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Host: dialup-70.napa.ca.interx.net
Date: Monday November 02, 1998   00:03:26
Name: Ken W. Graham
Comments: 2001 made an indelible impression on my mind. I was 6 years old when my mom took me to see it at our local Theatre. Today, I am a Video Engineer and edit with a MAC based computer editing system. I even have HAL as my screen complete with sounds and interfaces. Kubrick made one of the timeless movies of all time with 2001 and showed us the way for colonization of the planets..but then again, I have to also thank Arthur C. Clarke for the original book and his ideas on space travel. Great Web Site!


Host: 129.237.215.139
Date: Tuesday October 27, 1998   09:54:02
Name: Brad Hallier
Comments: For months before he went to Japan, my brother wanted me to watch 2001 with him. I'll admit, I was intimidated to watch a movie that I knew was going to be deep. He's been gone for three months now, and only two days ago did I finally watch this masterpiece. I have thoroghly enjoyed other Stanley Kubrick films (The Shining, A Clockwork Orange), but this one has left me in awe. I know I'll need to watch it again to fully understand it and appreciate it, but I'm sorry to say that it took me nearly 22 years for me to watch this movie. I'm a huge movie buff, and this one is already a classic in my eyes. The music and special effects would make this movie a remarkable accomplishment even today. Maybe not a box-office hit because people today would rather see yuppie movies like Titanic and Jurassic Park. I am in full anticiaption of Mr. Kubrick's next movie, "Eyes Wide Shut."


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Date: Friday October 23, 1998   23:28:30
Name: Pete
Comments: Cool page. I just bought 2001 and 2010 on DVD. This is the first time I have seen these movies in the wide screen version. My best memories of 2001 is in Jr. High where I was able to get a pass to see this movie over and over. It sure killed time during those boring school days. (This was before everyone had VCRs.) Pete


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Date: Friday October 23, 1998   22:14:30
Name: Rene Gomez
Comments: Hello! First of all, great web page. Very impressed. I would describe myself as a hard 2001 fan. I have seen the film so many times I have lost count. There are very few movies that I would consider a flawless piece work. 2001 is one of them.


Host: 208.19.13.130
Date: Thursday October 22, 1998   09:38:33
Name: Noah
Comments: Finally, somebody who had the same opinions about HAL as I did


Host: carpe-diem.execpc.com
Date: Tuesday October 20, 1998   13:17:43
Name: Art & Lisa Greinke
Comments: "Open the pod bay door hal." Glad we found this site. Hope to be back to explore more. All the best, Art Greinke Greink@juno.com


Host: dyn180-042.mdx.ac.uk
Date: Friday October 16, 1998   08:01:48
Name: Hadyn Hughes
Comments: Absolutely incredible website, I have never seen such a site with so much depth and so incredibly academic.I simply cannot fit into a box my feelings towards 2001,it is such an incredible experience-OH MY GOD,IT'S FULL OF STARS


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Date: Wednesday October 14, 1998   18:55:12
Name: Tagore Dinis
Comments: I am doing a servey about 2001: A Space Odessy; 1969 I have to ask different people and all off my friends are not being serious about this servey so i though you could help me My name is Tagore Dinis and my E-mail is Tagore12@hotmail.com. Please answer this questions please be serious and anwser them in complet sentences. What is the movie about? What problems are show or solved (what is the conflict)? What did you learn or how has your opion been changed by the movie? Would you recomend this movie to a friend? why


Host: elk.rmplc.co.uk
Date: Tuesday October 13, 1998   03:59:07
Name: Leah Atkins
Comments: we're doing 2001 in A-level media studies. What the hell is the end all about? It's our homework to find out which is why I'm here, but my brain is bleeding with confusion. Groovy film though.


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Date: Monday October 12, 1998   10:08:12
Name: Brian Michael
Comments: it was great! i enjoyed looking at the pic's that you have displayed


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Date: Monday October 12, 1998   05:06:01
Name: Michael Witt
Comments: My thoughts about this site divided; brilliant in many ways in explaning rather unseen parts of the essence of the movie, it also raises questions that may not be solved in regular ways Overall I think this page is a serious alternative to many other web sites


Host: webcache2.planet.net.uk
Date: Sunday October 11, 1998   07:02:14
Name: Sharon Endacotte
Comments: This site is way cool! Pretty much everything is here, but what I really need is really detailed info on the spacesuits....anybody help me? Keep up the good work.


Host: ppp16753.on.bellglobal.com
Date: Thursday October 08, 1998   22:05:18
Name: Wade Huber
Comments: I'm glad to see there are others, who like me, can't seem to let this saga go without answers.


Host: spider-tr052.proxy.aol.com
Date: Saturday October 03, 1998   23:21:51
Name: Chris Pyle
Comments: I'm writing an entry on 2001 for an encyclopedia of popular culture. Just wanted to say that I found your site really helpful in my research. Cheers.


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Date: Tuesday September 29, 1998   04:24:55
Name: suzanne
Comments: You mentioned the word infallible so many times that it got me thinking...Hal is infallible, and God is infallible. Humans created Hal, and God has been argued to be a purely human conception. Do you think that there are deliberate parallels between Hal & God? And what about the part where Dave 'destroys' Hal, is it the same way that humans by being imperfect destroy God?


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Date: Tuesday September 29, 1998   04:01:29
Name: giulia rontani
Comments: 2001 e´il miglior prodotto umano che io abbia mai visto.


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Date: Sunday September 27, 1998   08:15:28
Name: Palmira Puche Canovas
Comments: j'adore !!


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Date: Tuesday September 22, 1998   22:51:27
Name: Oscar Alvarez de la Cuadra
Comments: This is the most comprehensive web site I have seen so far on 2001. I'm a 31 year old consultant from Mexico City and saw 2001 for the first time in 1975 (I was 8 years old by then). It's powerful metaphysical message has influenced my life since then. I haven't seen so far a film that has impacted the way 2001 did. Not even with this great display of special effects and the myriad of poor stories created by Hollywood these days. As an amateur composer, it really drew my attention the fact that you covered the composers and the different versions of the soundtrack. I've the Long Play, and the CD and also the Beta version of the movie, Laserdisc and DVD as well. Reckon that really qualifies me as a genuine 2001 buff to the core. I have nothing else to add, but to congratulate you on the quality of your web site, the contents and all of the good stuff it contains. I've already bookmarked this great site. Congratulations from Mexico!!!!


Host: 200.21.32.154
Date: Tuesday September 22, 1998   11:28:18
Name: oskar
Comments: who's the monolite creative artist, what is it name also what is the real monolite name., thanks


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Date: Sunday September 20, 1998   09:19:26
Name: eric mchale
Comments: nice site. I was hoping for a wav. file or two, but such is life.


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Date: Saturday September 12, 1998   15:02:34
Name: M' the Biped
Comments: Your site is terrific, especially the new photos of Bowman's suit. I thought absolutly all props were destroyed to prevent silly copy cat films like the old "Earth Two" or that other film... Thanks again.


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Date: Thursday September 10, 1998   18:31:25
Name: amanda
Comments: i am looking in this site because i am in class and my teacher tells me to ......


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Date: Wednesday September 09, 1998   21:08:22
Name: Kellee
Comments: About HAL's voice - you've considered voice influctions and visual cues, but how about the fact that Kubrick casted that voice at all? It definitley has an aura about it. Even if you are seeing it for the first time, there is something, well, down right creepy about HAL's voice.


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Date: Wednesday September 09, 1998   20:17:51
Name: Nick Archer
Comments: I saw 2001 at loew's crescent in New York as a 7th grader on a field trip. Full curved screen, 3 balconies, attendants, and decor. my buddy and i sat front row center. Last year I saw the red space suit exhibited at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Not sure if it's still there.


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Date: Friday September 04, 1998   19:58:06
Name: John Mills
Comments: Great website! I have made my own to remember this great film event in Seattle. Thanks! John Mills


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Date: Tuesday September 01, 1998   00:47:23
Name: Emmanuel Di Marco
Comments: Allways the best and beautyful space film. With a very interesting story about a great computer. Maybe an other one ?


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Date: Monday August 31, 1998   15:41:08
Name: Soren Stoy
Comments: Very nice site! Just the place for me to ask a question... I just came across a note I scribbled on an old train ticket during my reading of the Odyssey books this summer. In "3001: The Final Odyssey" in the chapter called "Quarantine" the text reads: "Twenty years after that encounter with Heywood Floyd in the second Jupiter expedition, they had another contact aboard Universe, when Floyd joined it for the 2061 rendezvous with Halley's Comet." I can't seem to make the twenty years add up right, since the first Floyd/Bowman contact was near 2010 and the next near 2061. Best regards, Stoy


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Date: Monday August 31, 1998   11:57:16
Name: Dallas Pesola
Comments: Has anyone commented on the missing dialogue on the DVD?


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Date: Sunday August 30, 1998   10:20:53
Name: Danny Young
Comments: I have seen 2001 in perhaps in its most pristine state. In 1996, at Long Beach, CA it was presented in 70mm, state-of-the-art sound system by industry experts and in newly-minted print now on the Dolby Digital MGM disc - the same print as was projected that night at the Widescreen festival at the Long Beach. 2001 is the ultimate trip!!!


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Date: Friday August 28, 1998   11:07:55
Name: marco 40
Comments: The best site for the best movie.


Host: pub-17-a-138.dialup.umn.edu
Date: Wednesday August 26, 1998   10:47:51
Name: Matt M.(again)
Comments: Sorry! Earlier, I wrote that John Williams composed the brilliant music heard in the opening of the film. I was wrong. Of course, the actual composer is Richard Strauss.


Host: pub-17-a-138.dialup.umn.edu
Date: Wednesday August 26, 1998   10:20:20
Name: Matt M.
Comments: "2001: A Space Odyssey" is perhaps the most intricate and provocative piece of work that I have ever seen. From the beginning, the famous alignment of the planets set to John William's powerful score, the film gripped me so much I could hardly move. This website is an excellent resource for people who'd like to learn more about this masterpiece. Excellent work!


Host: jagumba.anu.edu.au
Date: Tuesday August 25, 1998   00:24:53
Name: Satis Arnold
Comments: "2001" could be regarded as a cosmic event, the conjunction of the minds of arguably the greatest sci-fi writer and the greatest film director/producer in known space-time. The result is a motion picture that should be the first to be broadcast through the SETI program to the other worlds and every corner of this world. I am still waiting for the product of the next conjunction cosmic scale talents. Thanks for your excellent website which maintains the high standards.


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Date: Monday August 24, 1998   20:21:22
Name: Dewayne T. McDowell
Comments: Happy birthday to the greatest movie ever made!


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Date: Monday August 24, 1998   05:31:31
Name: Martin von Weissenberg
Comments: This is one of the best sites I've *ever* seen on the web. Awesome. Congratulations. As you've outlined on your site, most movies take you on a rollercoaster ride through whatever the director wants you to see. The audience is assumed to be stupid, and there's no way to jump off in the middle. This is very uncomfortable. I hardly ever watch movies anymore. 2001 is one of the very few movies where you're allowed time to think for yourself. It's very refreshing, like reading a good book. The only other good movie I can name off the top of my head is Clockwork Orange... and even that one's too dark for my taste.


Host: 193.120.112.103
Date: Friday August 21, 1998   04:58:01
Name: dominic phelan
Comments: Congratulations! I'm in a state of shock. After looking over your site for the last half hour, I'm going to have to switch off and take a rest. You have the inside of my brain on the screen! I have always been a fan of Clarke's but over the last 18 months I have tried to be a more sophisticated reader of his life, books and THE FILM. Now you have done most of the work for me. The site is the next best thing to actually sitting down with Clarke/Kubrick and talking it over. The format really suites something that was confusing on the screen and the printed page. Well done. Dominic Phelan. Dublin, Ireland. 21/8/98.


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Date: Wednesday August 12, 1998   19:05:32
Name: tomas
Comments: This movie had a profound impact on me. I have seen it a gazillion times, and never grow tired of it. It is probably my favorite film of all time.


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Date: Sunday August 09, 1998   18:28:36
Name: Andreas Behrends
Comments: Mein Gott , es ist voller Sterne Peter Bowman (2010)


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Date: Thursday July 30, 1998   12:02:08
Name: Robert
Comments: Please can anyone help? I need to find out if 2001 will be re-released for cinemas in the year 2001 (similar to what was done for Star Wars). If not, where can I go to protest?


Host: 207.204.255.48
Date: Thursday July 30, 1998   02:25:29
Name: Jason Kichen
Comments: An incredible movie, best of all time!


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Date: Monday July 20, 1998   23:04:19
Name: James. A. Manriquez
Comments: Awesome site Underman ! If anyone ever deserved to make contact with one of ´em monolith things,it´s you . Anyway, here´s a 2001 stumper that´s been torturing me for many a year.Hope someone out there can help me out: In the excellent novel/log ¨Lost Worlds of 2001¨ (on the making of the film), Arthur C. Clarke makes a ¨ weird ¨ entry dated Dec 21, 1964. He writes that while staying at the Chelsea (turning over the script), William.S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg called on him, inviting him down to the lobby for a drink. Clarke accepted ¨ in hope of inspiration ¨ he wrote. My question is : Does anyone out there know what the heck went down that night between these guys ? Considering that the combined creative output between these three luminaries could have probably powered New York, Jersey and half of Quebec on the side, Isn´t it plausible that 2001 is nothing but a multi- million dollar ¨cut- up ¨ ? Could it be that one of this century´s cinematic masterpieces is really just an really expensive ¨beat ¨ manifesto? Help !


Host: 205.218.13.99
Date: Friday July 17, 1998   13:57:01
Name: Caleb Hutchins
Comments: i want to say that this is a wonderful site. the amount of information is huge. i first saw 2001 when i rented it at age 8. back then, the opening scene kind of scared me. i thought it was a long boring movie with no action and less sound. then when i was 13, i saw it on tv. i loved it! i didnt totaly understand it, but i loved it anyway. a year later i watched it again and i loved it even more because i kind of understood it. every time i watch it, i notice more detail and more meaning. i still dont totaly understand it, but i dont think anyone relly does. books, mags, and tv shows sometimes talk about it as a cinamatic masterpiece, but i dont think they get it. i think its like the emperors clothes. everyone knew he was naked, but no one would admitt it. likewise, no one compleatly understands 2001, but no one will admit it for fear of being called ignorant or close minded. i think that is the whole point of 2001. to let people be a part of something much bigger then them.


Host: tan7.ncr.com
Date: Friday July 17, 1998   06:55:34
Name: Ray Miller
Comments: As Piers Bizony wrote in "2001: Filming the Future": "2001" is a place you visit. As a twelve-year-old boy in 1968, I made that visit with my bemused parents in the Casino Cinerama in London's West End. Even now I associate the sights, sounds and smells of Soho with the film, because of the contrast between my experience in the theatre and the return to the street afterwards. Many thanks to Underman for his masterpiece! Ray Miller (who, as a boy, wanted to be David Bowman but actually looks more like Frank Poole).


Host: 209.3.213.148
Date: Thursday July 16, 1998   18:21:47
Name: Chris Maher
Comments: This is certainly a magnificent site! It is easy to navigate through. The pictures are outstanding, and there are not too many to slow the downloading process.


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Date: Thursday July 16, 1998   05:36:31
Name: Antti Tolamo
Comments: Impressive site you have! Persoanlly I think is one most best done sites, because it is easy to navigate and there is lot intresting information. I am personally great fan of 2001. I always liked the book, but as I have grown up I also have started to like the movie. I guess one understands bit better many things older. Btw I'm bit disappointed that Dave felt in the book that Sibelius music was heavy. I think he must have listened Finlandia only. There are some spiritually uplifting music from him too.


Host: spider-wa082.proxy.aol.com
Date: Saturday July 11, 1998   22:18:34
Name: Randy Clower
Comments: Great site! I originally saw 2001 opening night in Dallas at the long vanished Capri Theatre. Forever changed me. I was most interested in seeing Dave's original helmet as I've been waiting for 30 years for Kubrick to send me one 2001 spacesuit! (Read the fan mail section of "The Making of Kubrick's 2001". I tried everything to get my hands on that suit!) Again, this has to be the best site for 2001 fanatics.


Host: 128.220.252.85
Date: Thursday July 02, 1998   05:15:22
Name: Hal Perlman
Comments: My name really is Hal. When I was in school back in the late sixties & through the 70s everyone thought I was smart, but dangerous. Because of the movie, I never had a nick-name.


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Date: Tuesday June 30, 1998   22:34:28
Name: Don Griffin
Comments: Found your site address in a magazine. Great site. Ever since I saw 2001 in 1968, I have been hooked. I've often pondered some of the questions you have answered. My big question- where did the props go?? All the models ?? Also, it seems 2001 would be ripe for a marketing/licensing deal to produce toys/ models of spacecraft/etc. I guess Turner Entertainment wants to much money! Would love to see Dullea and Lockwood on a panel to discuss the film as well as find William Sylvester.


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Date: Tuesday June 30, 1998   16:22:58
Name: Adam Zyla
Comments: this is a very good site. I first saw 2001 when I was 14 , I rented it and the next day I went out and bought it.I am a great fan of Stanley Kubrick and I have each and every movie he has done. Many people today ,espescially young people, do not appreciate 2001 because of all of the technological advances in the movie biz, but I am still convinced that 2001 is and always will be the best sci-fi, space, whatever you wanna call it, movie out there Adam Zyla


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Date: Thursday June 25, 1998   11:16:52
Name: Maurizio Salaris
Comments: This page is really fantastic! Thanks for the wonderful work you made. 2001 is the best movie I have ever seen. I saw it for the first time when I was 15 (it was 1980), in a small cinema in Rome.. I think there were only other 6 or 7 people with me. The experience was FANTASTIC, I cannot find the words for describing my sensations. I remember the scenes when Dave goes away from the Discovery in the small vessel, and then we see Jupiter, the satellites and the monolith floating among them... with that wonderful musical score.....well, I was so impressed, it is still the most fantastic thing I have ever seen at the cinema in my life. At that moment I was there, in the space, millions of miles away from this earth..... really astonishing!!! And the magic repeats each time I watch the movie. As a friend of mine told me some years ago: '2001 is not a movie, it is an experience'.


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Date: Tuesday June 23, 1998   20:50:11
Name: Ron Waite
Comments: There is no doubt that 2001 is my favorite movie of all time. I saw it in Cinerama and seeing it "flat" it's like a different movie altogether. I stopped counting at 100, and that was back in the 70s, so by now I've seen it at least 500 times. Of all the things I once had, all that's left is a round puzzle with scenes from the movie (which I stupidly glued together and threw away the box!!!), I had the shuttle that flew Floyd to the space station but blew that up making a home movie! I have a photograph of the 3D shot on the moon but not the actual 3d pic. I also have the record of course. And some film clips in 70mm. I had the pen they gave out to reviewers which is very rare but sold that at a con in Philly. I'm so glad I found this site, by accident I might ad. I was searching for toys and I decided to enter 2001 and this is where I landed. I was once assistant editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and had many an argument with Mr. Ackerman over this movie. He hated it, I loved it. As Cal Beck once said, "No monsters I guess!" Really love this site!


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Date: Thursday June 18, 1998   17:58:30
Name: Ken Kaminski
Comments: Most Odyssey fans have difficulty believing that "Ken Kaminski" is my actual name. But I assure you, it is. Coincidentally, you have both my first and last names in the same sentence in the opening paragraph of the collectibles page (although the "Ken" is in mockery of a Barbie doll). I liked your views on 2001 as well as your links, but I'm still unable to find what I've always looked for, a movie clip from 2001. I actually have one, but it's an AVI and much too large to be uploaded and used.


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Date: Tuesday June 16, 1998   18:47:12
Name: Per Hauberg, Cinema owner, Malling, Denmark
Comments: First Class site - Thanks Last of two original 2001 / 70mm prints in Denmark out of distribution as late as 1997 !! (due to termination of UIP(DK) stop for distributing Turner Films) Ran it 7 times since installing 70mm in 1974 - Great joy every time !! GREETINGS !!


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Date: Wednesday June 10, 1998   02:40:38
Name: Peter
Comments: Great site. My comment is that I never really liked the movie but enjoyed the book immensely. I think many of Clarke's ideas were too complex to be conveyed in the movie however the book handles them superbly.


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Date: Tuesday June 09, 1998   11:44:33
Name: LAUDON SCHUETT
Comments: IF YOU WANT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IS NIGHTWATCHERS MONOLITH THE SAME AS THE TYCHO MONOLITH, READ 3001.IT WILL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER MONOLITH FOUNED IN AFRICA.


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Date: Saturday June 06, 1998   03:29:19
Name: Dan Ware
Comments: Love your site, worthy of the finest film ever made. Would love to know more about 'AI' Thanks for respecting genius.


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Date: Saturday May 30, 1998   16:19:03
Name: Goran Podrebarac
Comments: no comments


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Date: Friday May 29, 1998   20:50:00
Name: Nancy E. Barton
Comments: Your tribute to 2001 is wonderful! I first saw 2001 when I was 11. It's better to see when you are forming metaphysical ideas during early adolescence than during your hedonistic late adolescence / early adulthood stage.
Your premise that HAL didn't have a nervous breakdown after all but was making decisions based upon heuristics is convincing. I am in my thirties and grew up with computers, but I still think of the computer motto "Garbage in - Garbage out", even when I think of the brilliant HAL.
I think the "extraterrestrials" were playing a piece of cosmic chess because they never wanted HAL in the first place, but wanted flawed, technologically dependent, non- specialist Dave Bowman. HAL was duped into thinking only an artificial intellegence computer could effectively interact with the superior beings. We're duped into thinking that's what we need to achieve the interaction with Godliness by the sheer feat of travelling to Jupiter or by Dave's pain and anger when he deactivates HAL (will he be able to accomplish the mission without it?).
This theme parallels stories in the Bible, because events happen to flawed humans that cause them to prophetize (become God's mouthpiece).
Dave was the only creation capable of taking the cosmic, scaleless, trip with the monolith. I think this is the purpose of evolution. I like the differences between Clarke's view of evolution,that we achieve godliness by mastering technology versus Kubrick's view that we evolve in spite of technology when we acknowledge godliness. one of my favorite parts of the movie was soaring along with Dave in the fractal landscape (?) his hair turned white, contrasted with his sitting in the renaissance room (the age of achievement).
Happy thirtieth birthday, 2001 and starchild Dave!


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Date: Friday May 29, 1998   06:29:43
Name: Salvador Sancha
Comments: The first time I read 2001 I was looking for other book, and I saw it. Of course, I had listened about it, but I had never thought of reading it. When I did, I couldn´t stop reading it, and inmediatly I looked for the second. I think that this web is a wonderful tribute to one of the best films and books ever written. Congratulations.


Host: pm10ppp32.aristotle.net
Date: Wednesday May 27, 1998   08:05:36
Name: L. A. Johnson
Comments: I first visited this site a little over a year ago, and was instantly struck with its sheer depth of writing, great organization, and the powerful, but unobtrusive editing by its creator. A year later, this site has matured into an incredible tribute to a classic movie that shames most commercial sites. This was the only place that I finally saw the face behind the voice of Hal, read well-written arguments in favor of Hal instead of bashing him, found a whole collection of books, music and lobby cards that I did not know even existed, and found genuine humor tucked like gems among the pages. Here is no dry academic waffle- this site is a tribute by the fans of 2001- fans who can think, write, laugh- and especially enjoy the wonder and mystery of this wonderful classic movie and its sequel. Thank you, Underman- keep up the excellent work.


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Date: Saturday May 16, 1998   11:29:59
Name: Invisigoth Gypsy
Comments: I'm glad to finally find someone else who defends Hal... My first experience with the 2001 universe was seeing the last half of 2010 when I was 13. Since I hadn't seen 2001 (or most of 2010 for that matter) I really didn't have a clue about what was going on, but I was close to tears when the Discovery was destroyed because I didn't want Hal to die. The only thing that kept me from bawling was the fact that Dave "rescued" Hal's soul. My mom told me that Hal was bad and killed people, so I shouldn't be upset that he died. That statement is probably what made me so pro-Hal after I saw all of both movies! I believe that Hal did what he did only to further the mission, in the same selfless way that Sal in essence surrendered herself to try to bring Hal back to life. Hal cared nothing for self-preservation, as proved in 2010, but only acted defensively because he knew he was integral to the mission. I also think that his "humanity" was proved in his relationship with Dave. Even though Hal was willing to let Dave die out in space, it was only because he was afraid that Dave would proceed with the disconnection-- which he did. But, as with Hal, I believe that Dave acted only for protection. Dave was obviously shaken and near tears when he was disconnecting Hal, and, in 2010, all seems to be forgiven when Dave comforts Hal: when the computer says that he's afraid of what will happen, Dave says, "Don't be. We'll be together." I think that the two had grown to care for, and perhaps even love, each other, so I felt pretty justified when they ended up becoming what was close to one single entity in 3001. Anyhow, your site is very well-prepared and informative. Keep up the good work!


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Date: Thursday May 14, 1998   08:59:34
Name: Gerhard Wissel
Comments: Who is ELIZA? Please respond via email, thx!


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Date: Sunday May 10, 1998   01:47:58
Name: Eric Vondra
Comments: I guess I was about 9 when I saw 2001. My best friend and I were absolutely blown away, and spent our days living the movie out in our imaginations. It is still my favorite movie simply because it transcends daily life and avoids all the petty ploys and pitfalls of so many of today's movies. It still has tremendous messages for people today, and is the only movie that has ever really presented space in a realistic way. The pity is it's almost impossible to see on a big screen now. I was lucky to have seen it again in college. Reading the book helped quite a bit, and was perhaps even better than the movie in stimulating heavy thinking! What a strange turn of affairs to see how far 2001 still is in the future, when the actual year is approaching. Back in '69 and through the Apollo landings, we thought progress in space would be so much further by now. It is quite sad, really.


Host: 195.57.41.150
Date: Saturday May 09, 1998   19:52:01
Name: F. Seves Tovias
Comments: 2001 rajó de forma definitiva la base racionalista con que se ha contemplado la esencia misma del hombre. Como monumento a la vida nace aquí lo inesperado: una máquina consciente y ¿por qué no? el hombre como duda a lo largo de su camino por la tierra. Si el hombre y la máquina tienen una existencia que nace de la duda abierta ¿no es eso lo que explica la película? La existencia es ajena al pensamiento gracias


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Date: Saturday May 09, 1998   00:56:45
Name: Kim Eung Jae
Comments: Dear webmaster The Composition of site is cool!! And, Now I do want to Know about Kubrick's New movie "Eyes wide shut" So, If you have an Information on this movie, Could you notify to me? by E-Mail... look forward to your response sincerely yours - from southKorea K. E. J


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Date: Tuesday May 05, 1998   22:01:19
Name: john lucero
Comments: isa sa pinakamagandang aklat at pelikula na napanood ko. ibig ko saanang magkaroon ng orihinal na video (VHS-NTSC), ngunit may kahirapang makakuha dito sa pilipinas. kung sino mang makapagtuturo sa akin kung saan makabibili nito, lubos kong pasasalamatan.


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Date: Saturday May 02, 1998   11:36:54
Name: Phil Sterett
Comments: Portland Oregon usa 1968- saw 2001: UNCUT version in CINERAMA - My god, It drew us in, we were there- the uncut version is much better than current one. Much better! Longer everything! Combined with music, sound, and pod headlights that burned our eyes when turning toward us- a screen that wrapped around us- still dazed! Just found a movie "program" last week- 30 yrs later- nice!


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