Sunday, May 27, 2007
2001
I just re-watched 2001 today, I saw it back when I was in high school, it came up in a few podcasts about great scifi movies and stuff, so I thought I would re watch it. I still don't understand any of it. The part in the middle about the trip to Jupiter and HAL going bonkers and trying to kill everyone and Dave shutting him down to survive, that part made since. The big black box makes no since, all that suff at the end is just nuts. What am I missing? I understand that it was made in 68 and the fx and all would have been stunning back then but other than that where is the greatness? Unless that is the greatness of it.
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It's been a while since I've seen it, but I think the monolith was meant to suggest that the origin of life on earth (or at least evolutionary progress) was seeded by a higher intelligence. I seem to remember an embryonic image toward the end of the film (or it might have been the sequel) which seemed to indicate that also.
Sorry, that was neither succinct nor funny. [/losingit]
Ha, I got the monolith thing at the beginning with the apes, I didn't get the one one the moon or the one orbiting Jupiter, the Hal computer part I understood. The embyonic image at the end seemed like it was just thrown in to make people wonder "why?"
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about the lapse in funnyness.
Could you imagine if Sharon found out that you weren't funny one time. Her world might crumble in.
You are the dorsey dorsiest of the dorsey brothers...
It's a gift. heh
yep
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