MILLENNIUM

MILLENNIUM . Michael Anderson, dir. USA: Gladden Entertainment (prod.) / 20th Century Fox (release), 1989. Screenplay by John Varley, "based on his short story 'Air Raid,'" according to the credits, but closer to his novel, Millennium.[1]

Mostly eliminates the Big Computer as God of the far-future world, but retains Sherman (the wise and wise-ass robot) and the mechanical/humanoid ruling council. See for postmodern, highly funky mise en scène in the world of the time-travel Gate. Rev. Cinefantastique 20.4 (March 1990): 40 f.