Underman's "30 YEARS
ON" GUESTBOOK
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!
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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.
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Date: Thursday October 22, 1998 09:38:33
Name: Noah
Comments: Finally, somebody who had the same opinions about HAL as I did
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!!!!
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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.
Host: 203.12.145.158
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
Host: 195.65.27.65
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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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?
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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 !
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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!