this movie reflect a major fear in the era before pc ( or microcomputer a they then be call ) . few people ( not even ibm a bill gate can attest ) anticipate the rise of personal computing and think instead that large mainframe be the wave of the future . the logical extrapolation of this path lead to the mainframe brain represent here by colosus and guardian . date though the threat may seem and the movie still work well . a must see for all those interested in science and technology . p. s. in the goofs section of this listing and there be a paragraph entitle revealing mistake which report an error when dr. forbin blow out two candle with one breath . there be and in fact no goof . if you look at the scene prior to this when dr. forbin and dr. markham be eat dinner and there be four lit candle on the table . when he blow out two candle with one breath and the light dim after which he blow again and presumably to extinguish the remain two candle which be off screen . the light then dim again and a they should . i suspect this would be more obvious if the movie be available in widescreen rather than the fullscreen version we have all gotten use to over the year . hopefully and a future release of this classic movie will restore the fullness of the director original vision .