Ilium" to Digital Domain topper Scott Ross. The two will produce the pic, while Simmons will serve as an executive producer.

Duo next plan to approach directors and create a visual representation of the book to showcase the cinematic elements of the novel as a way to land distribution and attract a cast for the film.

"We're thrilled about working with Dan and Barnet on this compelling property," Ross said. "'Ilium' affords us a great opportunity to develop this film and find a visionary filmmaker capable of handling this bold landscape."

"Ilium" joins several other films Digital Domain is developing in-house, shepherded by development exec Kevin Cooper. Facility, currently busy creating effects shots for Fox's "Day After Tomorrow" and "I, Robot," has been looking to boost revenues and expand its efforts beyond solely serving as a work-for-hire effects shop. It most recently completed sequences for "Peter Pan," from Universal, Revolution and Sony. "Secondhand Lions," distribbed by New Line last September, was its first production, generating $42 million at the domestic B.O.

Bain produced "what dreams may come" for which Digital Domain created the majority of the visual effects sequences and won an Oscar for its work. His other credits include the television movie "Homeless to Harvard."[/b]


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ILIUM book review:
[SPOILER]
After a six year hiatus during which he has worked within his usual medium of horror and suspense, Dan Simmons dramatically returns to the literary-influenced space opera with Ilium. Reportedly ten years in conception, this epic, the first of two parts, opens before the gates of Troy, not within the myths of our ancient past, but reenacted in some far-flung future, and not on Earth but Mars. Homer has been supplanted by a twentieth century classics professor, Thomas Hockenberry, in his own words an "unwilling Chorus" who, along with other "scholics," has been resurrected from remnants of his own DNA to observe and report the unfolding saga to the gods on Mount Olympos. Though he and his fellow academics know how events will play out -- this new siege so far faithful to Homer's verse -- the gods, aside from omniscient Zeus, haven't a clue as they act out their appointed tasks.

As he has done in the past, Simmons is once again incorporating earlier literature into the fabric and themes of his novel, this time turning to Shakespeare, Browning, Tennyson and Proust -- even H.G. Wells -- along with Homer for inspiration for his plots, adopting and recasting some of their characters and motifs. This appropriation has proven successful in the past, most notably in his last foray into science fiction, the exceptional Hyperion Cantos, in which he both toyed with and rewrote the tales and verse of Chaucer and Keats, at times playfully, at others in earnest. It appears this is once again his intention here, though by this book's conclusion it remains unclear whether his use of literary referents is anything more than a framing or stage set of ready-made tropes cleverly used to assume gravitas. I suspect, based upon Simmons previous work, that it is more than just that.

From the outset the author warns the reader not to place much faith in the narrative's source or inspiration. Told by a dead man who can't entirely account for his memories, either of events observed or the emerging past informing them, the novel opens with an invocation of Homeric verse, a paean to rage and animus that ends up damning its own spirit:

"On second thought, O Muse, sing of nothing to me. I know you. I have been bound and servant to you, O Muse, you incomparable bitch. And I do not trust you, O Muse. Not one little bit."
Any confidence in the text, or the players' free will, is instantly dispelled.
Thus forewarned, the novel starts out as three seemingly disparate storylines whose relationship to each other is slow to emerge. For this reason more casual readers may find the initial stages to the novel reluctant to admit interest, each tale appearing to proceed in divergent directions, the resulting shifts in the novel's focus and characters interrupting the threads of what has preceded, regardless of each separate story thread's imagination or promise for future development. It is easy instead to become seduced by the action and direct drama staged on the plains of Ilium, a saga already well familiar, whereas the two attendant storylines seem less immediate and, at the outset, far less animate....

nastavak


OLYMPOS book review:
[SPOILER]
"This fact, Paris killed in single combat with the merciless Apollo, has been a reality for nine days -- the great funeral involving both Trojans and Achaeans will begin in three hours if the god-chariot now over the city does not destroy Ilium completely in the next few minutes -- but Helen still cannot believe that her Paris is gone.""
The sequel to Dan Simmons critically acclaimed novel Ilium is no less complex. The opening situation finds what, in our history, were the opposing armies of the Trojan war, united. Their common foe, none other than the mighty Zeus and the other angry gods familiar to students of Greek mythology. It is at this point that I should make clear Olympos is best read after its precursor, rather than as a stand-alone title. The sheer complexity of the threads from which Simmons weaves his tale makes this essential. The plot covers three worlds; an Earth that is now sparsely populated, the terraformed Mars, and another Earth, in a galaxy where Homer's epic heroes and stories -- Iliad and Odyssey -- actually happened. Although, there are several enormous differences. The Mount Olympus where these gods dwell is to be found on Mars, and their powers derive from manipulating quantum probability, with liberal doses of string theory and other esoteric branches of physics. When Hector and his new ally, the legendary warrior Achilles, launch an attack, it is through tears between the fabric of the universe known as brane holes. If this isn't enough to send your head spinning, consider the plight of old Earth, where the idyllic existence of the few remaining humans is wrecked when the global power system suffers catastrophic failure. The survivors are, literally, out in the cold and facing ranks of revolting Voynix; former servants who now intend on eradicating humanity. The third major strand concerns invaders known as Setebos and Caliban, which have been brought into existence from the imagination of poet Robert Browning, via distinctly unwise experiments with quantum reality. It is their intent to engineer a state where sentient life cannot exit...

nastavak

A sada malo retro SCI FIa

Colossus: The Forbin Project, Movie Remake in the Works at Universal Pictures
Apr 19 2007


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Colossus: The Forbin Project - IMDB
Colossus: The Forbin Project - Wiki

Brian Grazer will produce and Ron Howard may direct a remake of the 1970 sci-fi film Colossus: The Forbin Project. The original was directed by Joseph Sargent and starred Eric Braeden, George Stanford Brown, and Susan Clark.

According to Variety Jason Rothenberg will work on the screenplay. Universal and Imagine Entertainment are hoping to start work on Colossus after Ron Howard directs the Da Vinci Code prequel Angels and Demons.

Colossus is based on the D F Jones novel originally published in 1966. In Jones' novel, Dr Charles Forbin creates the ultimate computer that is not only super powerful but also gains consciousness and wants to rule over humanity. Variety reports the new film will combine elements from Jones' Colossus trilogy - Colossus, The Fall of Colossus, and Colossus and the Crab.

Source: Variety

COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project - 1969-Review
Universal Pictures
Rating: USA: GP

Movies reflect people’s fears. Today computers are so integrated into everyday life that we think nothing of them, but in the late 60’s the average person had never seen a computer except on TV. All they knew was that these electronic brains could do lightning calculations, so they must be pretty smart. Computers were huge, mysterious machines attended by brainy acolytes, and used to hold information on everyone everywhere. People were nervous.

COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project, made in 1969, is an expression of that fear. Directed by Joseph Sargent (JAWS: The Revenge) and written by James Bridges (THE CHINA SYNDROME), the movie opens with Dr. Forbin (Eric Braeden: ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES) switching on a huge computer that stretches down endless, long hallways. Lights come on and circuits begin clicking. Forbin closes a series of huge steal doors and steps outside where the President (Gordon Pinsent: BLACULA) and his cabinet are waiting.

The President appears on TV soon after and announces to the public that Colossus, the biggest, most sophisticated computer in the world, has just been given complete control of our entire arsenal of nuclear weapons, and tied into all forms of communication throughout the world. The purpose of this transfer of control is to demonstrate that the U.S. is incapable of launching a nuclear attack (remember, this is the height of the cold war). Colossus can only react defensively.

Much to the surprise of everyone, including Forbin, Colossus announces it has discovered another system. It turns out the Russians have built a similar supercomputer call Guardian. Colossus demands to be connected to Guardian, and Colossus’ curiosity and growing intelligence, far beyond what its creators thought possible, starts to make people uneasy. However, in the spirit of international peace, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. agree to the link-up.

Colossus and Guardian begin discussing mathematics, starting with the multiplication tables but quickly surpassing the highest mathematics conceived by man. The two machines develop their own language and the conversation is no longer intelligible to humans, so the President and the Russian Premier cut the link. Colossus is not happy, and the words
RESTORE LINK IMMEDIATELY
appear on the screen. When the President says no again, Colossus replies:
IF LINK NOT RESTORED ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
The President begins talking about how Colossus must obey, etc. In response, Colossus and Guardian launch missiles at a Russian and American target, respectively. Stunned and terrified at their loss of control of the situation, both governments quickly restore the link. Colossus shoots down the Russian missile, but the American missile is too far in its trajectory and strikes its target, destroying an oil complex and a town of 6,000 people.

Forbin and his staff realize they’ve got to pull the plug, but Colossus was designed specifically so no one could do that. Plus, Colossus seems able to anticipate every move, and orders audio and video surveillance of all the computer personnel, especially Forbin. In an attempt to maintain a secret communication link with his staff, Forbin convinces Colossus that fellow computer scientist Dr. Cleo Markham (Susan Clark: SKULLDUGGERY) is his mistress and that they must be allowed some privacy.

This is an excellent movie, full of tension and growing concern that there may be no way to defeat the machine. Colossus is given a voice and his eerie, cold statements regarding his plans and where we fit in will give you a chill. He orders a new computer complex be built on the island of Crete and the people living there be moved. When Forbin asks how they’re supposed to relocate half a million people, Colossus responds:
IF MAN CAN NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, I CAN.

Time for a

!!!SCIENCE MOMENT!!!:
The computer technology in this movie is very quaint by today’s standards. The "printer" sound effect and punch card font letters in the opening credits were meant to seem futuristic but today seem as primitive as stone tablets. And the assumption that computers, which at the time were huge, room filling machines, would just get bigger was reasonable before the tiny computers developed for the Apollo program came along and lead to a PC on every desktop in the world. But don’t let the primitive tech fool you because the basic assumptions here are sound. Once you develop true artificial intelligence, that quickly leads to machines that can improve themselves faster than is humanly possible. For better or worse, I have no doubt that sometime in our new century we will build machines that will replace us as masters of the Earth.

!!!RACIAL CLICHÉ ALERT!!!
The only black man in the whole flick gets shot to death. Read the RACIAL CLICHÉ ALERT.

The movie was based on the mediocre book by D.F. Jones. Jones wrote two more ("The Fall of Colossus" and "Colossus and the Crab"), neither of which are worth becoming movies. It’s COLOSSUS the movie that’s the masterpiece. As far as the evil-computer-taking-over-the-world film genre’ is concerned, COLOSSUS rules. The influence of this movie has been powerful on similar films (next time you see the TERMINATOR movies, replace the word "Skynet" with "Colossus"), but the original is the best. I give this must-see movie a well earned five shriek girls.