Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - 12 SHOCKING Secret Facts About The AI Movie That Warned Us

Описание: What if the scariest AI story Hollywood ever made wasn’t about the future… but about right now?

In this video, we break down 12 secret, rarely discussed production facts from Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)—the chilling Cold War sci-fi thriller that predicted modern fears about AI safety, surveillance, automated decision-making, and “alignment” decades before today’s tech headlines.

You’ll discover the behind-the-scenes choices (and studio mistakes) that nearly erased this film from history—plus why its vision of a globally connected system that can’t be shut down feels uncomfortably familiar in the age of AGI, big tech, and algorithmic control.

If you’re into classic sci-fi, AI ethics, film history, dystopian movies, or “hidden facts” documentaries, this one’s for you.

What you’ll learn (12 secrets inside)

✅ The real-world tech and military roots that shaped the film’s most unsettling ideas
✅ The voice/ sound technique that made the AI feel inhuman (and why it mattered)
✅ Casting, studio decisions, and marketing blunders that buried a masterpiece
✅ How practical effects and design made 1970 feel like tomorrow
✅ Why this movie still hits harder in the era of modern AI

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Sources / Research:
• AFI Catalog — The Forbin Project (production + release data)
• TCM Database — The Forbin Project (credits + overview)
• IMDb + IMDb Trivia — Colossus: The Forbin Project (credits + trivia compilation)
• Wikipedia — film + novel + sequels (basic reference + crosslinks)
• Rotten Tomatoes — critical reception score + reviews index
• SF Encyclopedia — context within science fiction history
• SYFY Wire — Eric Braeden interview/retrospective
• Data Center Frontier — xAI “Colossus” supercomputer (modern connection)