Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970

I can't believe I haven't seen this. This is the first Terminator movie. This should so be remade today and updated.

This movie has aged so well, especially after the release of the LLMs. This also predates Terminator. As the main character says, "Just like your mother said, all scientist should read Frankenstein!" I think all computer scientist and proompt engineers should check this movie out!

I'm rather surprised it took me this long to come across this, as I've never heard a soul talk about this move, but I thought it was a gripping tale, that got a lot more relatable after the release of LLMs. This movie should be held up a bit higher, maybe talked about in the computer, AI forums a bit more.

EDIT: I gave it a 10 because it predates The Matrix and Terminator, and the movie aged really, really well.

A computer scientist and his staff develop a super computer that's assigned the task of the defense of the U.S. Once online, the computer gets a little help from a super computer developed by the U.S.S.R., and the problems begin.

Things get interesting in a hurry as the computers decide that man is best not left to his own devices. This movie's got a neat trick up its sleeve in that it doesn't really develop any of the characters before it launches into the story of the computer Colossus. But, as we experience the battle between man and machine, we become fond of many of the characters.

Doctor Forbin is very smug and aloof in the beginning but as he struggles to regain control of the situation, he becomes more and more likeable, even heroic. He and Dr. Cleo Markham become more than associates under the watchful eye of the peeping tom Colossus. The build-up to their romance is involving. To add to the success of this movie, it comes complete with an awesome ending.

Although slow sometimes when compare to modern movies, it's completely gripping and I was glued. Really good sci-fi in a genre we've seen before. Good themes for you to think about along the way. Never preachy nor a forced morality tale. Great acting. The ending was abrupt but perfect. Who is right and who is wrong, man or machine?
As soon as I seen the Russians enter the movie I thought 'here we go again'. But it wasn't about the evil Russians this time. Refreshing. It's much more serious than that. I was expecting some cliché about robots not being human, and the robot being effected by that. No. Not really a cliché movie at all. It's could be simply described as about human rule, dominance, reasoning and consequence. By a robot. Humans just get caught up in all of it. Pawns on a board in the robots game.

Whats the most important in life?
health?
freedom?
peace?

this movie could be the mother of the terminator-story.