500年后
《五百年后》(THX 1138)是由乔治·卢卡斯执导的反乌托邦科幻电影,罗伯特·杜瓦尔、唐纳德·普利森斯等主演,于1971年3月在美国上映。 [1-2]   故事发生在公元25世纪的某极权主义国家,罗伯特·杜瓦尔饰演一个工厂中的编号工人“THX1138”,有一天,他在室友的启发下放弃服用政府下发的“镇静剂”,开始不受极权思想的控制。 [3] 未来的地下世界,其实就是一个基地,在这里,到处是冰冷的监视器。生活在这里的人们,全被剃光了头,没有名字,只有一个工作编号,每天从事繁重的劳动——集体劳动。主人公——代号THX1138(罗伯特•杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰),就是这里数以百万计的普通一员,他在女性室友的启发下,停止服用了每天发给的药物。于是,他僵化的思想开始复苏,开始对他的女性室友产生了一种特殊感觉。当两人发生关系并被判处强奸罪时,思想彻底醒悟到他开始了漫长的逃亡之路。 《五百年后》的故事发生在公元25世纪的某极权主义国家,罗伯特·杜瓦尔饰演一个工厂中的编号工人“THX1138"。在片中的设定中人类生活在一个没有思想甚至没有欲望的国度里、四处都是白色、秩序井然,男性公民的性欲是首要被抑制的。被剥夺了快乐的国民每天被上帝用程序化的语言明示着“祝你快乐。”当THX 1138在抑制剂失衡,与爱上自己的女室友做爱时,审判者们依旧在屏幕背后观看着他们。片中的男主角最后摆脱了机械警察的追捕,像爬上通天塔一般终于来到了地表。此时一轮红日正在西沉,他站立着,注视着,字幕出现全片宣告结束。
巨人:福宾计划
Eric Braeden stars as Dr. Charles Forbin, who has created a supercomputer named Colossus, built solely for the purpose of controlling the nuclear defenses of the Western alliance. It isn't too long after, however, that the Russians announce that they too have built a similar computer for those same purposes on their side--Guardian. And when the two machines begin sharing information at a speed nobody can believe, an attempt is made to disable them.  This unfortunately just raises the machines' ire; and in retaliation, they launch their weapons at each other's home nations. The result is a chilling scenario that is potentially becoming all too real these days.  COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT was not a big hit at the box office for various reasons. One is that its cast wasn't exactly well known. Another reason is that its ending isn't exactly a happy one. Still a third reason is that Universal had trouble trying to promote it in the wake of the huge success of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY. The latter reason is obvious Colossus and Guardian, like HAL in the Kubrick movie, become central characters here. The difference here is that while HAL malfunctions due to a programming conflict, Colossus and Guardian remain all too stable, convinced beyond a doubt that they know how to protect Mankind better than Man himself. As the computers point out One inevitable rule is that Mankind is his own worst enemy.  Joseph Sargent's direction is efficient, and the special effects work of Albert Whitlock still manages to work despite its obvious age. An overlooked gem in the sci-fi genre, this should be given a revival.
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