Most sci-fi movies present a dystopian view of the future. Hyper-intelligent apes have taken over the world or Soylent Green is made of people. Well, nuts to that. We find flicks in which computers refuse to power down far more disturbing. As if preying on our deepest fears, The Onion's AV Club assembled a list of "17 Dangerous Cinematic Computers." The list features everything from the obvious baddies (HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey") to less mainstream mainframes like Colossus of "The Forbin Project." Each entry features a cold and unfeeling profile of the mad machine, and a few include choice quotes as well. The best line belongs to the calculating Colossus who calmly warns, "I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content, or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours. Obey me and live. Disobey and die." Whatever you say, Mr. Colossus.
