HAL djing
― 1p3 freely (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't play that"
― ledge, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"a fifth of beethoven"
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
all he plays is daisy at 33rpm :(
― 1p3 freely (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
turns out it was all in the mind of an autistic bush baby
― andrew m., Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
can someone make animated gif with HAL strobing a dance party with Frank Poole flailing his arms in a space suit like he's dancing but really he's dying?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
x-post - Dominique totally otm.
I stanned the blu-ray of The Shining on that thread and by jiminy I will stan the blu-ray of 2001 here; if you're a fan of the film and have the hi-def capability then you *owe* it to your eyes to get it. I've never had a chance to see it at the cinema (let alone in 70mm), but the clarity and beauty of the image on BR is stunning. It also brings out the frankly demented level of detail that Kubrick insisted on for the sets and fx eg. text on VDUs is legible, small print on pod doors etc.
― Bill A, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
open the pod bay doors, HAL
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― Bill A, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:52 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i second this
― 1p3 freely (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw a 70mm print of 2001 in 2001 in NYC which was awesome, but without the curved cinerama screen the corners of the print were a little out of focus. kubrick woulda been apoplectic.
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i second that emoticon
― 1p3 freely (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
frankly demented level of detail
see also the book "2001: filming the future" by Piers Bizony
― grocery groin (snoball), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I think a reading of Clarke's novel helps one appreciate the film.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
The book "The Lost Worlds of 2001" is worth a look as well.
― grocery groin (snoball), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, all the Kubrick Blu-Rays are absolutely top notch. Whoever did the mastering on those babies should get a medal.
I've never had a chance to see it at the cinema (let alone in 70mm),
I saw a 70mm print at the AFI Silver Theater a few years ago and it was absolutely stunning. Saw the "restored" THX-1138 there, too.
― I am moving on baby, I am moving on (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm such a nerd that I'm waiting to get a better stereo before watching it on Bluray.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
It's the gift that keeps on giving
This is spot on (as is the rest of your post, Dominique). I basically bought a massive telly and a Blu Ray player just to watch this on, and it's superb. It's a film that's steadily got better all of my life and it's still incredible how much better it looks, despite in the time it was made, computers didn't even have screens and now they can process complicated 3D graphics while they're having lunch. It's a testament to the fact that the ideas are the important thing, not the technology.
It also taught me (something that took a long, long time) to understand the oft-repeated point about leaving things to the imagination being better, and this has opened me up to lots of stuff. It's so natural to think it's better to 'know the answer', but this is a great example of that not being the case. It's just so enigmatic, graceful and beautiful. A traditional view probably wouldn't consider views of spaceships and stuff 'beautiful'; more stuff for teenage boys, but 2001 changes all that - like most Kubrick films, it's like watching a series of modern art paintings. I think it's my favourite film of all time.
― Keith, Saturday, 25 July 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought it were reet boring and crap
also why are all the secretaries (incl. robot ones) female?
― m. white btw (cozwn), Saturday, 25 July 2009 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
In fact, the only flaw in this film is this, and in fact that's not even Kubrick's fault - it's possible Zippy was based on Poole:
http://collativelearning.com/PICS%20FOR%20WEBSITE/stills%206/poole%20struggling.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~acbarrett/nzip.jpg
― Keith, Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
For a second I thought you meant Zippy the Pinhead
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah sorry, probably only means anything to thirty something UK people. Zippy was in a 70s/80s kids' program in the UK - he was a noisy guy who talked over everyone, especially Bungle and George, and he was convinced he was always right - a sort of ultimate ILXor.
― Keith, Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a film that's steadily got better all of my life and it's still incredible how much better it looks
This was the biggest thing driven home for me at last night's Fox Theater viewing. First of all I could not believe how good everything looked, it was absolutely beautiful. And at every crucial fx shot I would look really close to see if I could find errors and they are all still so seamless and so magically perfect. The cheetah attack in the intro I still can't believe that isn't real. Apparently all the spaceship shots were done in-camera with no blue screen, resulting in a very natural and very hi-fi look.
If at times not my favorite movie ever then certainly one of the most beautiful. The sound was amazing too but I've rambled on about all this already on the Kubrick thread Stanley Kubrick: Classic or Dud?
― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 26 July 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
17 minutes of footage Kubrick cut out has been found
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 December 2010 11:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm amazed that this footage was ever lost - always assumed that SK at least had kept a print of the longer version.
hope they release this on dvd at the same time as the longer tv cut of the shining, which has never been issued on a home video format afaik
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 17 December 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Came across this on D3m0n0id today, sounds like a party.
Original film name: 2001: A Space OdysseyNew film name: Plan 2001 From Outer SpaceOriginal Runtime: 141 minsNew Runtime: 80 minsAmount of time Cut: 61 mins
Your intention for this fanedit:To remove the art-film pretentiousness from The Greatest Movie Ever Made and turn it into a fun, faster paced sci-fi flick while still retaining what little plot there was to begin with. Kubrick fanboys are advised to stay far, far away.
Cut:-3 minutes of blank screen and opening credits-Dawn of Man segment removed-docking the spaceship shortened-Floyd's video call to his daughter removed-conversation with Russian astronauts shortened-landing on the Moon shortened-changing the AE-35 shortened-Intermission removed-Dave returning to Jupiter One and killing HAL removed-Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite shortened-various small chops here and there to help the pace-rearranged the order of the scenes
Added:Completely new score featuring music from James Brown, The Edgar Winter Group, Pink Floyd and many more. I tried to make all the additions to the score have some sort of unique meaning to them - sometimes synching through musical or lyrical cues, sometimes for a laugh, sometimes for an "I see what you did there" moment or sometimes just plain fun.
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Saturday, 5 March 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
lol demonoid retards
― Leighton Baines (nakhchivan), Saturday, 5 March 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
if yr gonna troll, at least cut it down to 22 minutes and add some breakcore, strobing and '2k6 youtube ronaldinho compilation' effects
― Leighton Baines (nakhchivan), Saturday, 5 March 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I showed two clips to my grade 6s yesterday: the Strauss docking scene, and about three minutes of HAL's demise. They seemed especially fascinated by the HAL scene.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 March 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been completely smitten with this film since I was a small kid, probably like a lot of people I guess.
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Saturday, 5 March 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nxZOMAFXBgw#!
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 June 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
I noticed that in the viral Prometheus videos David had a totally soft, Douglas Rain style equalisation on his voice.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 16 June 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
children's menu tie-in, 1968
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.de/2013/05/2001-space-odyssey-howard-johnsons.html
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 May 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Just as the repairman is about to re-enter the spaceship he slips and floats away gets murdered by a psychotic AI
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Monday, 13 May 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
(sorry, spoilers)
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Monday, 13 May 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
In the lost HoJo cut, the space stewardess drops in randomly during the Jupiter mission
― Brad C., Monday, 13 May 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
The shot where you're looking through astronaut Dave's eyes to old Dave, and Dave walks towards you and suddenly you realise young Dave is gone and OMG perspective shift from first-person-young-Dave to third-person-old-Dave! Literally the most breathtaking movie moment ever. For me.
― ledge (ledge), Thursday, December 1, 2005 12:02 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^this. acid trip / nightmare logic p much filmed here for maybe the first time
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Sunday, 6 October 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
that definitely blew my mind when i first saw it as a kid
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
The only time I've used the noun "monolith" has been in reference to this film
A big "thank you" to my parents for letting me watch this since age 4 or so, aside from the political discussions it's an easy film for a kid to grasp
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 6 October 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
Love this blog:
http://typesetinthefuture.com/2001-a-space-odyssey/
― nate woolls, Friday, 31 January 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/photos/2001-kubrick-s-space-epic-among-new-movie-stamps-copyright-royal-mail-photo-1399976903111.html
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 May 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Did i fuck that up? i am hopeless at these things. One more try (it is the new 2001 first class stamp)
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/photos/2001-kubrick-s-space-epic-among-new-movie-stamps-copyright-royal-mail-photo-1399976903111.html
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 May 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
fuckit
(also first response hall of fame)
http://www.designweek.co.uk/pictures/464x350fitpad%5B238%5D/0/1/9/2079019_2001-A-Space-Odyssey-Stamp-.JPG
― fit and working again, Friday, 16 May 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
thank you, it's nice isn't it (also slightly contentious entry as a 'british film')
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 May 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqOOZux5sPE
I saw Jodorowsky's "Dune" and there is a clip from this in it, it's from the Blue Danube section, and even just as an isolated 20-second movie clip w people occasionally talking over it, it is still the most brilliant and beautiful alignment of imagery and music I may ever witness. Everything about it is perfect, from the snail pacing to the color timing (those faded blues OMG heaven must be that color).
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 May 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
finally getting to see this on the big screen next weekend, pretty stoked
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 16 May 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
"2001 should be played in a temple 24 hours a day" — John Lennon
― Alba, Friday, 16 May 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
that's super expensive to have an empty flight for just heywood and they still make him sit in business class.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 16 May 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
this film is an incredible thing. have loved it since i was 15 but seeing it in a theatre somehow makes everything fall into place in a way it never did before. and yeah definitely the best opening/credit sequence in all of film history -- i was tearing up a bit.
dominique's post upthread about how the pacing is "like giant gears of a celestial rollercoaster unlocking" is so otm. feel like i've been searching for that phrase for years to explain to ppl why this film isn't "boring."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 26 May 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
I saw this for the first time* on bluray the other night
*I attempted to watch it twice before but I always fell asleep somewhere between the apes and HAL
Now I'm really mad at myself for not giving more attention earlier, and I'm suuuuuuuuuuper jealous of Mr Veg who first saw it in a big cinerama dome when he was 10
I can't imagine anything more awesome than seeing this as a kid, seriously anyone itt who has that memory congratulations you win at life.
There's so much I love about it that it's kinda hard to even say in detail because you guys all know but thank fuck he worked so hard to NOT do what was expected, and god love everyone who worked on that movie for committing to the sheer level of detail needed to pull it off. Those space scenes are fucking immaculate
I cried when HAL got shut down ;_; ...and I didn't even know about the whole 'Daisy' song being a real thing (ie Bell labs) until I watched the special features
Can anyone recommend a good 'making of' book that I should read? I would love to know more.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 June 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link