History Film / ColossusTheForbinProject

* Lockdown: The opening sequence has Forbin turning Colossus on, then locking down the building.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Forbin gets drunk after his Fisher and Johnson are shot.

* DramaticIrony: While demonstrating the surveillance units, Forbin notes to Colossus that the guard outside the control room is obsolete now. Those same guards are later used a firing squad.

* AppealToForce: Colossus has people executed, forces Forbin to live under 24 hour surveillance, and orders Crete evacuated in order to build the next stage of computer there. And according to its NewEraSpeech, this is only the beginning.

-->'''Colossus:''' ''You were not born with a watch.''

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Forbin tries to play on this to get past Colossus' surveillance. He claims Dr Markham is his mistress and that he needs her four times a week to [[GoMadFromTheIsolation keep his emotional stability]]. Markham plays along, memorizing Forbin's personal file, learning how he likes his martini made and eventually even having sex with him, but its likely Colossus was never really fooled.

* ControlFreak: Colossus not only dictates when Forbin is going to eat, shower and sleep, it even dictates what he eats.

%%* DoNotAdjustYourSet

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Forbin tries to play on this to get past Colossus surveillance. He claims a female colleague is his mistress and that he needs her four times a week to keep his emotional stability.

%%* FirstContactMath

* BatmanGambit: Colossus allows the sabotage of the missiles to go ahead to buy time.

* SelfGuardingPhlebotinum: The titular MasterComputer's main defense is that it was built inside its own radioactivity spewing nuclear reactor.

* SceneryCensor: In one scene, Drs. Forbin and Markham are pretending to be lovers in order to have a conversation outside of Colossus's surveillance. The AI will not allow them to take anything to the bedroom, including their clothes or Forbin's watch. Both characters have to disrobe in front of Colossus's camera.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Forbin tries to play on this.

* VideoPhone

%%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
%%* VideoPhone

%%* DeusEstMachina

'''''Colossus: The Forbin Project''''' is a 1970 science fiction film based on a novel of the same name by Dennis Feltham(D.F.) Jones.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

* DeusEstMachina

* DoNotAdjustYourSet

* FirstContactMath

* ThinkOfThePotential
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* VideoPhone

* YouFools: Colossus response to an attempt to overload its system.

* LogicBomb: A complete failure as Colossus intelligence is advancing exponentially the longer it's activated. It overcomes the attempt in a few seconds while ''simultaneously'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess completing a chess move]] against Forbin with obvious RuleOfSymbolism.

* AGodAmI: Not stated outright but it's certainly implied that Colossus will take on the same role as a deity, including being the subject of faith and reverence.

* ComputerVoice: Colossus designs a speech synthesis module that Dr. Forbin is instructed to complete to Colossus's exact specifications. And you thought your old Speak and Spell sounded creepy...

-->An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man.

* GovernmentConspiracy: The Russians cover up the destruction of a city by Colossus's ICBM as a pipeline explosion.

* NewEraSpeech: Colossus gives one after becoming the "world control".
* NoKillLikeOverKill / GenreSavvy: After learning of a plot to overload its systems, Colossus orders the immediate execution of the conspirators by firing squad. The AI then demands the bodies be left in his view for 24 hours and then cremated.

'''''Colossus: The Forbin Project''''' is a 1970 science fiction film based on a novel of the same name.