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Date: Friday December 31, 1999   19:30:40
Name: Lorie Johnson
Comments: It's been a real thrill to watch this site grow and change in its four years of existence. With the actual 2001 now only a year away, this site is a fitting tribute to one man's hard work and perseverance. This has to be the absolute best 2001 site on the Internet. Dig into every little corner, visitor- you will not be disappointed, and Underman has hidden many treats and treasures on his pages. Have fun!

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Date: Friday December 31, 1999   14:53:13
Name: frank a. ramos
Comments: cool page will i dream

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Date: Friday December 31, 1999   14:51:39
Name: Underman
Comments: Happy New Year!

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Date: Monday December 27, 1999   15:33:37
Name: Dugs
Comments: Good stuff! This is a fine tribute to what I believe is one of the finest films ever made. Its groundbreaking cinematic techniques and storyline have made this the first proper sci-fi film in history. I love its philosophical implications that leave me thinking for hours after watching.

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Date: Friday December 24, 1999   10:16:33
Name: Ziga Kavkler
Comments: I have seen 2001:the space oddisey for about ten times.I think it is the best film ever made. When I first saw it, I was amazed, although I didnt quite understand it.There was something about it, that made it so different.

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Date: Monday December 13, 1999   22:23:59
Name: toddpi
Comments: i love it. i have been programing voice commands on my laptop ever since i have gotten it, (i started with turbo pascal too...YIKES!) and know i have made this comp into a living breathing hal9000. i really think its awsome to see somepeople that really like the movie the way i did. anyone want to chat about hal, or mabyee you have found some screensavers, or prog.. i would love them. happy pi days

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Date: Thursday December 09, 1999   03:34:59
Name: Richard Anderson
Comments: i think this sight is brilliant and i wished that the original film would go on for hours its so mind bending but i dont think that we should be suggesting 101 differant. meanings to the story just let it run away with you. p.s did anyone find it hard to get into 2061. if any one would like to discuss 2001...saga with me i,d be more than happy richy95@hotmail.com. brilliant site.

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Date: Saturday December 04, 1999   01:24:06
Name: Underman
Comments: Hi everyone, just a quick test here...

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Date: Monday November 29, 1999   03:47:18
Name: Jacob Bach
Comments: I love your page.

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Date: Friday November 26, 1999   15:38:03
Name: H.E.GUERRERO
Comments: The best and only realistic sci-fi movie of all time . This web site is by just by one other dedicated fan. But myself as a fan would like to see some more technical information regarding the design of the spacecraft depicted in the movie.The space craft as part of the special effects are not only breathtaking but also realistic.

Host: 164.58.224.79
Date: Tuesday November 23, 1999   14:34:58
Name: Stephen Miller
Comments: In the film, we see Dave and Frank wearing blue astronaut coveralls with the USAA emblem and a USA eagle patch on each arm. They also wear nametags and what appears to be astronaut wings, which resemble the USAF ones. Are there any blow-up photos out there showing what these wings actually look like up close? Maybe you can post one on your site. Secondly, how do the US Astronautics Agency and the National Council of Astronautics fit in the 2001 universe? Would it be fair to suggest that the USAA was set up to take over Mars and deep- space exploration from NASA? Any ideas about this? Thanks!

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Date: Sunday November 21, 1999   10:46:50
Name: Pat Carle
Comments: Excellent site -- I've been looking for the monolith collectables for years. Thank you!

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Date: Thursday November 18, 1999   07:46:19
Name: Aaron Reimink
Comments: Sometimes (especially after watching 2001) I wonder what the f,%$& humans are on the Earth for. Apparently , no one believes in God anymore. And I don't pretend to know if there is point to our lives. I hope there is. At least an influental person like Kubrick tried answer the question that supposedly unanswerable. And he endedup creating THE BEST MOTION-PICTURE EVER MADE!!! at least thats my opion

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Date: Monday November 15, 1999   20:37:21
Name: David Ayers
Comments: I am the current registered domain name owner of ArthurCClarke.com. I am building a Science Fiction Fan Node for Sir Clarke's Fans. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks David Ayers Ohio USA

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Date: Sunday November 14, 1999   10:08:31
Name: Magnus Åslund
Comments: I'm totally mesmerized at the work and effort you've put into this page. It's totally wonderful, I can just sit here for hours reading it all. Thank you.

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Date: Thursday November 11, 1999   00:40:58
Name: Andy
Comments: a great site! congratulations!

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Date: Wednesday November 03, 1999   09:21:48
Name: Jonathan Cochran
Comments: For those of you who love 2001, or if you are unfamiliar with the work, I would like to give a little footnote. I have many different interpretations of the MEANING of the film, but one evolved as most accurate: The fact is that over the evolution of man, the one factor which remains the same, is that we are capable of error. The apes kill, we build computers that CAN be wrong, and (now this is debatable) the EVOLVED human in the end spills a glass of water. That shows that we are always going to have faults. I think that was the purpose of HAL in the movie. He is symbolic of error. And the whole time, over the millions of years, there is a God and that is the monolith.

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Date: Wednesday October 27, 1999   17:07:16
Name: j
Comments: Regarding if anyone is working on a history of spaceflight, you might want to check out Part Time Models. Go to: www.up-ship.com/ and look in their Links section for address. At present his site is closed due to his moving, but once it's back, you'll see that he's been working on his own history of spaceflight that includes 2001. He also sells models of the Orion and Discovery.

Host: 164.58.80.213
Date: Wednesday October 27, 1999   08:16:55
Name: Stephen Miller
Comments: I would like to know if anyone is working on or has done their own version of a chronology /history of manned space flight in the "2001" universe, beginning with the first Apollo flights in 1968 and leading up to the discovery of the monolith on the moon and the launch of Discovery. I would be greatly interested in seeing such a creative and fascinating "alternate history" on the net. Please email me for any such information. Thanks!

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Date: Friday October 22, 1999   14:40:25
Name: Bill Kneer
Comments: 2001 -- It was 1968 and I was a junior in high school. Do you remember the feeling of excitement and awe when you first saw the movie, that you were truly discovering a work of genius and that this film would become a landmark sci-fi masterpiece? If you read the book before seeing the movie, you were even luckier. Because even though the screenplay differed somewhat from the novel (Saturn's moon, Japetus, as the destination for Discovery, instead of the movie's rendezvous with TMA-2 in orbit around Jupiter), you still got a tremendous insight into the movie, while many of your fellow moviegoers were left scratching their heads. The Kubrick-Clarke collaboration was absolutely brilliant. Sure, many of the visuals were meant to be symbolic: the stunning geometric patterns representing David Bowman's streak through the galaxy, the Star Child as reincarnated Bowman, etc. But through Kubrick's genius, and Clarke's thought-provoking story line, the pair produced the best science-fiction movie of all time. Arthur C. Clarke's "2010: Odyssey Two" was also a brilliant novel and provided the reader with much more background on events which transpired in the first novel. I've read many of your readers' comments and thought I'd pass on one interesting observation: While I saw (and actually enjoyed) 2010, I really enjoyed seeing Arthur C. Clarke's brief cameo appearance in the first part of the film, as the old man on the park bench feeding the pigeons in Washington. Bill Kneer

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Date: Friday October 22, 1999   06:35:22
Name: romain
Comments: the instructions for the zero-g toilets are priceless.please continue to publish such useless-looking details

Host: 142.214.107.163
Date: Friday October 15, 1999   23:12:19
Name: Paul Balcaen
Comments: Excellent site.

I would like to add to " Must have missed..." about the reason Stan Kubrick used front projection was that it would not only give a sharper rear backdrop but also prevent the actors shadows from showing. You see, because the background image is directly behind them , instead of slightly to the side with conventional projection,so are their shadows. The backdrop (a projected 8 X 10" transparency of a scene projected though a half silvered miror located at a 45 degree angle in front of the camera lens, thus the camera lens and the projected scene share the same projection and recording path, allowing the actors shadow to be precisely behind them in the film actually does not move , do to the static transparency, and reflects the projected image back to the camera lens

As a side note; this was the first time anyone used this front projection technique. It was technically considered impossible until Kubrick had heard of a new highly reflective material developed by 3M for street signs and reflective road lane indicators. Made of millions of microscopic glass speres imbeded in paint, it reflected over 80% of the light shown on it directly at the source. Kubrick asked 3M to make a large backdrop of this reflective material and riged up a combination camera/projector to project the scenes along the camera axis. The result was not only superior bkgrnd image quality and no shadows but also a brighter reflected bkgrnd, allowing smaller t stops (depth of field) for a better picture. This front projected technique was used exclusively by Trumbull in "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind" and many movies since then.

I would also like to ask if anyone has ever heard or seen of a film documentary on the making of 2001. I have the Laser Disc Criterion collection version of the film , and they have a small segment in the info end portion showing Frederick Ordway and Harry Lange discussing the developement of the suit and consoles. As a student industrial designer, I have a particular interest in the sketches and models of the film. If anyone can email me with info as to where to get a copy of this film documentary or of more design sketches and renderings at my email address ( paulbalcaen@canada.com) I would be very thankfull.

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Date: Friday October 15, 1999   13:12:14
Name: Louis Varricchio
Comments: I first saw "2001..." at the age of 14 in a cinema in Allentown, Pa. USA. The technological and astronomical imagery made an indelible mark on my young imagination--this was indeed the shape of things to come! Somehow Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick had pried open a doorway into the 21st century; there it was before theater audiences. Sadly, the future is not what it used to be, to paraphrase Mr. Clarke. Regardless, this unique cinematic vision remains as fresh, and as futuristic, as it was in the 1960s. Except for reminders of the corporate giants of the '60s--now a reorganized and greatly diminished PanAm (mostly a licensing company) and a disbanded Bell Telephone System (but a still viable IBM)--it remains, to me, the greatest science fiction film of the 20th century.

Host: cache.kolumbus.fi
Date: Thursday October 14, 1999   13:34:33
Name: the one who humbly bows his head down for the memory of kubrick
Comments: ensiksi. finskiperkeleet saa näpytellä pääkaupunkilaisnuorukaiselle, joka pienestä elämästään huolimatta tuntee olonsa suureksi valkokankaan hohdossa, kiitän. ok. this was just a few domestic messages. for the rest of you thanks for making me feel that i certainly am not the only one gone berzerk about this movie with a capital m. for not being too original i would like to show my appreciations for the man behind -or under?- this site. with incompetence to distinguish cinema from life

Host: johnabbott.qc.ca
Date: Tuesday October 12, 1999   13:07:23
Name: Jer
Comments: The monolith was a device used to shift the evolution of mankind; an instructive device. The music that was appropriated to it was Also Spract Zarathustra. Is it a coincidence that Strauss' composition was written in honour of a renowned professor of his time? Was this music chosen for the Monolith because it was meant to teach?

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Date: Monday October 11, 1999   08:30:40
Name: NICK KOPS
Comments: your site is very good QPR RULE THE WORLD QPR RULE THE WORLD

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Date: Saturday October 09, 1999   17:27:58
Name: Rick
Comments: I'm an 8mm movie collector (yes there's 1.or 2. of us left dispite DVD!)and 2001 is my ALL TIME favorite movie. It was released in the mid 80's and so far has eluded me! Can anyone out there point me in the direction of a complete feature length print of 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY on Super 8mm CinemaScope Sound ? BEST PRICE PAID of course. THANKS IN ADVANCE. Rick.

Host: 206.203.36.166
Date: Friday October 08, 1999   08:23:30
Name: j
Comments: I came across something you may be interested for your collectibles section. While browsing at Ebay, I wanted to see what they had listed under 2001: A Space Odyssey. One person is selling three astronaut figures wearing spacesuits like the ones in 2001. According to the info, they were made in the early 70's by some company named Madelman. If think you may want to buy them, better hurry. The auction ends in about four days. Just thought you'ld like to know.

Host: 128.149.99.89
Date: Friday October 01, 1999   07:56:12
Name: B Pivar
Comments: The web site: great, very fine and complete. Thanks. The film- influential in my existence to a point indescribable. This year- sad one for losing greats: Stanley and George C. Scott. Next year- will be spent waiting for the new century's start- 2001. At least Arthur will see it arrive. 'be nice to be at that Sri Lankan party! B Pivar, spacecraft engr.

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Date: Wednesday September 29, 1999   14:32:56
Name: Duncan Martin
Comments: When will the film 2061 be released/made???, any ideas.

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Date: Tuesday September 28, 1999   21:32:01
Name: Vincent Ferrari
Comments: An awe-inspiring web page devoted to the best movie ever made. Thank you for your work.

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Date: Tuesday September 21, 1999   16:24:54
Name: Eleonora
Comments: I'm Eleonora, from Italy. I visited your site and I find it very good. 2001 is a great shot and my favourite scenes were the last ones. I liked Keir Dullea's performance.

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Date: Monday September 20, 1999   13:01:21
Name: Andrew Probert, former Star Trek designer
Comments: An awesome site paying homage to a film that really deserves it; thank you, it's bookmarked for good.

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Date: Saturday September 11, 1999   21:33:58
Name: George
Comments: My favorite movie of all time. Sure have enjoyed reliving the event through all the wonderful web pages that are available on it. It still stands as being 30 years ahead of its time and we still marvel at the technology in all the scenes. George Kelly k9wwt@aol.com

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Date: Friday September 10, 1999   11:32:28
Name: Dennis Gonzales
Comments: Dennis Gonzales Presents 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY COLLECTIBLE EXHIBIT November 1-30, 1999 at the San Mateo Library 65 West Tird Avenue Tel: 650.373.4800 M-Thur, 10 am - 9 pm, F - Sat., 10 am - 5 pm Sunday, 1 pm - 5 pm For further details, contact the Exhibitor - URL: http://www.best.com/~elusive/2001.html Tel: 650.344.9555 UPDATE: Looking for collectors to participate.

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Date: Tuesday September 07, 1999   02:18:07
Name: eurostyle bold extended
Comments: My first viewing of the film was when I was three at the drive-in. What a perfect age. With the seemingly oblique plot not a consideration to someone so young, it was the music and visuals that I sucked in like a sponge (hey, that guy's upside down... something's going on here!) When I was four or five I asked my three year old brother what Jupiter was like. "When you land on Jupiter you go through the colours". Beautiful. Ultimately what makes the movie such a reference point to my self is the fact that I was at the age of maximum awareness and learning. One thing though... that star child at the end still gives me the creeps Great site.

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Date: Sunday September 05, 1999   22:51:14
Name: Mike Brakemeyer
Comments: Arthur C. Clarke has been quoted in the past stating how much more "2001" was Stanley Kubrick than Arthur C. Clarke. Mr. Clarke was being a very gracious gentleman whether it was true or not. We have truly lost a great artist this year in Mr. Kubrick. I will miss him greatly. Arthur C. Clarke is still writing and dreaming of the better world to come. Lets hope he gets to see it with his own eyes. Many thanks for a well thought out web site. You do us "2001" fans proud out here.

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Date: Sunday September 05, 1999   13:08:40
Name: Conrado Salas Cano
Comments: I congratulate you for a most rich and helpful resource on the film ``2001`` and related background, and look forward to further updates. Our wonderful old man Clarke has so enthusiastically encouraged me after he read a draft of my own website, which is at last operational at: http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/hunters/206/monolith.html Clarke is a long advocate of cold fusion and the clean new energies, and wished me the very best in my expressed mission to ``make his Space Odyssey vision come true in real life``... perhaps no longer by 2001.... but maybe still by 2010. I as a Cal Tech physicist with a cordial relationship to the Planetary Society's current President, feel that this dream is pretty much within our reach, and will endeavor to keep all of you who are interested updated on my website, as this dream begins to materialize in the years to come... Watch out for ``Childhood's End``'s remake into the Big Screen!

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Date: Tuesday August 24, 1999   20:21:07
Name: Aaron Price
Comments: Great site, but why no mention of the December 31, 2000 theatre remastered release of 2001? (IMDb has it listed under release dates)

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Date: Sunday August 22, 1999   09:03:46
Name: Christopher Brown
Comments: I'm aged 11 and have read Arthur C. Clarke's 2001,2010,2061 and 3001 and find the brilliant.I think this site is a must for every 2001 reader/viewer!

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Date: Wednesday August 04, 1999   22:43:40
Name: Simon Atkinson
Comments: What a very great pleasure it has been for me to contribute to Underman's marvelous web site, a site which is in every way worthy of the film it celebrates and run by a very pleasant fellow indeed. Keep up the good work Underman!

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Date: Saturday July 24, 1999   20:05:55
Name: Clifford English
Comments: I first saw 2001 when it came out to theaters in the 1960s' when my father took me to the walk in, sit down, shut up place. I do remember that I did not understand all of it (born in 1960), but it was interesting, & may have led me later to begin reading science fiction. Since then I have seen the movie several times & read the book of course. As is usual, the first one was the best. This is a great site, keep up the good work. On a side note, my wife & I went to see "Eyes Wide Shut" with Kidman & Cruise. It was my wifes' turn to pick & she thought it was going to be some type of romance or something. She was disappointed, but I knew that Kubrick had control & have seen some of his other work (LoLita, Full Metal Jacket). Kubrick had not lost his touch, the movie was full of "moments".

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Date: Saturday July 24, 1999   08:22:09
Name: Kate
Comments: This is an absoloutley excellent page...I'm dying for some 2001 merchandise now! Anyone know where I can get anything? Keep up the good work on the page, it's brilliant.

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Date: Monday July 19, 1999   22:06:29
Name: Laurie "The Monolith" Nixon
Comments: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww wwwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWW! I really like this movie, though it scares the crap outta me- what the hell is that whole black bar thingie, anyway?

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Date: Saturday July 17, 1999   19:07:25
Name: M.S. Kershaw
Comments: This is more of an open query about a few, very picky points, rather that a commentary (my laudations are located somewhere in a previous set of comments)...

1.) What part of the film actually takes place in 2001? The Jupiter Mission? If so, then the Clavius sequence must take place in 2000 or even late 1999...or does the Jupiter Mission take place in 2002? Any thoughts?

2.) The Clavius Moonbase appears to be quite sprawling. Also, in the novel, I believe there is some mention of a Mars colony. Am I a crumb if I point out that it seems odd that self-sustaining Moon and Mars colonies (technical feats extraordinaire) have predated the first manned mission to Jupiter? Wouldn't something of the reverse be likely? (ie; basic colonies as jumping off points for deep space exploration rather than fully established "cities.")

3.) Has anyone ever noticed the brief homage(?) at the beginning of "Aliens" wherein the Gayane Ballet is referenced briefly in the score as Ripley drifts through space in cryo-suspension?

P.S. My love for "2001" is unassailable; the above points come from thinking too much about it.

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Date: Friday July 16, 1999   14:53:20
Name: William R. Warren, Jr.
Comments: Fantastic page! This is one of the most comprehensive collections of information and imagery on the subject I've ever seen. Terrific work!

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Date: Wednesday July 14, 1999   17:59:52
Name: j
Comments: Your site just gets better and better. Would it be possible to make it so that one could increase the size of Mr. McCalls beautifull paintings by clicking on them? Just a thought. Keep up the great work.

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Date: Friday July 02, 1999   23:27:39
Name: Arnold Leibovit, Director/Producer
Comments: Please visit our Stanley Kubrick Memorial. http://www.scifistation.com Go to Sci-Fi Masters Stanley was kind enough to write me and approve use of 2001 for my film "The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal". Stanley was influenced by Pal like so many. We will miss both of them!

Host: 212.68.150.107
Date: Friday July 02, 1999   12:12:58
Name: Bernard Eden
Comments: Your website made ne smile and cry... It made me smile because 2001 (which I saw for the first time when I was seven) and Solaris (which I saw many times when I lived in Sweden) made me choose my way in life. It made me cry because I too once had a Calibra, which I had to sell before I moved back here... What a wonderful website! Bernard (Baruch) Eden Flight Control Lab, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 32000 Haifa, Israel

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Date: Friday July 02, 1999   09:11:33
Name: Kelly L. Jenkins
Comments: I have just started looking at your web site, It's great!!! I am an instructor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Computer Science Department. I am teaching (for the first time) a Junior level undergraduate course in "Human-Computer Interaction". I came across the book "HAL's Legacy, 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality" in Media Play while looking for books on the subject. I will begin teaching the class in August 1999 and plan on showing 2001 in class and using the HAL's Legacy book for discussion and to make the course more interesting. Please contact me and give me any helpful hints or suggestions. I plan to read all of your site as well.

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Date: Saturday June 26, 1999   19:10:41
Name: David Agresti
Comments: Unfortunately, I have never seen the movie. I promise to watch it soon. I was sent here during a trivia question quiz asking what was the destination of "2001: A Space Odyssey?". Any help would be appreciated.

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Date: Thursday June 24, 1999   12:25:23
Name: JOHN FORREST
Comments: Did anybody record the documentary on FILM FOUR channel recently entitled "THE INVISIBLE MAN" (guess who this was about!) I am trying to obtain a copy. Can any kind person out there help me? I'll send you details and photos of "stanley Kubrick country" in return.

Host: 129.108.79.131
Date: Wednesday June 23, 1999   18:19:55
Name: Jaime Cano
Comments: Now we're all alone. Left to are talents, to are luck, to his abscence.

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Date: Wednesday June 23, 1999   13:05:38
Name: j
Comments: Just thought I'd let you know, when I went into the fan designed ship section and tried to go to Aimnet Archive, I get, "Document contains no data"

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Date: Wednesday June 23, 1999   10:46:28
Name: Jeff Hewitt
Comments: Excellent site, best I've found.

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Date: Thursday June 17, 1999   21:58:02
Name: Eric W. Harris
Comments: I first saw 2001 in 1970 with a couple of friends of mine when we were seniors in high school. I went thinking I would see a pretty good sicence fiction flick, and was so blown away by the movie, I went back to see it 2 more Saturdays in a row. I still belive it is the best science/space fiction movie I have ever seen. It was so real, it made me feel like, "Hey this stuff could really happen." The little touches like the "Bell" telephone booths and the logic of all the equipment gave you a sense that maybe soon our space program will advance to these stages and this is just a glimse of what is to come. That was what made it so good to me. Even now I rent the movie and watch it because I enjoy it so much. I have read all 4 books, and I still enjoy reading 2001 the most. I have a younger guy working in my office and he saw 2001 at some midnight showing a couple of weeks ago for the first time and was so impressed by it he wanted to know and understand all about it.. He knew I liked 2001 too and began asking me all kinds of questions. I answered some of them and then I told him to read the book and it would explain a lot more. He started reading the book and I decided I would re-read it (for about the 10th time) because he wanted to talk about it with me at work as he read it. It has been a lot of fun discussing 2001 from a young mind that is experiencing it for the first time. You really do pickup new insights and ideas as to what was really going on in the book..

Thank you for your web page, I have enjoyed visiting it and I and putting it on my Favorites list....

Host: hack-io4.bccls.org
Date: Friday June 11, 1999   13:11:53
Name: j
Comments: I just thought you might like to know that the June 1999 issue of Animation World Network magazine has an interview with Con Pederson, who you may know worked on 2001. There are also some neat pics, one of which is an early version of Discovery. You can see the interview at their web site at: www.awn.com/ Check it out.

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Date: Friday June 11, 1999   12:10:09
Name: Tom Osborne
Comments: Thank you for a site dedicated to "the most famous future ever imagined." Although I am also a fan of "Star Wars," and "Star Trek," they are both Scienc Fantasy. 2001 and sequel books and films are Science Fiction and there is a definite difference. Star "Trek," and "Wars," while entertaining, do not stack up very well against Clarke's 2001 Series. Thank's again for this site.

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Date: Thursday June 10, 1999   01:15:03
Name: B.E. Rise
Comments: Kubrick films have become roadsigns to memories of certain times and events in my life. Where were you when, "A Clockwork Orange," came out? I can remember awaiting each new film with an almost painful anticipation (and the time between became longer. My only concern is that other works of brilliance like, "Paths of Glory," will not receive the attention they deserve. Also we must never forget the reasons why Stanley left the puritanical hypocrisy of Amerika behind. True creativity is inevitably demonized by the powers that be and consequently we have become socially retarded. Witness children killing children. This wouldn't happen if people were allowed to express themselves freely through art. Our government is legislating art out of existence. NEA and NPR tax allocations are the lowest of all yet they are the first targeted. Upcoming bills will effectively end both of these needed organizations. Weshould be increasing their allocations. A society needs healthy expression via art or it ceases to become vital. It stagnates. Imagine if they'd had paintbrushes or super8 cameras instead of guns in Columbine. You get put away for a while and come home to find "Joe the lodger" sleeping in your room, munchy-wunching lomticks of toast, and you're filled with the irrepressible need to retch. Kubrick knew how dangerous such control was in the hands of the morally corrupt. I fear a world without the Cassavetes and Kubricks to help me through the dark spots. No one seems able or willing to take up the mantle. Where are the new heroes?

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Date: Friday May 14, 1999   20:59:51
Name: Jeffrey L. Patten
Comments: I already gave them to you, Underman, in my e-mail. However, if Tom Brown reads this, he may want to e-mail me - I saw the movie before it was cut! If you're interested, e-mail me. JLP

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Date: Tuesday May 11, 1999   10:16:01
Name: j
Comments: I was very pleased to read that Mr. Bizony is planning an update of his fantastic book. I really do hope that he will take this opportunity to include drawings of some of the other craft from 2001, like the Moonbus and Space Station. Will the book eventually be available in softcover? I await any news.

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Date: Saturday May 08, 1999   17:35:50
Name: xavi
Comments: Well, I`ve just come back of seeing again this film in the cinema, which was in a cycle of science fiction. The screen was really wide and big, and all of this elements were that film a brilliant exposition of sir kubrick`s talent. I suppose that everyone who writes in this guestbook will be to add his positive opinion about the film, but in fact, for me in the onet of the biggest films in this century, as the same as Amadeus, Metropolis, Blade runner or The Shinning. Thanks a lot XAVI

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Date: Wednesday May 05, 1999   21:54:08
Name: Pazdhei Smirnoff
Comments: "2010" TRIUMPHANT - THE LEGITIMATE SUPREMACY OF PETER HYAMS SEQUEL TO THE NIETZSCHEAN WAFFLING OF KUBRICK'S INFERIOR ORIGINAL

The reason for "2010"'s supremacy is due to its will. It's Will to Triumph. It's Will to Challenge the original and wrestle its symbolism to the ground, to tear it apart and institute a new order according to its own Will. This is all proven by the clues which Director Hyams gracious provided so that viewers may subconsciously absorb the film's declaration of self-aggrandisement. This very proud attitude of the film, resounding in all its significant dimensions, is what so upset those who would cling to the original as a pacifying milksop pseudopspiritual self-pleasing undending rite of passage in lieu of Experiencing the Real Challenge of the Ubermensche!

So what are these symbols which direct us?? The keys lie in the milieu. Unklike 2002, the monument which is 2010 -which buildss monuments to itself to express its ever increasing glory! - possesses a temporal milieu. It realises that the time to engage the Will is now, not in some hypothetical namby-pamby future, BUT NOWE!! Thus the film is set Now, which for 1984 meant the Cold War Situation and all it entailed, including Californian-Style Homes catering to Marine Biologists. From this, we must draw a parallel between the previous film and 2010 - the parallel of Technology overcome. Look how the computer HAL is so beautiful high tech. Now look at the low technology of the Soviets. Technology has been overcome, da? The survivors of it scrape together the remnants to try and continue the pointless mission from before, but this time have no super-computer oon board. But look at the screens, the cheap computer graphics, - almost like computer-game graphics, nyet? And what Computer-Game Company dominated the planet in the early Eighties? ATARI! Why can we be so sure that Atari have some conektion of this scheme? Look what ATARI means: The word comes from the Greek word "ataraktos" meaning "calm, undisturbed" - so in other words the word "atari" means "aggressively calm and undisturbable" - one of the traits of the Ubermensche! We are on the right track@!

Now here is the true revelations: The Black Stone does not represent God. The Black Stone itself represents the Ubermensche, who is complete in of himself, impenetrable, self-sufficient, impervious, inviolate, commanding, formidable, never reflecting His environment, but instead shaping it to conform to His WILLL> The Zeus planet, the Jupiter, represents the GOD of CHRISTIANITY - in the first film when the Discovery ship approaches the planet forms a cross of Defiance and Defence in Fear for the coming of the potential Ubermensche. The Black stone is Willed Destiny which the Astronaut Claims. So is the end of 2001. But Hymans now Triumphs His Will over Kubrick's ffilm because his ambition crushes all. The old film left the Christian God in control, but if God is not Dead, then we are obligue ed to kill Him. in 2010 the big Black Stone turns into a big Spot on Zeus. This spot becomes the SYMBOL of the UBERMENSHE Becasue look at the shape:: It's a big Pac-Man. The Ghostly god is gobbled up. Thus, "2010" beats "2001" at its own game! Furhtermore o wait i have to pee

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Date: Tuesday May 04, 1999   23:43:49
Name: Carlos M. Santillan
Comments: I first saw 2001 when i was in High School and since then I love the saga, nevertheless I don't like very much 2061 & 3001. Also thanks to you I knew, and eventually bought "Solaris" I go to solaris every night of my life, in my dreams, and there I find with my lost friends and loved ones, just like the character of the movie, I'm atheist but when I die I hope to go to my "solaris". Best regards, Carlos The Vampire Reader Bookstore

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Date: Monday May 03, 1999   15:55:43
Name: Tom
Comments: Sorry about my episode on this page a weeks or so ago. I would just like to add that I am a big Kubrick fan and a BIG 2001 fan. This is one of the best sites on the film ever created. I'm happy that Underman put it together. I'm still upset about Eyes Wide Shut being NC-17 (i'm 13) but as Underman has told me, there's still 2001. That and there's video. There's always video.

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Date: Thursday April 29, 1999   03:00:17
Name: Ariel Ruiz
Comments: 2001: Odisea Espacial es, a mi parecer, una de las mejores cinco pelÌculas de la historia. Pese a que estamos ya muy cerca del aÒo 2001, creo que la pelÌcula sigue manteniendo una actualidad inigualable, no sÛlo en lo que se refiere al aspecto meramente tÈcnico -un autÈntico milagro, como dijo alg™n crÌtico-, sino tambiÈn a la pregunta que ha inquietado al hombre desde hace mucho: øSÛlo nosotros habitamos el Universo? øHay otras formas de vida? øPodemos entrar en contacto con ellas? øCu·l es el futuro de la raza humana en el cosmos? Gracias

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Date: Tuesday April 27, 1999   21:58:26
Name: Charles
Comments: This site is the best site i have seen, i was wondering.. did you have help or did you take on this massive project by yourself? Also, i was wondering if i am the only teenager in the world that enjoys this movie as much as some of the adults who wrote in your guestbook. I am 17 now and i first saw the movie when i was little (i don't remember how old i was then) and that is what got me into science fiction. On another note, for all of you who say that the ending requires you to think, or that it just doesn't make any sense... READ THE BOOK. My dad (who saw it when it was first released) used to tell me that the ending is what confused everybody all the time, so one day i decided i would read the book, and i got all the answers i needed. It's all there. So if you're really dying to know what it all means, then read the book, and if you don't get all the answers you need i can explain it to you.

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Date: Sunday April 25, 1999   14:57:44
Name: Tom
Comments: NO! Eyes Wide Shut is NC-17!!!! It's NC-17!!!!! I can't see it now!!!!! NO!!!!!!

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Date: Friday April 23, 1999   04:18:31
Name: greg scott
Comments: in my current 'quest' to find everything 2001 on the web, i found your site, and it is in itself, quite an odyssey!! i intend to come back soon, and also send you some thoughts i have (i saw the original release in '68, i was 17, and it changed me forever......the beatles arrival 5 years or so earlier had started that process....) i've adopted the movie since that time as my personal favorite, and kubrick as my favorite director...... paths of glory has also meant a great deal to me (i think it is not known by a lot of movie fans, as well as kubrick fans), and of course, clockwork, fullmetal, etc etc........... anyway, i'll be back.....i was on your site for 2 hours and only scratched the surface............there's a lot i want to look at further. thank you, and great job............i fully understand your obsession!! (by the way, i saw a mention at palantir.com of a theatrical re-release of 2001 on new year's eve this year.......is that true?? as i've seen you mention here, and other visitors as well, seeing 2001 on the big screen is what its all about........i plan to take my 15 year old and start him on his odyssey........

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Date: Thursday April 22, 1999   12:48:57
Name: Peter Preuss, Germany
Comments: Reading the enquiry about some "making-of-2001" documentary made me remember a mail, which I received via the Kubrick newsgroup back in March 1997. I do not know whether this offer is serious and/or still available, but for anyone interested here is the original text quote:

"Thank you for your inquiry. This documentary on 2001 was produced in 1970, two years after the debut of the film. It may be hard to comprehend now, after millions have agreed that Clarke and Kubrick's work is one of the defining movies of our generation, but there really was a time when many who saw it said they were sorry but they just didn't understand it! And it's hard to blame them when many major critics were dismissing the film as obscure or patronizing it as science fiction for kids. This television documentary, a Primer, had its genesis in a desire to explain in a succinct form -- 27 minutes --what the film was about, what themes it focused on, what its sources were, and how the plot unfolded. Yes, even what the monoliths were, how perfectly understandable the last five minutes were, and why Kubrick had used the music Thus Spake Zarathustra!

The writer of the documentary had worked on the book The Making of Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey, and he and the director had produced many profiles of cinema pioneers. Keir Dullea agreed to be the narrator of this documentary, and MGM generously agreed to provide excerpts -- with the proviso that it be made clear that no television transmission of the images could do justice to the real film as seen in a theater -- a disclaimer we gladly repeat here out of profound respect for the beauty of the original.

This 28 minute documentary was an early step in the direction of awakening a whole culture to the fact that a landmark for our future had been created. We are proud of it and believe that it is the only one of its kind.

We also have a documentary in which Arthur Clarke talks about his early work with Kubrick. Here is the description from the jacket.

Conversation With Arthur C. Clarke

In 1970, two years after the premier of "2001: A Space Odyssey", Arthur C. Clarke, co-author with Stanley Kubrick of the book and the film, agreed to be interviewed by film critic Joe Gelmis on how "2001" was created. Here Clarke reveals many fascinating details about choosing the basic plot, how he and Kubrick worked together, early title ideas, early shapes and materials for the monoliths, why a careful narration was commissioned and discarded, the only shot not made in a studio, the naming of Bowman (only coincidentally a reference to Odysseus) and HAL (not the letters IBM each moved one letter to the left), the influence of Joseph Campbell's "Hero With a Thousand Faces", Kubrick's idea of myth, and much more..

What about "errors" in the film? Who are the extra-terrestrials? What is "Clarke's law"? Does he really mean "Only carnivores can develop intelligence" and "It's the last great space movie not shot on location".....? "2001" originally received poor reviews. Joe Gelmis was the first critic to admit his mistake and state in print that he had judged a masterpiece too hastily. His re-evaluation set off a stampede of good re-reviews. The rest, as they say, is history.

These tapes are not available in stores or catalogues, except in the bookstore at the University of Illinois in connection with HAL's birthday celebration at Cyberfest. . Please send a check for $49.95 each plus $5 for shipping any quantity by UPS to Creative Arts Television, POB 739, Kent, CT 06757. Include your address. We ship at once."

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Date: Monday April 19, 1999   07:15:35
Name: Josef F. Pleil
Comments: A real great site! Unfortunately i could not find some good pics of Discovery or HAL to download.

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Date: Friday April 09, 1999   23:08:22
Name: Warren Chu
Comments: Has anyone seen the Mad magazine satire called "201 Minutes of A Space Idiocy?" It had a SID 5000 computer and Dave dying from boredom at the end. Hilarious!

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Date: Tuesday April 06, 1999   13:30:37
Name: j
Comments: Thanks for your quick reply to my behind the scenes documentary query. I quess the only options would be to ask either MGM/UA, or maybe the BBC, to see if they have any knowledge of any such film. Thanks again.

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Date: Monday April 05, 1999   13:05:46
Name: j
Comments: I have a question. The Wednesday before the Sunday Mr.Kubrick passed away, one of the local PBS stations showed 2001:A Space Odyssey. But before the movie, they show a program on the life of Arthur C. Clarke. In this program, clips were shown from what looked like a behind the scenes documentary on the making of 2001, which of course Mr. Clarke's work inspired. I may be wrong, but this documentary looked like it may have been made by BBC. I want to know if any copies of it still exist, and if will ever be made available on video, for anyone who may want to buy it?

I would be very interested to know.

Thanks for any help you can give.

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Date: Thursday March 25, 1999   16:17:20
Name: V. Rooney
Comments: Very thoughtful insight into the masterpiece of modern cinema that is 2001. Especially like the insight to Hal's madness and the Hal transcripts are great but please e-mail me with any information about the last section of the film, JUPITER: BEYOND THE INFINITE.

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Date: Wednesday March 24, 1999   16:45:46
Name: Christopher James Bollinger
Comments: You have a great site about 2001, but I would like to see more about 2010. Also, what happend to the 2010 lobby cards?

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Date: Monday March 22, 1999   08:50:36
Name: Fraser Denholm
Comments: Great page

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Date: Sunday March 21, 1999   09:45:05
Name: r scheuerer
Comments: hi fans! i'm looking for a 2001 screensaver. can someone help???

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Date: Thursday March 18, 1999   03:42:50
Name: damnfine
Comments: WOW! What an incredible site. Congratulations, this is by far the best site I've ever seen dedicated to this incredible movie, the king of sci-fi!

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Date: Sunday March 14, 1999   18:06:45
Name: Mike Henry
Comments: You have taken what is a world treasure (2001) and given it greater meaning by presenting the web watcher with many more things to think about than I can say here. Bravo!--for your web site. Some may think, and you have even admitted to it, that you might be just a little obsessed with this singular topic. I'm glad someone is! Thank you for your insights on what is, and will be, one of the greatest cinematic creations of our time. I am not ashamed to admit that I only have two favorite motion pictures; "The Wizard Of Oz" and "2001: A Space Odyssey". Call me limited, but these two films (though at different ends of the spectrum) are ones that best describe mankind's search for his inner-self. "Oz" does it on a "right and wrong/good vs evil" level, while "2001" brings up in a brilliant, and open ended way, the eternal questions; "who are we? where are we from? where are we going?"

You have done an incredible job of bringing this motion picture to life again with the printed word, and I hope you would one day consider publishing your work on a hard copy format such as a book or extended article. It won't make you rich, but it would reach an audience that would greatly appreciate it and lay down some bucks for it I'm sure. I have never considered myself as a "2001" junkie before, but after spending an entire Sunday afternoon at you site, I will now go and stick my letter-box edition copy into the VCR and enjoy again!

By the way- my brother and I both laughed out loud at your "2001"/"Titanic" analogy! We will be a repeat visitor! Once again, keep up the obsession and feel free to e-mail back!

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Date: Tuesday March 09, 1999   22:39:46
Name: Steven Hess
Comments: This place is amazing! I just wish they would remaster 2001 and reopen it!

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Date: Tuesday March 09, 1999   11:47:23
Name: Freddie
Comments: Check out www.marshill.org It features an EXCELLENT insight into the Film 2001 as well as a profound appreciation of the Cognitive Disonance created by its messages! Its Mars Hill !

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Date: Saturday March 06, 1999   01:41:17
Name: Brenda
Comments: Great resource! Sending link to my brother. Visit me at http://brendad.home.mindspring.com

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Date: Sunday February 28, 1999   19:26:22
Name: KAIN3
Comments: tHIS WAS THE BEST DAMN SCI FI MOVIE I HAVE EVER SCENE!

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Date: Sunday February 28, 1999   17:47:38
Name: Timothy Littlefield
Comments: 2001: is a movie, in my viewpoint, which shows us how weve come to be the nodoubt violent creatures, we are today, and how if one puts all of his trust and reliability into a machine, no matter what, if it is responsible for all actions and reaction, then their will be, in my mind, horrible price to pay, I am only 17, and this film made me think, but out of request, please, please, please,.....tell me what the hell is up with the monoliths killing everyone that touches it, or comes in contact with in... Thank you Humboldt county, California

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Date: Friday February 26, 1999   03:31:13
Name: The Markus
Comments: In my eyes the monolith is a kind of Intelligence Charger. This could be seen in the first parts with the apes, inventing the weapons, and then, after modern humanity found the second monolith, it had an affect on HAL. At the time of the destection, HAL was already a "perfect" machine. But with his contact with the monolith he "evoluted" and became a soul. Therefore he made mistakes. Therefore he made the error with the defect unit and therefor he got human attitudes, like fear, jealocity and so on.

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Date: Tuesday February 23, 1999   21:39:23
Name: Ed Kinne
Comments: I like knowing the someone else apreciates 2010 for it qualities. the onlything I would disagre with you on is some of the finer nit picky points you made towards the end of the page. I think the directors problem is that he passed 2010 off as a suquel to 2001, but be made the mistake of taking to much from Arthur C Clarck's books that Kubirick did not include in the original movie. Such as Daves transfermation into the star child. My general fealing is that 2010 has more of the qualities of the novel, while 2001 is presented through Kubricks eyes' and he makes it his own.

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Date: Monday February 22, 1999   19:39:48
Name: Sib
Comments: 2001 was proably one of the most jaw dropping movie's I've seen. After hearing the raving of my friend I decided to see what the hub bub was about and was blown away. And with your website as a tool I'm going to go on to learn more about this wonderfulseries of book's and movies.

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Date: Friday February 19, 1999   12:53:59
Name: Mark E. Blunck
Comments: I wrote to you several months ago about your website and mentioned the posters I have on 2001. Well, I just obtained two more. Check out www.posteritati.com for the Czech 22x23 poster. Also, Reel Poster in London is sending the American advance Cinerama display poster. Their website is www.reelposter.com. I just checked on both of my purchases are still displayed on their websites. I don't have much time to write but check out those sites and see if there is anyway to add those images to your Collectibles page. Take Care and thanks for your wonderful work on the site. Mark E. Blunck

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Date: Wednesday February 17, 1999   08:33:01
Name: paillet aurelien
Comments: la verité ne s'atteind pas en nageant mais en se noyant la natation reste en surface la noyade t'entraine vers les abysses sans font.

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Date: Saturday February 13, 1999   20:56:39
Name: Mark Alinsky
Comments: I've seen 2001 at least a hundred times, and I've read all four Space Odyssey books. This film transcends all human connotation and cognition. I still remember the first time I saw it, and it is something I do not think I will ever come close to experiencing again. In my opinion it is the most singular and unexcelled epic ever made.

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Date: Friday February 12, 1999   12:02:49
Name: John LeMaitre
Comments: A great site about the greatest film of all time! It was interesting that it was not just another page of photos and .wav files -- not that there's anything wrong with that! I also like the fact that you present different peoples' viewpoints, even those which might differ from yours. In fact, speaking of photos and .wav files, it might be interesting to add a sort of "junk pile" to your website. It could include different drawings and soundbites from visitors, as well as complete themes...I've found that many people (even mere casual fans of the film) have HAL 9000 desktops at one time or another. I'd like to see a collection of animated GIFs, myself. I've even got some cursors and icons I've made which I could donate to start the ball rolling....

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Date: Wednesday February 03, 1999   20:46:39
Name: Marlene
Comments: I saw 2001 only a few days ago. I rented it from my local videostore. I wasn't born when this film was made. But I must say now that it is probably one of the best films I've ever seen, and the scariest. This film didn't use slimy creatures in the dark to send tingles up and down your spine. The strangest thing is that I've never directly heard anyone talk about this film except for this year, when my sister mentioned it in passing. But somehow, I knew of its existence throughout my childhood. So many things on television and in other movies were minor spoofs of the film, and I had a sort of subconscious feeling that somewhere out there, there's film about a computer and space. It's all very strange, and it gives me an odd nostalgic feeling. I didn't find the movie slow -- I relished the moments it took for the full impression of the sights and sounds of the movie to sink in. The 10 minute color sequence didn't feel like 10 minutes, but more like 2 or 3. I was surprised when I read about that in the site.

I've only seen the film once -- I still want to watch some scenes more closely. But it has given me a renewed thirst for knowledge. I want to see the film again, perhaps own it. I'd love to see it on the big screen, unformatted. The characters were developed so skillfully with a minimal of dialogue and subtle words and actions. I didn't pay close enough attention to these while watching it, but now I realize that I remember a few instances where actions occurred that changed my perception of that character. I loved the interaction between Dave and Hal, and they are probably some of my favorite characters of all. I'd seen A Clockwork Orange by Kubrick before. I liked it to an extent, but the actual book has a different ending, and the author himself expressed his discomfort in the film not showing the last chapter of the actual book, where Alex is an adult and realizes the mistakes in his ways. The film seems to say that Alex is not sorry at all for what he's done (which he may have still been when young, but later in life he changed his mind) and now he's going to return to his old ways. Alot of the people I know who couldn't stomach the film also couldn't stomach Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I loved Malcolm MacDowall's job with the film as Alex, also. I was pleased to find your site and also learn some more about the cast. I love things that say alot more than what it obviously depicts.

The real meaning is not just there on the screen, but in the minds of each and every one of us.

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Date: Monday January 25, 1999   17:07:57
Name: Charles Mohnike
Comments: Just viewed "2001" in its entirety last night. The first thing I noticed is that Clarke and Kubrick, despite their dead-on visions of how technology will work (or not work) alongside humans, was that they failed to predict digital technologies. For example, when HAL is "killed" his voice slows as an analog tape would rather than becoming choppy as in a digital sound reproduction. A minor point, technology-wise, but a major one when you consider how a yes-or-no, zero-or-one "brain" might have affected HAL's decision-making. Although I'm not a Trekkie, I think that "Next Generation" writers may have hit closer to reality by depicting Data as an emotionless decision-maker (and the natural predecessor to Spock). Digital circuits by nature are not capable of mistakes except by human error or by faulty design (also a human error). In that respect, HAL does reflect modern computing.

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Date: Tuesday January 19, 1999   14:18:26
Name: Maurice Molyneaux
Comments: I very very much enjoyed your 2001 site and looked at every page and read many of them. Great job! In the event you're interested, I have a list of 2001 glitches/bloopers that you might find amusing. Not many, mind you (we both know how careful Kubrick is), but there are a few (and not the ones most people think they know!). Also, I thought you might want to know that the addresses of a few of the sites on your Links page have changed. John Fleck's "2001 Project" is now at... http://helios.insnet.com/~jfleck/2001.html Josh's work on "2001: A Space Odyssey" is now at... http://members.tripod.com/~Vertigo2001/

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Date: Friday January 15, 1999   18:36:55
Name: Dennis Chornomaz
Comments: My favorite film ever and the artistry of it to me is that one feels the movie deeply as it unwinds.Something profound is going on but words are insufficient.I am fascinated by the theme of time and cycles,There is the 19 year conjunction of Earth,Sun and moon.The birthday celebrated.The exercising astronaut running around the round inside of the ship as if he is the hand of a clock.The sleeping atsonauts in suspension,beyond the passage of time.We have aging and then death to birth.Brilliant and deep and reaching into our very souls as we wonder at the elusive concept of time.

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Date: Wednesday January 13, 1999   21:56:53
Name: Robert Mavor
Comments: Despite the age of the film now (30 years and counting) it still has as much meaning for me today, as it did the first time I saw it. It in fact has held up so well that in my estimation there hasn't been a "smart science fiction movie" made since that time. Even George Lucas' "STAR WARS" trilogy can't come close to the imaginative score and dialogue that Kubrick and Clarke wrote for "2001". Here is a small tidbit of information for you. Years later, 1976 to be exact, I also appeared in a movie, as an "extra", known as "RAGTIME SUMMER" or as it is sometimes known as "AGE OF INNOCENCE" in some other countries. The point of all this is, that the make-up artist for this film was GRAHAM FREEBORN, who was the son of STUART FREEBORN. Alas, Graham passed away a number of years ago after a very distinguished career, which included George Lucas' Star Wars Trilogy. Looking back now, I guess I can say that I was probably made up by one of the "best" make-up people in the industry. His mother,(GRAHAM'S)was also a well regarded make-up artist.

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Date: Sunday January 10, 1999   21:38:54
Name: Christina
Comments: As I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey, I was struck by the similarities between what I perceive to be the meaning of the movie and Ode: Intimations of Immortaility by William Wordsworth. Does anyone else see a correlation between these two works?

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Date: Thursday January 07, 1999   15:07:51
Name: Michael
Comments: The music in the film is beautiful and so are the actors.

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Date: Friday January 01, 1999   17:57:49
Name: Lorie Johnson
Comments: This site just keeps getting better and better- it's a prime example of what one person can do when he has a vision, and the persistence to make it so. Every time I visit it, there are more nooks and crannies to explore, more thoughtful prose, and wonderful surprises to examine. Check out Simon Atkinson's art! This site reminds us all that there is still wonder and mystery in the universe- and we have a 30-year old movie that is just as fresh and wonderful as it was in the Cinerama theaters long ago. Sure, we may not have the Pan-Am shuttle, but we do have a partially built space station. And maybe Hal is still a gleam in a toddler's eye, but we have the Internet. And we have a great gateway to the Future that Was, and a reminder that there is still Something Wonderful to explore on the net. Thanks, Underman- keep up the excellent work.

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Date: Friday January 01, 1999   02:15:55
Name: Underman
Comments: Underman wishes all his readers a Great 1999!

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