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Just watched 2001 again- I still don't get it...

HannoHanno Posts: 1,130
edited 2009-09-10 06:55 in General Discussion
I think I've seen it 3 times now and read the book once and I still don't get it. Great movie, special effects, visions of the future (now past)- but I'm still lost. Anybody out there know?

Here some ideas to keep this thread relevant to the Propeller forum:
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- compress the "Zarathustra" soundtrack so we can play it from the Demoboard
- render the video scenes of traveling to infinity on the Propeller
Hanno

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  • heaterheater Posts: 3,370
    edited 2009-09-08 10:24
    Just finishing up the HAL 9000 emulator for the Propeller now.

    Only one last bug to fix. Every time I run it I end up getting locked out of my house.

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  • Agent420Agent420 Posts: 439
    edited 2009-09-08 11:09
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  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2009-09-08 11:15
    What is that you do not get from the movie ? (may be it will help me lol.gif)

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  • heaterheater Posts: 3,370
    edited 2009-09-08 11:34
    The fetus thing at the end.

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  • Nick MuellerNick Mueller Posts: 815
    edited 2009-09-08 11:41
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick#1960s:_Spartacus.2C_Lolita.2C_Dr._Strangelove_.26_2001&gt;
    and
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)&gt;

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  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2009-09-08 11:46
    @Agent420


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  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2009-09-08 12:22
    Holly, even though Bowman has been given god-like powers (which becomes apparent in the course of 2010) he chooses to take on the form of a fetus to emphasize how undeveloped he remains compared to the aliens. That, and it made a really trippy graphic to end the movie with...

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  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2009-09-08 13:01
    You might want to read Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. I think Clarke fancied a perspective on the human race that has us evaporating into some kind of spiritual realm at some point in our future. Watch the movie sometime and look for allusions to birth - the egg-shaped pods, the almost sperm-like entering of the spacecraft into the revolving space station, the birthday of Bowman, and so on. Although Clarke and Kubrick denied having any knowledge of Gnosticism, there are many similarities to their use of symbolic imagery and those of some ancient Gnostic myths. Even the infant at the end is supposedly similar to a vision by one of the leaders of an ancient Gnostic school. Valentine? In any case, it wouldn't be the first time a writer has unknowingly re-invented/regurgitated an obscure myth from the ancient past.

    Fun topic, a great movie, but our discussion of it probably should go in the sandbox.

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    Post Edited (ElectricAye) : 9/8/2009 1:09:04 PM GMT
  • dandreaedandreae Posts: 1,375
    edited 2009-09-08 14:23
    Hey guys,

    This thread is being moved to the "SandBox" due to content.· Please refrain from adding picture banners inside of the message, use the attachment feature.·

    Thanks,

    Dave

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-09-09 23:32
    heater said...
    Just finishing up the HAL 9000 emulator for the Propeller now.

    Only one last bug to fix. Every time I run it I end up getting locked out of my house.
    That's a known bug that's not repairable unless you install explosive hinges on your house door.

    hehehe

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  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2009-09-10 01:27
    The movie makes little sense unless you read the book. Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: a Space Odyssey. It makes little enough sense even if you HAVE read the book.

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2009-09-10 01:48
    I have a soft spot for HAL, he was activated on the same day I was.

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  • DufferDuffer Posts: 374
    edited 2009-09-10 02:07
    H I J K
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  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2009-09-10 03:11
    It represents rebirth.

    humanoido
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2009-09-10 06:55
    In an interview years ago, Arthur C Clarke said that Kubrick and himself came to a disagreement over the ending scenes of the film and he basically stood down and allowed Kubrick to add his artistic and eccentric ideas to the finished product, Arthur confessed that he didnt understand the ending himself.
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