{"id":9189,"date":"2009-08-21T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9189"},"modified":"2024-05-20T22:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T05:32:46","slug":"terminal-man-the-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9189","title":{"rendered":"Terminal Man, The (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You want to fix me?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-1014x1536.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-1351x2048.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Terminal-Man-Poster.jpg 1593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (George Segal) suffering from seizures which make him violent has a &#8220;helpful&#8221; microcomputer implanted his brain, with unexpectedly disastrous results.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jill Clayburgh Films<\/li>\n<li>Joan Hackett Films<\/li>\n<li>George Segal Films<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis disappointing sci-fi &#8220;thriller&#8221; by director Mike Hodges (based on a novel by Michael Crichton) is, unfortunately, anything but thrilling. With its deathly slow pacing and overly clinical approach to the potentially volatile subject matter, we never become involved in the plight of any of the characters &#8212; least of all the central protagonist (though Segal, to his credit, tries his best in a sorely underdeveloped role). The first half of the film is devoted to introducing Segal&#8217;s dilemma, then showing &#8212; in painstaking detail &#8212; the &#8220;cutting-edge&#8221; surgery he willingly undergoes in hopes of regaining some semblance of a normal life. Once things go haywire and Segal begins to experience more violence-inducing seizures than ever, we follow him as he escapes and wreaks lethal havoc &#8212; against his own will &#8212; on several hapless victims. Visually, the film is quite stunning: the white-on-white sets are eerily futuristic, and there are several neatly filmed shots (such as a waterbed-turned-bloodbath). Overall, however, this tepid flick will be a disappointment for most viewers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effectively clinical set designs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/terminal-man-sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/terminal-man-sets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9195\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A powerfully dark premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/terminal-man-premise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/terminal-man-premise.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9196\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a Michael Crichton completist. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072267\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/06\/20\/archives\/segal-heads-the-cast-of-terminal-manthe-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=3675Itemid=1\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3109term.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2018\/08\/07\/the-terminal-man-1974\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-terminal-man\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You want to fix me?&#8221; Synopsis: A man (George Segal) suffering from seizures which make him violent has a &#8220;helpful&#8221; microcomputer implanted his brain, with unexpectedly disastrous results. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jill Clayburgh Films Joan Hackett Films George Segal Films Mind Control Psychopaths Science Fiction Review: This disappointing sci-fi &#8220;thriller&#8221; by director Mike Hodges (based on a novel by Michael Crichton) is, unfortunately, anything but thrilling. With its deathly slow pacing and overly clinical approach to the potentially&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9189\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96877,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189\/revisions\/96877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}