Classic sci-fi day. See Colossus: The Forbin Project! Arthur P. Jacobs. Rod Serling. The original ideas for Planet of the Apes and all that could have been. Jerry Goldsmith. Sci-Fi allegories vs over-interpretations. Who sneaks symbolism into the film? Religion: just how ridiculous is it? Intellectual hypocrisy. Class warfare. Social inequality. The ending of The Planet of the Apes. Respecting your audience more than they even deserve. Computer voice. Cold War history. Mutually assured destruction. Unanswered questions.
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Also referenced: What a Way to Go, Dr. Dolittle, Michael Moore Hates America, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, The Twilight Zone, Four Rooms, The Munsters, The Outer Limits, Mission Impossible, Star Trek, X-Men, Chinatown, Poltergeist, Alien, Rambo, Total Recall, Citizen Kane, The Simpsons, Hellboy, Terminator, Primer, Martyrs, Amelie, May, Teeth
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Planet of the Apes
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.
Colossus: The Forbin Project
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Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: James Bridges
Starring: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert
An artificially intelligent supercomputer is developed and activated, only to reveal that it has a sinister agenda of its own.
