All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day I
played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and recorded
last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep! [sigh...] )

What did you watch?

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On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day I played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and recorded
last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep! [sigh...] )

You made me look. I have 8, including a Hallmark Christmas movie from
2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:


Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden
(Escape From the Planet of the Apes) as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete. It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The people
in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Skynet, I mean Colossus, decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.


Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer
scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a
new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision
making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me
a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay,
but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it
showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first
time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.


Wargames (4K disc) 1983 movie which opens with the U.S. military putting
the finishing touches on a new supercomputer called Skynet, I mean
Colossus, I mean WOPR that is buried in the Rocky Mountains that
controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision making in
war obsolete. But when Ferris Bueller decides to take the day off from
school, he hacks into Skynet, I mean WOPR so he can play a little Global Thermonuclear War. "Shall We Play a game?"


Her (blu-ray) 2013 movie written and directed by Spike Jonze starring
Joaquin Phoenix as a man who buys a new operating system (voiced by
Scarlett Johansson) to help organize his life but the operating system
becomes self aware and the two fall in love with each other. It's sort
of like a nonmusical version of "Electric Dreams."


Jexi (blu-ray) 2019 R-rated comedy starring Adam DeVine as a man who
buys a new smart phone with an operating system (voiced by Rose
Byrne)which turns out to be self aware. But instead of helping to
organize his life it constantly berates him, and does pretty much the
opposite of whatever he tells it to do. Of course he tries to get rid
of it, but it just downloads itself to his new device. Set in San
Francisco, this is another "Electric Dreams" rip off, but oddly doesn't directly reference "Electric Dreams."


Doctor Who (Disney+) - "Lucky Day" - I think just about every season
recently, they have one episode where the Doctor only makes a cameo.
This must be this season's episode without the Doctor. After a brief
cameo at the start to introduce a new character the focus shifts to
present day where the Doctor's former companion Ruby Sunday. Ruby
befriends the same young man the Doctor met at the start of the episode.
From there, things get spoilery. Much like the last time the Doctor
wasn't in an episode, they once again brought in UNIT to help fill the gap.

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On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day I played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and recorded
last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep! [sigh...] )

What did you watch?

Fringe S1E14 'Ability'. IMDb sez "The team investigates a number of
people who died faceless after their orifices are sealed while German
agents investigating David Robert Jones' escape question Olivia." The
Germans questioning Olivia is all off camera. The glyphs spell "Olivia".

[arriving at the lab wheeling Jones in on gurney and briefing Peter]
Paramedic #1: Pulse is slowing down... fifty beats per minute.
Peter Bishop: [pointing across lab] Get him up there. Astrid! Set up the
E.K.G.
Dr. Walter Bishop: [while leading Gene to her stall] Is this the patient?
Peter Bishop: Walter... put the cow away would you?
Paramedic #1: [looking in Gene's direction] What is this place?
Peter Bishop: It's a freak show.
[guides paramedic out]
Peter Bishop: Thanks for your help. Thank you.


Fringe S1E15 'Inner Child'. IMDb sez "A mysterious child is recovered
from a secret chamber that has been sealed for more than a
half-century." Ella wakes up Olivia at 6:17 and the number is mentioned
again later in the episode. 617 is actually the area code for metro
Boston where most of the characters live. What would a child Observer
look like? The glyphs say "Walter" this episode.


What Did You Watch?



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dirty old man.

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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden >(Escape From the Planet of the Apes) as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete. It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The people
in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Skynet, I mean Colossus, >decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.

This movie had an awsome setup but falls apart when our main cast starts
to believe that they can pass messages to each other without being spied
upon; it's just handwaiving. With a better plot this movie would have
been a classic.

Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer >scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a
new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision >making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie >Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me
a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay,
but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it
showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first
time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.

Somehow, somebody convinced Julie Christie to star in body horror pr0n.

I've read the Dean R. Koontz novel. The changes they made were Proteus
used a hypnotic voice to control the human mind, and an "off screen"
portion of the novel in which Susan was tortured over an entire weekend
as Proteus mapped her entire nervous system by looking for then repeatedly stimulated her pain receptors.

I think this was the first time I heard of a reference to fiber optics.

Robert VAughn was the voice of Proteus.

Wargames (4K disc) 1983 movie which opens with the U.S. military putting
the finishing touches on a new supercomputer called Skynet, I mean
Colossus, I mean WOPR that is buried in the Rocky Mountains that
controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision making in
war obsolete. But when Ferris Bueller decides to take the day off from >school, he hacks into Skynet, I mean WOPR so he can play a little Global >Thermonuclear War. "Shall We Play a game?"

I love this movie despite massive plot holes that we are forced to
overlook to enjoy the movie.

Jexi (blu-ray) 2019 R-rated comedy starring Adam DeVine as a man who
buys a new smart phone with an operating system (voiced by Rose
Byrne)which turns out to be self aware. But instead of helping to
organize his life it constantly berates him, and does pretty much the >opposite of whatever he tells it to do. Of course he tries to get rid
of it, but it just downloads itself to his new device. Set in San
Francisco, this is another "Electric Dreams" rip off, but oddly doesn't >directly reference "Electric Dreams."

It's "Mudd's Women".

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On 5/4/25 9:21 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day
I played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and
recorded last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my
Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep!
[sigh...] )

You made me look.  I have 8, including a Hallmark Christmas movie from
2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:

Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden (Escape From the Planet of the Apes) as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete.  It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all.  Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence.  The people
in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug.  Skynet, I mean Colossus, decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.

Ironically, I was just reading an article about this flick, and the
author was saying it should be remade today! I've only been saying that
for decades!!

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On 5/4/2025 10:23 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden
(Escape From the Planet of the Apes) as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete. It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The people
in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Skynet, I mean Colossus,
decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.

This movie had an awsome setup but falls apart when our main cast starts
to believe that they can pass messages to each other without being spied upon; it's just handwaiving. With a better plot this movie would have
been a classic.

It has one of the worst movie names ever. I listed to a little of the commentary. They mentioned the movie was based on 3 novels, but after
the movie bombed at the box office plans for the sequels were killed. I
still don't get why they felt the need to put the computer in an
impenetrable bunker with no off switch. And I got the strong
impression, they didn't bother to test the thing before doing that.

If the U.S. and Russian missiles had to be manually retargeted, then the
rest of the world should have declared war on the U.S. and Russia.
Colossus would have apparently been powerless to retaliate.

Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer
scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a
new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision
making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie
Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me
a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay,
but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it
showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first
time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.

Somehow, somebody convinced Julie Christie to star in body horror pr0n.

I've read the Dean R. Koontz novel. The changes they made were Proteus
used a hypnotic voice to control the human mind, and an "off screen"
portion of the novel in which Susan was tortured over an entire weekend
as Proteus mapped her entire nervous system by looking for then repeatedly stimulated her pain receptors.

The movie was a bit clumsy with this. There's a scene where the
computer is inserting probes into her head to control her, but then
after that scene they pretty much just drop it.

I think this was the first time I heard of a reference to fiber optics.

Robert VAughn was the voice of Proteus.

I did *not* know that!

Wargames (4K disc) 1983 movie which opens with the U.S. military putting
the finishing touches on a new supercomputer called Skynet, I mean
Colossus, I mean WOPR that is buried in the Rocky Mountains that
controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision making in
war obsolete. But when Ferris Bueller decides to take the day off from
school, he hacks into Skynet, I mean WOPR so he can play a little Global
Thermonuclear War. "Shall We Play a game?"

I love this movie despite massive plot holes that we are forced to
overlook to enjoy the movie.

I'm not sure if I noticed this before now, but why exactly were they
giving local tours of NORAD? They even let the people on the tour sit
at the controls and push the buttons!

Then when WOPR is trying to break the launch code you see it guessing
one correct number at a time, and when it guesses correctly the number
stops spinning. But there are only 10 digits and 26 characters in the alphabet. It's there are only 36 possible choices for each line and the computer is guessing all lines simultaneous. It should have guessed the correct code almost instantly.

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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 5/4/2025 10:23 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

. . .

If the U.S. and Russian missiles had to be manually retargeted, then the
rest of the world should have declared war on the U.S. and Russia.
Colossus would have apparently been powerless to retaliate.

Good point

Wargames (4K disc) 1983 movie which opens with the U.S. military putting >>>the finishing touches on a new supercomputer called Skynet, I mean >>>Colossus, I mean WOPR that is buried in the Rocky Mountains that
controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision making in >>>war obsolete. But when Ferris Bueller decides to take the day off from >>>school, he hacks into Skynet, I mean WOPR so he can play a little Global >>>Thermonuclear War. "Shall We Play a game?"

I love this movie despite massive plot holes that we are forced to
overlook to enjoy the movie.

I'm not sure if I noticed this before now, but why exactly were they
giving local tours of NORAD? They even let the people on the tour sit
at the controls and push the buttons!

It's kind of based on Fail-Safe and Dr. Strangelove. As you may recall,
both movies are based on the same novel as the authors of one novel sued
the authors of the other novel for copyright infringement. That's why
both movies were released by the same studio to force a settlement.

One of the novels had this tour in it (it was the military contractor
and some politicians), so WarGames made the tour even more ridiculous.

What, you've never taken the World Of Spycraft tour at CIA's theme park?

Then when WOPR is trying to break the launch code you see it guessing
one correct number at a time, and when it guesses correctly the number
stops spinning. But there are only 10 digits and 26 characters in the >alphabet. It's there are only 36 possible choices for each line and the >computer is guessing all lines simultaneous. It should have guessed the >correct code almost instantly.

It's a huge tumbler lock! WOPR is spinning the dial like a safecracker, listening for each tumbler to fall into place!

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/4/25 9:21 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day
I played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and
recorded last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my
Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep!
[sigh...] )

You made me look.  I have 8, including a Hallmark Christmas movie from
2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:


Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden
(Escape From the Planet of the Apes) as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete.  It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all.  Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence.  The people >> in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug.  Skynet, I mean Colossus,
decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.

Ironically, I was just reading an article about this flick, and the
author was saying it should be remade today! I've only been saying that
for decades!!

There’s sequel books nobody has ever touched either.

https://vintagebookseller.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/Book0034_18c97384-156f-4919-80e0-3998524c51f7.jpg?v=1423417068

https://postmarkedfromthestars.com/cdn/shop/products/image_f9644b0a-dec1-4ed2-918b-09dde3b851a2_1200x1200.jpg?v=1639095055





--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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On Sun, 4 May 2025 09:21:14 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of DOOL and GH, and I
don't really feel like commenting on them. Otherwise, most of the day I
played my video game, and in the evening I did some grading and recorded
last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And, yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie
backlog on my DVR is now 10 TV movies deep! [sigh...] )

You made me look. I have 8, including a Hallmark Christmas movie from
2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:

Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie starring Eric Braeden >(Escape From the Planet of the Apes)

No, he's best known for RAT PATROL and as Victor Newman on YOUNG & THE
RESTLESS

as a computer scientist who as the
movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the Rocky Mountains
that controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision
making in war obsolete. It was hooked into everything and trusted to
run it all. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The people
in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Skynet, I mean Colossus, >decided humanity's fate in a microsecond.

I've enjoyed this a few times over the years.

Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer >scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a
new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision >making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie >Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me
a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay,
but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it
showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first
time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.

I think I saw this once upon a time but can't remember any of it other
than what I see in trailers.

Wargames (4K disc) 1983 movie which opens with the U.S. military putting
the finishing touches on a new supercomputer called Skynet, I mean
Colossus, I mean WOPR that is buried in the Rocky Mountains that
controls the U.S. weapons systems and will make human decision making in
war obsolete. But when Ferris Bueller decides to take the day off from >school, he hacks into Skynet, I mean WOPR so he can play a little Global >Thermonuclear War. "Shall We Play a game?"

Tic Tac Toe is the only game one should play with a super computer.

Her (blu-ray) 2013 movie written and directed by Spike Jonze starring
Joaquin Phoenix as a man who buys a new operating system (voiced by
Scarlett Johansson) to help organize his life but the operating system >becomes self aware and the two fall in love with each other. It's sort
of like a nonmusical version of "Electric Dreams."

Have not seen this one.

Jexi (blu-ray) 2019 R-rated comedy starring Adam DeVine as a man who
buys a new smart phone with an operating system (voiced by Rose
Byrne)which turns out to be self aware. But instead of helping to
organize his life it constantly berates him, and does pretty much the >opposite of whatever he tells it to do. Of course he tries to get rid
of it, but it just downloads itself to his new device. Set in San
Francisco, this is another "Electric Dreams" rip off, but oddly doesn't >directly reference "Electric Dreams."

Never heard of this one.

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On Sun, 4 May 2025 11:00:52 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 5/4/2025 10:23 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer
scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a
new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision
making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie
Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me
a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay,
but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it
showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first
time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.

Somehow, somebody convinced Julie Christie to star in body horror pr0n.

I've read the Dean R. Koontz novel. The changes they made were Proteus
used a hypnotic voice to control the human mind, and an "off screen"
portion of the novel in which Susan was tortured over an entire weekend
as Proteus mapped her entire nervous system by looking for then repeatedly >> stimulated her pain receptors.

The movie was a bit clumsy with this. There's a scene where the
computer is inserting probes into her head to control her, but then
after that scene they pretty much just drop it.

I think this was the first time I heard of a reference to fiber optics.

Robert VAughn was the voice of Proteus.

I did *not* know that!

Ah, I didn't know it since I'm not sure if or when I saw it, but
listening to this trailer it was quite obvious the moment he talked
who was doing the voice. His being such a distinctive voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6O1NRs-YuU




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On 5/4/2025 1:14 PM, shawn wrote:

On Sun, 4 May 2025 11:00:52 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 5/4/2025 10:23 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Demon Seed (Fawesome) 1977 movie starring Fritz Weaver as a computer
scientist who as the movie opens is putting the finishing touches on a >>>> new supercomputer buried deep underground that will make human decision >>>> making obsolete. Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The >>>> people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug. Unfortunately,
not before the computer decided it wanted to impregnate a woman (Julie >>>> Christie). "You like games? So do I."

I think I only saw this once on TV about 30 years ago. Xfinity gave me >>>> a list of streaming options. I first tried to stream this on XumoPLay, >>>> but it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I then selected Fawesome and it >>>> showed it in the proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio. So this would be my first >>>> time getting to see it in the proper aspect ratio.

Somehow, somebody convinced Julie Christie to star in body horror pr0n.

I've read the Dean R. Koontz novel. The changes they made were Proteus
used a hypnotic voice to control the human mind, and an "off screen"
portion of the novel in which Susan was tortured over an entire weekend
as Proteus mapped her entire nervous system by looking for then repeatedly >>> stimulated her pain receptors.

The movie was a bit clumsy with this. There's a scene where the
computer is inserting probes into her head to control her, but then
after that scene they pretty much just drop it.

I think this was the first time I heard of a reference to fiber optics.

Robert VAughn was the voice of Proteus.

I did *not* know that!

Ah, I didn't know it since I'm not sure if or when I saw it, but
listening to this trailer it was quite obvious the moment he talked
who was doing the voice. His being such a distinctive voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6O1NRs-YuU

Agreed. It never occurred to me while watching the movie, but the
second I heard it on the trailer I recognized his voice. I wonder if
they had any additional voice modulation for the movie. I think there
were also a couple of clips and lines of dialogue in the trailer that
weren't in the movie.

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anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/4/25 9:21 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of
DOOL and GH, and I don't really feel like commenting on
them. Otherwise, most of the day I played my video
game, and in the evening I did some grading and
recorded last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And,
yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10
TV movies deep!
[sigh...] )

You made me look. I have 8, including a Hallmark
Christmas movie from 2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:


Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie
starring Eric Braeden (Escape From the Planet of the
Apes) as a computer scientist who as the movie opens is
putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the
Rocky Mountains that controls the U.S. weapons systems
and will make human decision making in war obsolete. It
was hooked into everything and trusted to run it all.
Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug.
Skynet, I mean Colossus, decided humanity's fate in a
microsecond.

Ironically, I was just reading an article about this
flick, and the author was saying it should be remade
today! I've only been saying that for decades!!

There’s sequel books nobody has ever touched either.

https://vintagebookseller.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/Book0034_18c97384-156f-4919-80e0-3998524c51f7.jpg?v=1423417068

https://postmarkedfromthestars.com/cdn/shop/products/image_f9644b0a-dec1-4ed2-918b-09dde3b851a2_1200x1200.jpg?v=1639095055

I've got both of the sequel books and read them ages ago.
Neither live up to the first book.

Signals from the Crab Nebula? And they're gonna help knock out
the supercomputers?

Nope, not buying it.

Nyssa, who thought it was too far out (pun intended)

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On 5/4/2025 2:46 PM, Nyssa wrote:

anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/4/25 9:21 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 5/4/2025 8:07 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

All I watched on Saturday was the Thur. episodes of
DOOL and GH, and I don't really feel like commenting on
them. Otherwise, most of the day I played my video
game, and in the evening I did some grading and
recorded last night's Lifetime flick for later. (And,
yes - my Lifetime/LMN movie backlog on my DVR is now 10
TV movies deep!
[sigh...] )

You made me look. I have 8, including a Hallmark
Christmas movie from 2023, I've yet to watch.

What did you watch?

I watched:


Colossus: The Forbin Project (blu-ray) 1970 movie
starring Eric Braeden (Escape From the Planet of the
Apes) as a computer scientist who as the movie opens is
putting the finishing touches on a new supercomputer
called Skynet, I mean Colossus, that is buried in the
Rocky Mountains that controls the U.S. weapons systems
and will make human decision making in war obsolete. It
was hooked into everything and trusted to run it all.
Then it got smart, a new order of intelligence. The
people in charge panicked and tried to pull the plug.
Skynet, I mean Colossus, decided humanity's fate in a
microsecond.

Ironically, I was just reading an article about this
flick, and the author was saying it should be remade
today! I've only been saying that for decades!!

There’s sequel books nobody has ever touched either.

https://vintagebookseller.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/Book0034_18c97384-156f-4919-80e0-3998524c51f7.jpg?v=1423417068

https://postmarkedfromthestars.com/cdn/shop/products/image_f9644b0a-dec1-4ed2-918b-09dde3b851a2_1200x1200.jpg?v=1639095055

I've got both of the sequel books and read them ages ago.
Neither live up to the first book.

Signals from the Crab Nebula? And they're gonna help knock out
the supercomputers?

Nope, not buying it.

Thanks for reminding me to look up the two stories. The summaries on
Wiki are interesting. Had they filmed the two sequel books, it was have
been way more sci-fi than the first movie.

Nyssa, who thought it was too far out (pun intended)

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