vegster
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Oh yes, classic for the list....... " I see the captain made it ? "
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2001 - A Space Odyssey
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Oh yes, classic for the list....... " I see the captain made it ? "
- Aug 7, 2003
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Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
Interesting that both films have one piece of music in common.
I went to see this film in the Astoria as a 14 year-old in 1972. I had spent my younger years watching the race to the moon and this seemed to be a glimpse into the possible future. I remember the vivid images and the amazing music. HAL seemed such a frightening machine to me and I thought that this clearly could be the world in 2001.
2001 seems so long ago now.
2001 seems so long ago now.
I think I found a new way to surf...................
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,661
Good for you, you've decided to clean the elevator.
Normal Rob
Well-known member
The sample 'We have just received orders, to nuclear destruct all the forests, and to return our ships to commercial purposes' that the Future Sound Of London included in a Radio 1 live mix in about 1992 is still one of the best sets i've ever heard and still stays with me today. It's the reason i watched the film, and love the film. But as already pointed out, it's far to accurate in it's portrayal of the problems of the (then) future.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
Dark Star is brilliant, but the one place the 'ten bob'ness really stands out and trips it up is in the quality of the sound recording, which is abysmal, and even a DVD clean-up has done little to improve it. Some film sound boffin needs to give it a serious makeover.
The sound on 2001, however, was and is masterful.
Both are all-time favourites.
Mr Cleansheets
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- Jun 7, 2017
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That's why it's cinema as art. Let's you interpret it for yourself.
Dave the OAP
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always struggled with Arthur C Clarke, although his book Rendezvous with Rama was brilliant.
I always thought the bit at the end of 2001 where the astronaut was catapulted through space and time represented his breath and it was the equivalent of his life flashing before him ( a bit like Harry Potter last film had the same type of sequence when HP met Dumbledoor)
I always thought the bit at the end of 2001 where the astronaut was catapulted through space and time represented his breath and it was the equivalent of his life flashing before him ( a bit like Harry Potter last film had the same type of sequence when HP met Dumbledoor)
looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Silent Running is supposed to be the "Proto-environmentalist" movie and as such appeals most to Students, Stoners and Pseuds Thats why the obvious flaws are over looked, like it involves killing people to achieve those aims. It is also imo deeply narcassistic. I thought it was about OK as a sci-fi movie, on the level with Disney's Black hole.
looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Thats just moving the goal posts though.
Ron Howard made Apollo 13 with something of a Mad Men like retro look - with lots of brown and orange 70s style fashion contrasting with 50/60s narrow tie engineer fashions - so I'm not sure it was ever meant to stand up to future scrutiny other than to recognise the heroism.
At the cinema I found it gripping but the special effects second rate, especially as much of that seemed to be based on the official NASA documentary 'For All Mankind' - which had the advantage of being the real thing so thousands of times the budget. That film also had a very spacey Brian ENO soundtrack that will be very familiar to all as it was used in Trainspotting and many many adverts.
As to the prescience of 2001 - with the iPads etc - don't be too sure that Steve Jobs didn't study the film carefully.... probably on acid.
At the cinema I found it gripping but the special effects second rate, especially as much of that seemed to be based on the official NASA documentary 'For All Mankind' - which had the advantage of being the real thing so thousands of times the budget. That film also had a very spacey Brian ENO soundtrack that will be very familiar to all as it was used in Trainspotting and many many adverts.
As to the prescience of 2001 - with the iPads etc - don't be too sure that Steve Jobs didn't study the film carefully.... probably on acid.
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Paskman
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You didn't read the rest of the thread then
Good job he didn't write it today or it would have been called "LHBQNRES" [emoji106][emoji846]
That doesn't mean that the film is flawed but merely that the character portrayed in the film is flawed, just as people are flawed in real life.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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The soundtrack to "The Black Hole" is magnificent.
Randsta
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I watched as a kid and Didn't really like it, I returned to it recently and found it a lot more enjoyable!
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looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
- 15,652