2001: A Space Odyssey

[D1gger]

I had to do a report on 2001 in a high school english class in 1980. I failed the class when I told the teacher the movie was a boring load of crap. Turns out he worshipped Kubrick and couldn't stand the fact that someone didn't like the movie.

It was my first lesson in needing to know your audience. I took the class again the next tern from a different teacher and got an A.

 

[Harriet Tubgirl]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just finished waching this movie all the way through for the first time...wow...

WTF made HAL snap in the first place?

As to the rest of the movie? A big WTF? Big fvcking baby floating around in space? My mind boggles!!!

HAL assumes he is perfect. HAL makes an error. HAL goes nuts.

The giant baby has something to do with the evolution of man I think.

The part that has weird colors for 15 minutes straight? Well, that part was made for the stoners

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Harriet ******

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just finished waching this movie all the way through for the first time...wow...

WTF made HAL snap in the first place?

As to the rest of the movie? A big WTF? Big fvcking baby floating around in space? My mind boggles!!!

HAL assumes he is perfect. HAL makes an error. HAL goes nuts.

The giant baby has something to do with the evolution of man I think.

The part that has weird colors for 15 minutes straight? Well, that part was made for the stoners

Yeah I loved that stoner part. It tripped me out duuude.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: bamacre
The last chapter of the movie, Jupiter and Beyond, goes along with Pink Floyd's Echoes. When the words appear on the screen, mute the movie volume and start the song. You will be amazed.

This rocks!! I swear it!

 

[RossMAN]

I wonder if I own this DVD?

 

[reverend boltron]

Did you guys know that if you increment each letter of HAL you get IBM ??? DUN DUN DUNNNN!!!

 

[konichiwa]

The baby is to represent both the evolution of man and the "flower child" mentality that abounded when the movie was made (late 60's)

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I watched it, it kinda got it, still thought it was lame. cool effects from the 60's, that's about it.

 

[yllus]

HAL never went 'insane' per se - but for the first time ever, he received programming that equated something to keeping the humans aboard the spacecraft alive. Faced with the choice between secrecy and survivability, he ultimately chose in favour of secrecy - even though there's a massive logical error in killing all of the crew in order to preserve secrecy until time X, since they'd need to be alive to be let in on the secret at time X+1.

I've read the entire 2xxx series of books, and without having read at least the first novel I'd be WTF'ing with the rest of the world. It really is a remarkable movie that's held up incredibly well, though.