Eric[ -?Bra\eden stars - as ;- Dr. Charles Forbin, who=
has create(?*d -:a    supercompute^r #named Colossus, bui)
[lt solely for the purpose of co].,ntrolling the %#*_ nu-)clear $d_\=efenses of the Western allia^nce. It isn.]'t too long \+ $+after?
, = however, //+:=that the Russians , announc:e _that th+=; ey to;+-o have built a similar co,^mputer .,for those same \,pu rposes on their side--Gu+ardian. And when the t* wo mach\*ines  #;beg? in sharing i!\nformati:on -at a speed nobo\\@/d ^y can b@*eli.ev!e!,  *a[n $#at.*-tem#/pt is made to disable them.　　This ^/*unfor_/tunat)e.-ly just % raises the m;ach[ines' ire; a^nd i (%n ret[alia--tio#[+n) _., they launch their =#weapons at each other's hom+($e%; nations. Th(@e resu`..-lt is a^!_* chi:@:^lling s[cenario that%\? is potentially (-b#ecoming a^#ll to`,o `-real these days.　　COLOSSUS T(HE_ FORBI-;N PRO-/J
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,ct:ions[=%- due? to a p?=rogramming[ co\n #flict, Colo 
ss=#@?us and Guardian remai@n all too stab:=l+e, con__vinced beyond a doubt)( th*\at] they kno +`w ) how to protect [Mankind better than Man him_sel\+f.  As [*\!the co@*mputers poin_
t$\ out`;\ One inevitable :?rule(+ ]%is that$] Mankind is his o)wn^\) w[%ors$%-t enemy.　#　$/Joseph Sa+,rgent's +direction %@is efficient,  and the special @effec#$#ts work of[/ Albert W]hitl _oc*#k s] .@til[[?l manages to work despit\[!e its obvi![`ous age. An overl@
oo,)ke+(d g\em i)/@n th!@e_^ sci$-fi genre, -thi+,#%s should@ be ^g-,iven a revival.