Tag Archives: Films

Westworld…

Like going back in a time machine to my childhood. What I found amazing was how optimistic this disaster movie was. In the near future all this fantastic technology would be available; OK so it went horribly wrong but what the heck.

Westworld (1973)

Also, of note is the amount of manpower that the “systems” required to run the park. We’re not used to banks of people talking anymore. It would all be run using email if they remade it now.

Colossus: The Forbin Project

I think that I saw this when I was about twelve, it had the same effect that War Games had a few years later. All I wanted in life was a computer!!! Neither I or my ZX Spectrum every achieved world domination.