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Leonioid
...From the HAL (off by one letter IBM) computer ...
Hmmm...the old IBM rumour. HAL actually is an acronym for the type of programming used to create him - heuristically algorithmic. Don’t ever ask me anything else about computers though, that’s the extent of my tech knowledge.
While thinking of space walks, recently I happened upon a show on tv which showed an edge walk at the CN Tower in Toronto. I didn't realize you could do this. It is ridiculously crazy. Have you done this? I thought the ride on the outside elevator was nerve racking.
video: [www.youtube.com]
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The Sicilian
I'm a bigger fan of "2010: The Year We Made Contact" with wonderful actors Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, and Bob Balaban in the cast.
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dcba
I just saw it (again) and if it's visually stunning the explanations given to complete the story of 2001 fall flat badly (imo).
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buttons67
2001 was a classic and voted the best sci fi film ever, it is confusing though, but worth a couple of viewings although kubrik gets a lot of credit but never underestimate arthur c clarke role as he had a huge understanding of space and sci fi topics.
on the subject of sci fi i prefer the time machine or the day the earth caught fire.
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dcba
I just saw it (again) and if it's visually stunning the explanations given to complete the story of 2001 fall flat badly (imo).
I could see feeling that way if you went from Kubrick to Hyams. The sequel gets the right look but is much more of a traditional film and not Art. If you read Arthur C. Clarke's novel (written concurrently with the screenplay he and Kubrick collaborated on) you would find 2010 fits very well (as does Clarke's novel that Hyams' film is based on). Basically, he took the last page of the first book and used it as a story outline for the second book. The greater character detail in the early chapters with Heywood Floyd fit seamlessly. What's missing is Moon-Watcher and his tribe (who seem much less primate and much more primitive man in the book) to give the sequel the same sense of grandeur. The return to the dawn of man in the first TIME'S ODYSSEY gave me hope, but it just felt like someone else playing with concepts I loved. I can understand a Kubrick fan feeling similarly lost in Hyams' film, but Hyams at least had the right look even if his feel is deliberately different.
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ThePaleRider
I can't remember if it was Mick or Keith who was asked in an interview at that time, maybe in CREEM magazine: "What do you think the monolith is?"
The answer was, "Probably a giant slab of hash."
That reply still makes me laugh 50 years later...
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djgab
any thoughts about the possible connection between the end of the 2001 movie and Pink Floyd´s Echoes ?
http://www.openculture.com/
The link between the two is very strong imho and maybe it goes beyond the simple urban legend ?
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While thinking of space walks, recently I happened upon a show on tv which showed an edge walk at the CN Tower in Toronto. I didn't realize you could do this. It is ridiculously crazy. Have you done this? I thought the ride on the outside elevator was nerve racking.
video: [www.youtube.com]
No, but it’s on my To Do list...soon! An early summer job ... 40 years ago... was driving elevators there. Getting stuck at 900 feet with a carload of people looking expectancy at me was fun. I did get to climb the antenna though, but that’s another story.