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by Robert James Fischer .

‘dulie Christie getting it on
with a computer?
Someone’s taste in

Hollywood must be im-
proving as that’s the basic
lot of MGM’s upcoming
‘Demon Seed”, starring
Miss Christie, Fritz Weaver
and a relative newcomer to
the screen super-
computer Proteus IV.
Computers are not
newcomers to motion pic-
tures; the major computer
characters of recent years,
though, have all had
. distinctive personalities and
some striking,. rather
ominous, similarities. The
machines which for many.
years have been eliminating
daily drudgery and ad-
vaneing knowledge may be
in n of a good public
relations outfit. Cinematic

com
penchant for permanently
replacing some of man’s
functions. Such elevations

not only rattle the natural |

chain. of being, but exem-

Perhaps oor Hal
shouldn’t be blamed too
much for his breakdown.
After all, it was concealing
the truth that caused him to
lose his perspective and
literally, his mind. Colossus,

however, based on the novel

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plify the cursed conflict of .

' Maan versus machine. It is
ultimately ironic that in
order to depict these

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machines must take on
human characteristics and
act in, typically, inhuman

ways. a
tanley Kubrick’s and
Arthur C, Clarke’s ser|pt for
MGM’s ‘‘2001: A Space
Odyssey”, while apparently
about some important,
though cbscure; universal
' truth, contains the unique
character of Hal. Short for
Heuristically Programmed
Algorithmic Computer, Hal,
with his  disarmingly
charming voice, functions
as the ubiquitous workhorse
that virtually runs the entire
outer regions mission of the
spaceship Discovery, Un-
fortunately, Hal has a
problem integrating the lies
has to tell to cover up the
true purpose of Discovery’s
flight; the resulting neurosis
and later psychosis
. precipitate Hal’s
successful attempt to an-
nihilate the crew and
complete the mission alone.
Commander David Bowman
(Keir Dullea) in a tense
Sequence, gains access to
Hal)’s Brain Room. Yanking
out Hal’s overbrain a circuit
at a time, Commander
Bowman successfully
erforms the first in-
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creation of Professor
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Hal’s taste and zeal for

power.
Initially built to eliminate
the threat of war by placing

nuclear missiles under the

unemotional command of a
‘giant computer, Colossus
quickly outstrips its role as
a mere Doomsday machine.
Discovering the Russian
bloc has asimilar computer,
Guardian, Colossus
establishes communications
and integrates the Soviet

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Science fiction of science
fact? Perhaps a bit too
much Dr. Frankenstein?
Now that sex has hit the
computer world, though, it
might be best to re-examine

your attitude toward your
computer. After all, in
future years, according to
Hollywood, it seems com-
puter dating may také ona
whole new meaning.

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