one of my fav scifi movies from back in the day. I remember when Dr. Forbin asks Colossus for permission to use the bathroom or have women over without being monitored by Colossus' cameras, and the computer responsds "no". Or how he has several military guys who'd plotted his overthrow executed by their own men, the bodies to be left untouched for a week as an abject lesson. It was *really* scary when Colossus merged with its Russian counterpart. And that ending, when they fitted him with a voice, and he says "In time you and your children will come to love me, even as God". Wow!
I hope Howard brings a deft touch and doesn't bury the theme in a bunch of overblown action and adventure. This isn't a film that needs to be a "blockbuster", in my opinion. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Universal Remaking Colossus > > Universal and Imagine Entertainment will remake the 1970 SF drama > Colossus: The Forbin Project, about a computer that takes over the > world, as a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard, Variety > reported. Brian Grazer will produce. > > Jason Rothenberg has been set to write the screenplay for the remake, > which will be called simply Colossus. > > Based on a book by D.F. Jones, the original film was a forerunner of > movies such as The Terminator, introducing the idea of a > government-built computer that becomes sentient. > > Rothenberg will use the original's premise as a springboard and will > incorporate two subsequent Colossus novels written by Jones to create a > broader story. Universal is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns > SCIFI.COM. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
