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Today's it's three threads about men and women.

~ The Stepford Wives(1975) explorers a possible alternative to divorce when a marriage goes bad.

~ Strongest Man in the World (1975) turns a young Kurt Russell in a research chemist in a superman who battle's richman Ceasar Romero, who wants the formula.

~ The Terminal Man (1974) puts George Seqal through hell when a faulty brain implant the turns him into a murderous maniac.

Life can sure be rough sometimes.
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The Stepford Wives(1975)



Katherine Ross stars in this chilling tale about a wife and mother who reluctantly moves to a snobbish subdivision and stumbles upon a conspiracy by a group of husbands in the area.

An automation genius (Patrick O'Neal) is supplying the men with robot duplicates of their wives; the women are being murdered and replaced by the totally obedient robots.

Paula Prentiss is a delight as Ms. Ross' witty friend. Director Bryan Forbes does a good job of conveying the strange atmosphere intended by William Goldman's screenplay. Makeup man Dick Smith supplied the enlarged body parts displayed by Katherine Ross' robot double.

Also starring Nanette Newman and Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island") as ersatz housewives. The film inspired two sequels: "Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980 made-for-TV), and "The Stepford Children" (1987 made-for-TV), and a comedy remake by director Frank Oz in 2004.
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Strongest Man in the World (1975)

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Kurt Russell stars in this Disney-imitating-Disney rehash of "The World's Greatest Athlete" (1973).

Russell discovers a formula which does wonders for their school's athletes when they mix it with breakfast food.

Starring everybody you'd expect to see in one of these post-Walt productions from Disney studios: Eve Arden, Joe Flynn, Harold Gould, James Gregory, Dick Van Patten, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers. Directed by Vincent McEveety.
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The Terminal Man (1974)

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George Segal plays a computer scientist who suffers brain damage in an accident and develops a form of epilepsy that causes fits of rage.

Joan Hackett is part of a surgical team which hopes to cure Segal by implanting a micro-computer in his brain. Something goes haywire in Segal's head and he becomes suicidal after escaping from the hospital. The climax is a strange scene in a graveyard.

Director Mike Hodges (who also did the 1980 version of "Flash Gordon") wrote the screenplay, based on Michael Crichton's novel. The pacing is too slow for the fright show this was intended to be.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)