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Post by erisi236 on Sept 29, 2006 15:02:19 GMT -5
2001 is certainly one of the strangest movies ever made, and in my view one of the greatest Sci-Fi films ever, and one of the most parodied things ever, the Simpsons have TONS of 2001 stuff Or course some don't view it that way as it doesn't really fit into the normal mode of film making, theres only about 40 minutes of dialog and it's a 140 minute movie for example. One things for sure, even tho it's almost a 40 year old film the FX still hold up (barring those "prothumans" heh) which is pretty damn amazing. Also if you haven't seen Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite it's quite a site, I'd love to see it on the big screen. Any thoughts on this film?
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Post by Jiren on Sept 29, 2006 15:04:20 GMT -5
a bit on WTF? side but still great
Loved the trippy wormhole scene
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Sept 29, 2006 15:21:52 GMT -5
I would encourage you to read the book as well. Clarke, though not nearly as high on my list as Heinlein, is still an excellent author. The interesting part of the whole things is that the book was written concurrently as a joint effort with Kubrick...essentially they were writing the film and the book at the same time. I'd stop short of calling it a 'novelization' since it clearly went into much more enjoyable details that, once you've seen the movie, help you to understand it.
It's available in paperback in most bookstores I've ever been to, and if you read the first one, I would bet you'll be interested in reading at least one of the sequels.
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Post by REDUNBECK~! on Sept 29, 2006 15:27:13 GMT -5
My $.02
Special Effects = great
The rest of the movie = pap
I love much of Stanley Kubrick's work, but this movie is so far beneath him. I mean, come on. It's just a pointless, plotless, uninteresting slideshow of various and barely connected sci-fi imagery. Is this the same Kubrick who gave us Paths of Glory? Or The Shining? It seems hard to believe.
But if you like it then more power to you. Personally, I never want to waste my time watching it again.
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Post by The Line on Sept 29, 2006 19:16:00 GMT -5
The book is awesome, as is the movie, but they are even better if have partaken in both, as was intended.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Sept 29, 2006 19:45:01 GMT -5
I don't think I could resist letting out a few 'WOOOOO's when I heard the theme.
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erisi236
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 29, 2006 20:03:37 GMT -5
I don't think I could resist letting out a few 'WOOOOO's when I heard the theme. Haha, I didn't even think of that ;D I get kindda sad watching that flick tho, I wish we really did have all that stuff in 2001 We Do have TVs in the front seats of some airlines and cars tho, they got that right. Thats another thing, remember when 2001 the year was "the future" and now its 5 years ago? (more so for the 30year old+ people here)
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Sept 29, 2006 20:09:14 GMT -5
My $.02 Special Effects = great The rest of the movie = pap I love much of Stanley Kubrick's work, but this movie is so far beneath him. I mean, come on. It's just a pointless, plotless, uninteresting slideshow of various and barely connected sci-fi imagery. Is this the same Kubrick who gave us Paths of Glory? Or The Shining? It seems hard to believe. But if you like it then more power to you. Personally, I never want to waste my time watching it again. This is why one should also read the book. The movie doesn't really pull it all together. Hell, even 2010 didn't help ALL of the story, since Bowman's fate is pretty much still left in the air, and we never really understand the force behind the Monolith and creation of Europa...but if you read the books, its there, and its excellent. That's when things get up to the level of Kubrick's work.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Sept 29, 2006 20:10:12 GMT -5
I don't think I could resist letting out a few 'WOOOOO's when I heard the theme. Haha, I didn't even think of that ;D I get kindda sad watching that flick tho, I wish we really did have all that stuff in 2001 We Do have TVs in the front seats of some airlines and cars tho, they got that right. Thats another thing, remember when 2001 the year was "the future" and now its 5 years ago? (more so for the 30year old+ people here) Yeah ... you know, we really haven't had any major techological breakthroughs, lately. At least, none that really amaze me. By this time, I figured that we'd at least have some sort of 'hover' vehicle or expanded roles in space, at the pace we've been going for the last hundred or so years. I guess stuff like that costs too much, and everyone is playing it safe with smaller advances (well, except in computer technology, which is amazingly advanced compared to even ten years ago)
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Sept 29, 2006 20:11:13 GMT -5
Oh, and for 'strange' Sci-Fi, nothing really tops the Dune books.
The first was so damn good, and the second and third were also good. And then ... oh, man, did it go to some wierd places. Interesting, but wierd.
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 29, 2006 20:14:37 GMT -5
Haha, I didn't even think of that ;D I get kindda sad watching that flick tho, I wish we really did have all that stuff in 2001 We Do have TVs in the front seats of some airlines and cars tho, they got that right. Thats another thing, remember when 2001 the year was "the future" and now its 5 years ago? (more so for the 30year old+ people here) Yeah ... you know, we really haven't had any major techological breakthroughs, lately. At least, none that really amaze me. By this time, I figured that we'd at least have some sort of 'hover' vehicle or expanded roles in space, at the pace we've been going for the last hundred or so years. I guess stuff like that costs too much, and everyone is playing it safe with smaller advances (well, except in computer technology, which is amazingly advanced compared to even ten years ago) yeah, we kindda went a different direction I belive, we don't have huge space craft or hover cars, but we do have Ipods, the internet, DVDS, plasma tvs, tiny cell phones and the like which would amaze people from the 50s but stuff we consider just a part of the background of our lives, ya know
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Sept 29, 2006 20:17:54 GMT -5
Yeah ... you know, we really haven't had any major techological breakthroughs, lately. At least, none that really amaze me. By this time, I figured that we'd at least have some sort of 'hover' vehicle or expanded roles in space, at the pace we've been going for the last hundred or so years. I guess stuff like that costs too much, and everyone is playing it safe with smaller advances (well, except in computer technology, which is amazingly advanced compared to even ten years ago) yeah, we kindda went a different direction I belive, we don't have huge space craft or hover cars, but we do have Ipods, the internet, DVDS, plasma tvs, tiny cell phones and the like which would amaze people from the 50s but stuff we consider just a part of the background of our lives, ya know I saw The Fly a little while ago, and the actor was using a cordless phone that was about as big as my forearm. And that was HIGH TECHNOLOGY in those days. I just wish we had something that really amazed me, you know? Something epic. I really think that serious ventures into space are long overdue.
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Post by erisi236 on Sept 29, 2006 20:25:52 GMT -5
I saw The Fly a little while ago, and the actor was using a cordless phone that was about as big as my forearm. And that was HIGH TECHNOLOGY in those days. I just wish we had something that really amazed me, you know? Something epic. I really think that serious ventures into space are long overdue. It does suck that the last Lunar landing was in 1972, that was 3 years before I was even born It's weird living in a time when something that cool happened before I was alive but hasn't happened since. For only 20 million bucks you can buy yourself a tip to the International Space Station, that's something at least
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Post by REDUNBECK~! on Sept 29, 2006 20:26:50 GMT -5
My $.02 Special Effects = great The rest of the movie = pap I love much of Stanley Kubrick's work, but this movie is so far beneath him. I mean, come on. It's just a pointless, plotless, uninteresting slideshow of various and barely connected sci-fi imagery. Is this the same Kubrick who gave us Paths of Glory? Or The Shining? It seems hard to believe. But if you like it then more power to you. Personally, I never want to waste my time watching it again. This is why one should also read the book. The movie doesn't really pull it all together. Hell, even 2010 didn't help ALL of the story, since Bowman's fate is pretty much still left in the air, and we never really understand the force behind the Monolith and creation of Europa...but if you read the books, its there, and its excellent. That's when things get up to the level of Kubrick's work. I have read the book. It was good, which makes me hate the flick even more. If the book is that good, the movie has no right to stink out loud. And yet it does.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Sept 29, 2006 20:29:18 GMT -5
I saw The Fly a little while ago, and the actor was using a cordless phone that was about as big as my forearm. And that was HIGH TECHNOLOGY in those days. I just wish we had something that really amazed me, you know? Something epic. I really think that serious ventures into space are long overdue. It does suck that the last Lunar landing was in 1972, that was 3 years before I was even born It's weird living in a time when something that cool happened before I was alive but hasn't happened since. For only 20 million bucks you can buy yourself a tip to the International Space Station, that's something at least I read that the Russians were working on an inflatable space station that costs much less to launch, and is just as reliable as steel and such. I think it was going to be a hotel, but really, that's just another novelty for the overly wealthy. How about some practical space exploration? I mean, sure, we need to work on a cheaper, more efficiant mode of getting into and around space, but there's all sorts of stuff to do. Mining for resources, for one. Terraforming in the future, even.
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