The Questor Tapes
The Questor Tapes
| 23 January 1974 (USA)
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Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.

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Onlinewsma

Absolutely Brilliant!

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ThrillMessage

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

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Voxitype

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Boba_Fett1138

This is not really a movie but a pilot for a TV series, that never made it. And while there still was some good potential, I'm glad it did not got turned into a TV-series.The idea of having an all knowing and strong humanoid android walking around, searching for his purpose, while solving potential crisis's is a pretty good and strong concept, that however does not get handled very well in this movie. It's really lacking two things; excitement and entertainment.To say it boldly; this is a very boring movie. No action, no real excitement of people constantly being chased, no big mysteries or criminal plots that need to get resolved. Instead this movie mostly consists out of a man and an humanoid android walking around and talking to each other and also learning from each other.Thing that could had still saved it all was some decent enough entertainment, or perhaps better said some relieving humor. This movie takes itself far too serious, which was its downfall I believe. It makes it all, all the more boring to watch and even makes some of its moments seem ridicules and definitely not interesting enough to follow. You could also say it's lacking a clear objective. You have no idea where the movie its story is supposed to be heading to, since it's all being told in a not so very exciting or interesting enough way.Perhaps it also simply was a bad idea in the first place to have an humanoid android as the main character itself. Because he constantly.. talks.. like.. this.. with.. pauses.. between.. every.. new.. word and makes jerky movements with his arms and head at times (though this seems to be quite at random when he does this). What is all the more ridicules about this is that normal humans don't seem to notice this and talk to him- and treat him like a normal human being, also no matter what nonsense he ever says.The idea was good and definitely showed some potential in it. The execution of it was however far too lacking.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

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BrianD7

On one occasion I found a large movie collector that would put this movie on a disc in a common format and send to the buyer without guarantee. The cost was I recall about twenty dollars. I will add more information if I can again find it. This is a moderate movie but interesting. There are a number of large movie collectors that have most of the old movies that are not generally available. I am always looking for a few that are hard to find. Most of these movies were not well respected and hence are not in production due to economics. I think in some cases a major actor made a bad movie and wishes to suppress the release of it.

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doctardis

**** spoilers ***** This was a pilot for a possible series done by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenbary. Questar is android with no emotions and no understanding of them. He spends the movie searching for his creator with the help of friendly scientist. Like data and Spock, Questar very strong, knows a great deal of facts, and process data like a computer. He finally learns of his from his creator who is another android. Questar's mission it turns out is the same one as Gary Seven from the Star Trek episode "Assignment Earth." This Star Trek episode was itself a pilot. Qestar also has some similarities to the the android Norm in the Star Trek episode, "I Mudd." As with all Roddenbary projects he uses actors from other projects like his wife, Majel Barret.

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storman

Another great Gene Roddenberry TV-Movie Pilot. The networks dropped the ball, on not making Questor Tapes into a TV series. It seems every time Roddenberry came up with a great new series(Questor Tapes, Genesis II, Planet Earth, Spectre) the networks failed to see his vision. Someday I hope someone remake's these into movies or pilots again they are sure deserving of it.

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