2001, A Space Odyssey

[ExTank]

@Lakai

It means we are all lesbians.

Think about it.

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@Lakai

I don’t remember him yelling. He seemed extraordinarily contained throughout the crisis. At most, he was frustrated that things weren’t going according to his plan. “Where the hell did you get that idea HAL” is as close to losing it as Dave gets.

He doesn’t hesitate much and he never panics. When HAL won’t open the doors for him he gets slightly frustrated, but then he coldly proceeds to make some difficult decisions. He lets Frank drift off into space. He makes it through the emergency airlock. Then without a second of thought, he makes his way toward HAL’s main controls and disables him. Compare that to other “crisis in space” movies and Dave is a total robot.

I think “Dave” was a direct reflection of the “Right Stuff” crew as they were presented by NASA to the public in the '60s: calm, cool, scientists/technocrats, rational, analytical.

Compare/contrast with Ridley Scott’s “Space Truckers” in Alien, and the bad-ass, elite “Space Marines” that get their asses handed to them by a xenomorph (“A what?” Okay, a lot of xenomorphs) in Aliens.

[Martini_Enfield]

@ExTank

Compare/contrast with Ridley Scott’s “Space Truckers” in Alien, and the bad-ass, elite “Space Marines” that get their asses handed to them by a xenomorph (“A what?” Okay, a lot of xenomorphs) in Aliens.

The Xenomorphs in Aliens are, ironically, a textbook example of the Inverse Ninja Rule in effect.

But back to the subject at hand- I try not to look too deeply into 2001. It’s a great film and I take something different away from it each time I see it, but I tend to agree with people who say it’s about the evolution of Mankind.

It’s a good film to discuss with friends over a few drinks, IMHO, because everyone has a different interpretation of what it’s all about.

[chowder]

@UncleRojelio

What the hell else were you looking for? The movie is thirty years old. If anyone knew the definitive answer you could have found it on wikipedia. Instead, all you are going to get is a bunch of recycled old opinions from a bunch of smartasses on a internet message board.

>>nitpick<< 40 years old