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I had this on DVD in widescreen and the transfer was a little disappointing. Colossus: The Forbin Project soundtrack from 1970, composed by Michel Colombier. Bring 'em back, I say! Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2010. , there was COLOSSUS, aka THE FORBIN PROJECT, one of the earliest and best tales of Man versus Machine. ) There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Before there was HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey, there was COLOSSUS, aka THE FORBIN PROJECT, one of the earliest and best tales of Man versus Machine. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There's a problem loading this menu right now. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Colossus - The Forbin Project Format: DVD. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I first saw this movie on T.V. It's great to finally have this in its original widescreen presentation vs. the pan and scan from TV and the prior DVD releases. Terrific movie, but this Universal "Studio Selections" disc is a "pan and scan" transfer that wipes out 2/5ths of the film's original picture. It is on par with the movie "Contagion". A.I. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Sie finden Rezensionen und Details zu … Colossus and the Crab (Colossus Trilogy, 3). IBM's "Big Blue"), and this movie becomes mandatory viewing. Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2017. 1966 tech. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. In the very early 1960s D.F. Please try again. in the 70's, while still in school. One day soon, when we relinquish a large part of our control to machines, (self driving cars, autonomous drones and other weapons of war, autonomous machines that perform routine surgery on us, etc.) Shortly after being turned on, it detects the … Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. As the two machines "talk", they create their own inter-system language (which the folks in the intelligence community can no longer monitor--and which worries them very much) and, so, the link is shut down out of fear that Colossus might be giving away classified secrets without our knowing it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Jones told us an inventive and original story about a United States that turns its defense over to a machine ("Colossus… With Colossus The Forbin Project, since everyone is behaving soooo unrealistically, nothing that comes later hits home. ... 100 Best Movies on Amazon Prime … Jones Colossus novels, they're my favorite sci-fi techno novels. reigns as the super-computer Colossus is brought online, becomes self-aware, joins its Russian counterpart, and demands the world's obedience or nuclear winter is unleashed. With a title character which was the inspiration for "The Terminator" movies' Skynet, this film, made during the height of the cold war and it's associated arms race, posits the idea of an artificially intelligent machine being given ultimate control of America's nuclear arsenal--a machine built far better than it's builders knew of (or which had ever been intended by them). With Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert. The MEDIUMRARE Widescreen Edition in original 2.35 is stunning. Fantastic print of this 1969 production and featuring a cast of familiar faces with a mostly technical commentary by director Joseph Sargent. , all of which, surprisingly, are out of print. Jones, Colossus: The Forbin Project (or simply The Forbin Project as its known in the U.K.) was released by … Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) ( The Day the World Changed Hands ) (Blu-Ray) ... the fashions of the day was of great benefit to the film I feel ,by letting viewers concentrate on the dynamics of Colossus Vs Forbin … The film is based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus … Colossus - The Forbin Project [Blu-ray] (B06XDGMR7T), B06XDGMR7T, 503069703711, unknown at camelcamelcamel: Amazon price tracker, Amazon … Contrary to popular myth, the fictional supercomputer Colossus does not predate HAL 9000. Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018. More forgivable is the … Watch both and you will know what I mean. Although it didn't trouble the box-office much in 1970 and is now rarely revived, Colossus: The Forbin Project is one of the best and most … Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Picture quality is very good on the Blu-ray. Amazon.de - Kaufen Sie Colossus - The Forbin Project günstig ein. Not a review of the film (which is one of my favorites) but the blu-ray. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2018. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. It may of been of television since but hadn't seen it. Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Colossus - The Forbin Project [1970] [DVD] at Amazon.com. This is a beautiful looking and sounding Blu-ray - the colors and video quality are excellent, as is the sound. Colossus: The Forbin Project (a.k.a.The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert.. Berkley Medallion; 2nd edition (January 1, 1970). Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Please try again. Colossus: The Forbin Project (2.35:1)/Silent Running (1.85:1) (Laserdisc) Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Sorry I didn't read the fine print. Amazon.co.uk Today's Deals Warehouse Deals Outlet Subscribe & Save Vouchers Amazon Family Amazon Prime Amazon Pantry Prime Video Prime Student Mobile Apps Amazon Pickup Locations Amazon Assistant Colossus- The Forbin Project … The press materials is a nice extra and it keeps the commentary by Sargent. Please try again. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I won't review the film itself - I've always liked it for what it is, Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017, Sterling adaptation of the excellent novel. Please try again. 1966 tech, Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018. Colossus is activated, discovers that another, similar, Russian machine called "Guardian" has been secretly constructed by the Soviet Union and asks for communication to be established with it so that, ostensibly, it can learn about what it's counterpart is like as a threat. 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s From cosmic head trips to adventures in galaxies far, far away The Martian Chronicles (Complete Mini-Series) (2 Discs), Science Fiction Classics Collection (DVD). Today, with the knowledge of some now declassified nuclear warhead 'close calls' caused by computer 'glitches', all of a sudden this movie takes on new meaning. 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