The Ultimate Computer
Superman III
Evil tagline: "If the world's most powerful computer can control even Superman... no one on earth is safe!"
Richard Pryor must surely have been wondering how he ended up as larcenous computer programmer Gus Gorman in the third outing for Christopher Reeve's Man of Steel. Gorman is directed by Lex Luthor wannabe Ross Webster to build a giant supercomputer in the Grand Canyon to kill Superman.
Superman has just snapped out of a red kryptonite-induced trip to the dark side, and now dodges Webster's missiles before being trapped in a big bubble. Hmm. Only a kryptonite ray can bring him down, until Gorman's conscience kicks in and he takes a fire axe to the computer. If this feature teaches us anything, it's that trying to disconnect supercomputers is a big mistake. The computer becomes self-aware, drains power from the national grid, and transforms Webster's sister into a robot in a scene that traumatised a generation of 80s kids.
Fortunately Superman is able to polish off the criminal computer with a vial of acid. Yeah, right, like that's going to happen.
Evil rating: Mwahahahahaha!
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Anonymous 17 February, 2011 23:28
Ok, so my $0.02
MCP should NOT be included, it's a program not a computer. In tron the computer is the combination of all actors and the landscape.
MODOC to MODOK should have been described and why.
HAL was not evil, just had poor conflict resolution.
The computer from Wargames should have been included based on some of the other inclusions. Quotable line:"The only winning move is not to play."
The "matrix computer" shouldn't count, nor should Lor, Mandrid clones, KARR, the Terminators, VYGR, or NOMAD because they aren't "computers" they are "androids". If we're including them, we need to include Robocop's opponents.