Did a robo/AI meltdown marathon, went from “respectable 70s sci‑fi” to straight‑up VHS sewage. Lineup:> The Terminal Man (1974)> The Terminator (1984)> RoboCop (1987)> R.O.T.O.R. (1987)> Robot Holocaust (1986) (for dessert)Watched them basically in order of “serious to brain damage”. Felt like descending into electronic autism. But it was mostly random. Terminator was on the tellyFor context: I genuinely love 50s sci‑fi more than a lot of 80s stuff. I’ll take The Fly (58), The Thing from Another World (51), Cape Fear (62), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56) over most modern shit. So this wasn’t some “lol old movies slow” zoomer tantrum.The Terminal Man (1974)> be me> 70s enjoyer> love sterile lab vibes, Andromeda Strain, Colossus, Phase IV, etc.> finally watch Terminal Man> brain goes flatlinePremise is kino on paper: guy with violent seizures gets electrodes in his brain, hooked to a computer to “stabilize” him, and of course the treatment goes full monkey’s paw. You’d think it would spiral into clinical horror or at least good paranoia. Instead it feels like sitting in on a long hospital case study. Nice sterile look, but barely any pulse.And this is coming from someone who likes* the cold style of The Andromeda Strain and Colossus: The Forbin Project. There, the aseptic tone sells “global crisis”. Here it’s just “one guy’s medical file: the feature film”.If you want the vibe done right:Andromeda Strain (71) – pure lab‑panic kino.Colossus: The Forbin Project (70) – computer becomes God and tells you to deal with it.Oh the 70's. Just before the snobyuppis and the simulacrum reigned, things were really real (think Peckinpah).Demonseed. That is a perfect horror movie
paranoia thrillers, no one did it better than in the 70s
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