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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs I sit here trying to endure this living nightmare, it suddenly occurs to me
that it is awfully similar to watching a very bad horror movie... trying to think of which one though... "Jason?" or what?
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As I sit here trying to endure this living nightmare, it suddenly occurs to me (Original Post)
BigBearJohn
Jan 2017
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Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)1. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Americans build an indestructible super computer to control our nuclear defense. The machine becomes sentient and makes friends with a similar super computer in Russia. Both decide that perhaps humans are superfluous. Hijinks ensue.
Actually, you said "bad" horror movie. This one's really pretty good. The way I felt after I watched it the first time is the way I feel now.
VMA131Marine
(4,138 posts)2. Let me guess...neither computer has an "OFF" switch.
I guess that would have made for a much shorter movie.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)4. No. They were designed that way so no one would mess with them.
Probably not the best engineering decision.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)3. I haven't thought about this movie in forever.
Maybe we need this computer to take over. And Gort. We need Gort too.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)5. I wouldn't mind Gort.
Colossus, no. As you might remember, "he" turns out to be kind of a dick.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)6. Gort would be awesome.
Would Colossus be any worse than Trump and Bannon?
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)7. About the same, really.
Both would launch a nuke at a city just to give the rest of us an obedience lesson.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)8. It Follows.