Hello Martin and the others on this discussion point about Star Trek Although the original Star Trek was in continual repeats, back in the early 70s a new...
Hello Everyone, Yet another possibility is that none of these production folks on the original Star Trek, or Search, or any of these old, yet still popular ...
... Colossus from 'The Forbin Project.' ====================== If anyone ever has the chance to see it, COLOSSUS is an excellent movie, by the way. I just...
Hello Jim Mine, too, and it can be bought cheaply off Amazon. I recommend the original book by D.F. Jones. A little more gruesome but the film is a fairly...
... ================ But not in widecreen. ;) I transferred my widescreen laserdisc to a beautiful DVD copy. ... ================ And don't forget the other...
Actually it was a letterboxed TV print. So you got the black boxes top and bottom. It also had the gunning down of the two Doctors cut out. A frequent ...
... occurrence for a TV print. ================= Do you think it might have been an airline print, Michael? I'm not even sure there WAS such a thing as a...
I saw Colussis the Forbin Project. 2 bad they cant do a sequel: Colussus World showing after movie end of building those other systems. But done with Todays FX...
Geoff, Thanks for the book tip - I just loved the movie! Think I'll try to pick up both! Just picked up the Matt Helm movies - what a hoot! Billie Stiffler ...
Hello Jim I didn't get to read DF Jones last two Colossus books until a few years ago. Without wishing to spoil it for those who haven't read them, I think he...
Hi again The Forbin Project was supposed to be a cinema film which we had in Europe that way before it got onto TV. In America, you people went directly to TV....
Hello Stephen Russell I presume you went for the idea of putting a computer in a mountain with all those defences?? ... Geoff ********* GF Willmetts...
Hello Ronald There are 3 novels. Which one are you missig or rather which is the second you have?? Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** ...
... ================= Am I misintepreting what you said, Geoff? FORBIN *was* a cinematic release in the US. There are two different U.S. movie posters, a...
... ================= The *only* reason I'd say your print was an airline print is because it's letterboxed. Local stations (or even national television)...
Yes then it was Cool. Today I dont know. Then Yes, neat & wild. Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote: Hello Stephen Russell I presume you went for...
When I was living in Los Angeles, I got to see a sneak preview of the film before it came out. They called it "The Day the World Changed Hands." When it...
Thanks, but still impressive to have Colussus Today be a Database AI machine vs what it was then in the Orig movie. Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...>...
Hello Jim The Forbin Project was supposed to be distributed world-wide as a film but Universal chickened out when it came to America and only got a TV release....
Hello Stephen R You just like the idea of a computer which can hold life or death over humans. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** ...
It was Neat then & from what Ive read on other sites in time maybe even Doable. Back in 1970, NO way. But from seeing computers etc on Trendhunter.com Im...
Hello Stephen R Back in the 70s computers were seen as magical machines that could do anything. Where Colossus is concerned, they didn't actually give a time...
I have read the Colossus trilogy many times. I find it interesting that back then Jones made no diferentstion between software and hardware. Another sign of...
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