OFF: Misc. ranting...

M Holmes fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Fri Sep 24 09:22:13 EDT 2004


Arin Komins writes:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, M Holmes wrote:
>
> :Subject: Re: OFF: Misc. ranting...
> :
>
> [snip]
>
> :As for the movies: I don't really rate Star Wars or Close Encounters,
> :but I'd have had "Colossus/The Forbin Project" in there. That's one
> :scary movie and was effectively an early version of Terminator.
>
> Oooooh. I loved Colossus: The Forbin Project (both movie and book).  So
> did you read the other 2 books in the trilogy?  (Fall of Colossus, and Colossus and the Crab)

There's a third book? Hmmm....

I loved the quote from the second one: "When you can't pay the rent, do
you tell the dog?" which refers to Colossus not pointing out to his
human pets that there's a problem....

FoFP



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