Sci-Fi Film Fiesat: The Swingin' 60s - Volume 5: Mind Blowing Ris of the Machines by Chris Christopoulos - HTML preview

Points of Interest

It’s always good to see Michael Rennie on screen in any role. He has appeared in a couple of other sci-fi films featured in this and the previous Sci-Fi Film Fiesta

sereis: His iconic role as Klattu role in The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) and The

Power (1968). Rennie has a strong screen presence and he always manages to bring a good measure of style, class and poise to his various roles. Other appearances have included the sci-fi / fantasy super hero TV series Batman, The Time Tunnel

and Lost In Space.

Karen Steele who plays Dr. Sharon Mason who began her career in the Oscar-winning Marty and may be recognised as one of "Mudd's Women" on he original series of Star Trek. It is a shame that her career didn’t feature more prominent roles.

One face we do recognise is that of the stalwart Warren Stevens. He was a very dependable and versatile actor throughout the 1950s and 1960s who appeared in quite a few films and TV series. He played a space ship’s physician in Forbidden

Planet (1956).

There’s no getting around the fact that Cyborg is a a low budget undemanding sci-fi film that just touches on scientists' responsibility for their creations and how we shape our own futures by the decisions we take. It tries a bit too hard to appeal to a teenage audience of the time and the fight scenes are rather long and tedious.

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Coloss

us: The Forbin Project (1970)

An over-looked, underrated but very frightening Cold War sci-fi thriller containing a

relevant warning about the danger of allowing our technology to rule us

Directed by Joseph Sargent

Produced by Stanley Chase