* AcclaimedFlop: Embraced by the critics, but rejected by the box office at the time.
* FakeAmerican: Creator/EricBraeden, German, playing presumably American Dr. Charles Forbin. Likewise, the U.S. president is played by Canadian actor Creator/GordonPinsent.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the film is on DVD, it's only in cropped pan and scan format. The only release of the film in its original widescreen format was on laserdisc. Averted with release on Blu-Ray in 2018.
* ReferencedBy:
** A data page in Marvel comic ''ComicBook/DoctorZero'' mentions that a computer game based on the titular hero's exploits is now available for several platforms, including "Colossus-Forbin".
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', of all things, specifically 2.0. Upon activation, the Dummy Plug System speaks one of Colossus' lines in reverse.
** ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. The Voice of World Control is heard in the episode "Nothing To Hide".
** Manufacture’s second album ''The Voice of World Control'' comes across as what might result if World Control had decided to take up recording EBM/synth-pop crossover as a hobby in the early 90s.
* StarDerailingRole: This was the only film for Creator/EricBraeden for which he is treated as a movie star at the time of the making. Despite his recognition taken a nosedive following its lukewarm financial reception, [[IRegretNothing Eric always looked back at the film fondly, still seeing it as a great film of his resume that critics said it to be]].

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