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The 2001: A Space Odyssey discussion thread

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, October 24, 2009 22:57
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CHRISISALL

Monday, October 19, 2009 3:17 PM

So (you knew this was coming), what about 2010?
I liked it. You know, like in a "Superman II" way. Not the original perfection, but still held my interest.

The laughing Chrisisall

CLJOHNSTON108

Monday, October 19, 2009 8:26 PM

So glad you posted this thread, Chris. I'd been reading a "Most Overrated" thread on the TrekBBS, and everybody was dumping on 2001 & Blade Runner, so I was getting kinda depressed.

No matter how many times I watch this film, my jaw is on the floor, and I keep saying to myself, "1968, they made this!" 'cause I think of the effects Oscar-winner for the following year, Marooned (which I find almost unwatchable).
Actually, I'm finishing up reading Clarke's "The Lost Worlds of 2001"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Worlds_of_2001
...and apparently a lot of the most amazing stuff was shot as early as 1965!

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 19, 2009 9:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
So glad you posted this thread, Chris. I'd been reading a "Most Overrated" thread on the TrekBBS, and everybody was dumping on 2001 & Blade Runner, so I was getting kinda depressed.

*raises hand regretfully*
Yeah, and I did seem to remember mentioning some idiocy on there myself. I hope this redeems me.

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No matter how many times I watch this film, my jaw is on the floor, and I keep saying to myself, "1968, they made this!" 'cause I think of the effects Oscar-winner for the following year, Marooned (which I find almost unwatchable).

Marooned got an Oscar.
*Falls backward off chair LOLROTF*
I heard the early man in 2001 didn't even get nominated for best make-up because everyone thought Kubrick just used real trained animals.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:14 AM

! My Son & I are analyzing the flick, comparing the "still on glass with the moving background" FX with the moving models. Old school RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

ECGORDON

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I heard the early man in 2001 didn't even get nominated for best make-up because everyone thought Kubrick just used real trained animals.

There was no Oscar for Best Makeup that year, but Planet of the Apes won an Honorary Award for makeup effects. Chris, I know what you think of PotA, but truthfully, which film's ape makeup do you think is better?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Chris, I know what you think of PotA, but truthfully, which film's ape makeup do you think is better?

Hey, 2001's was CRAZY perfect. There's really no comparison.
I like PotA's as a fairy-tale kind of look. The make-up in the Burton one was extaordinary, but the writing was for poop.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:50 AM

Interesting. HAL seemed confident that Dave's re-entry into Discovery without his helmet was absolutely unlikely, based, I assume, on available data concerning the subject in his files.
Dumass AI! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:51 AM

OOOPS! Damn dirty double post!

KWICKO

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
So (you knew this was coming), what about 2010?
I liked it. You know, like in a "Superman II" way. Not the original perfection, but still held my interest.

The laughing Chrisisall

I *like* 2010, but I don't love it. And, like Serenity, I took the day off work and was at the theatre for the opening show on the first day of showing.

It kinda lost me when Roy Scheider was explaining to Helen Mirren how they could hook the ships together, and he's using pens to show her, and they're just hanging there in zero gravity - and then they get a call that something's happening on Jupiter, so Helen Mirren jumps up and runs out of the room - RUNS, in zero gee.

I knew then that we were on a far different ride this time around...

But it did a good job of wrapping up some loose ends and unanswered questions from the original, so that mostly redeems it.

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:31 AM

The extras on this double DVD are so excellent. The art depatment fed so much 60's goop to Kubrick, yet he filtered out all that mess to achieve such an astounding work of technological ART- the mind reels. I stand awed at the man. An artist unequaled in our time.

He must have been an alien.

The laughing Chrisisall