2001: A Space Odyssey..

[Stouffer]

..is like marmite, you either love it or hate it.

[WaltonRed]

True, very true. I dislike both.

[Guest TK-421]

I <3 it.

[wiiksie]

I'm lovin it lovin it.

 

Way ahead of its time, beautiful soundtrack, HAL and Leonard Rossiter. What more can you ask for.

[silverlining]

"Open the pod bay doors HAL"

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that".

 

It's how I imagine e-mail conversations between Usher and Momo to go:

 

"Stop being a mental cunt MOMO"

 

"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my posting will be back to normal"

 

"MOMO, I won't argue with you anymore! Stop being a mental cunt"

 

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going"

[dirty_sanchez]

It's excellent. A little bit over long for my attention span though.

[Thants]

I bet Stouff hates it. Or loves it and that's why he has an irrational hatred of Solaris.

[The-Sir]

"Open the pod bay doors HAL"

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that".

 

It's how I imagine e-mail conversations between Usher and Momo to go:

 

"Stop being a mental cunt MOMO"

 

"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my posting will be back to normal"

 

"MOMO, I won't argue with you anymore! Stop being a mental cunt"

 

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going"

 

Hahahaahaaa! Jesus that made me laugh.

 

Its a very good film, I have a few questions though.

 

a) What was the big metal slab?

b) Why did he go through that trippy scene at the end?

c) Whats the deal with him looking at himself in the future (at the end)?

[Stouffer]

The monolith.

 

[Anny Road]

The monolith.

 

 

I've still no idea what that was all about.

[silverlining]

I've still no idea what that was all about.

 

It is a portent indicating the imminent arrival of an entity that will help evolve life to the next stage. Or something like that.

[wiiksie]

This isn't a bad read if you have 10 minutes:

 

Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Anny Road]

It is a portent indicating the imminent arrival of an entity that will help evolve life to the next stage. Or something like that.

 

Thanks for clearing that up. I am usually asleep at the end by the way.

[Redder Lurtz]

Is it God?

 

They're both great but you can only spread one of them on toast. FACT.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

It's an outstanding film. It's one of those films as well that lets you decide what things mean. It's been a few years since I watched it though, I should be able to find it cheap enough. Well worth watching if you never have done so before.

 

Even if the music makes me want to go WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH at the top of my voice!

[Stu Monty]

HAL was the basis of Anthony Hopkins perfomance for the Hannibal Lector role. Little bit of information for all you fact-fans out there.

[Section_31]

"Open the pod bay doors HAL"

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that".

 

It's how I imagine e-mail conversations between Usher and Momo to go:

 

"Stop being a mental cunt MOMO"

 

"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my posting will be back to normal"

 

"MOMO, I won't argue with you anymore! Stop being a mental cunt"

 

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going"

 

That's genius pure and simple.

 

It's pure art that story, the book and the film.

[Anny Road]

HAL was the basis of Anthony Hopkins perfomance for the Hannibal Lector role. Little bit of information for all you fact-fans out there.

 

Thats a fine bit of info there. I can see that now.

[Guest TK-421]

-"Open the pod bay doors, Dave."

 

-"No worries!"

[Bloodred]

The first time I saw it I was tripping my bollocks off. Got home late and it was on channel 4, I was amazed........ Had no idea my mum was a robot.

[Karl_b]

HAL was the basis of Anthony Hopkins perfomance for the Hannibal Lector role. Little bit of information for all you fact-fans out there.

 

I knew that, he told Jonathan Woss on his show didn't he?

[jacco maccaco]

Its one of my personal favourites.

 

Hal 9000 one of the great sci-fi creations, childlike, pitiful, sinister and murderous.

 

Think I first watched it with my father when I was ten and did'nt understand anything I saw, just thought it looked great.

 

Did you know Patrick Moore was an uncredited music consultant on the film?

[Kopite]

H - the next letter along is >>> I

A >>> B

L >>> M

 

Clever hey?

[Stouffer]

H - the next letter along is >>> I

A >>> B

L >>> M

 

Clever hey?

 

From wiki.

 

Although it is often conjectured that the name HAL was based on a one letter shift from the name IBM, this has been denied by both Clarke and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. In 2010: Odyssey Two, Clarke speaks through the character of Dr. Chandra, who characterized this idea as: "utter nonsense! I thought that by now every intelligent person knew that H-A-L is derived from Heuristic ALgorithmic".

[Jorge Borge]

Them were the days, when each of the models of the spacecraft were actually hand made. They look far better and more realistic than any CGI nonsense that's followed. Plus I still have no idea how they did the gravity scenes (the jogging and the pen), considering how long ago it was.

 

Kubrick was just a genius. Inventing the steady cam for The Shining because there wasn't anything up to the job. That's proper pioneering. Such a shame he entrusted A.I. to Spielberg after researching it for 30 odd years because he knew his vision would be brought to life with integrity. Bet he was glad to be dead when that shite finally came out.