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The Underview on
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Things you (and I!) have said about 2001.
The emails and notes sent in by people all around the world have helped make this Web site a unique and entertaining reference source. These are not invited contributions from the usual assorted experts and writers; these are the spontaneous words of real people who have been inspired to share their own 2001 experiences.
These viewpoints are presently contained in six pages. You can either follow the page links, or select the topics you want and go right on in. Enjoy yourself! If you would like to add your own thoughts, you only have to write, any time.
The contents as listed below are a legacy of the way the various pages have evolved. When this all started, I had no idea that people would actually write to me! I might try and tidy them up one day. You will also find a number of Web links in the Viewpoints pages. These have mostly been supplied by the writers, and I cannot guarantee that they will work, or what you may find if they do.
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the impressions people were left with after watching 2001 | |
particular scenes that have stuck in people's minds | |
those "missing" scenes, cut by Kubrick after the initial critical mauling of the film |
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Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and their work | |
published work on 2001 by other writers | |
whether 2001 will ever become real life |
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what does it all mean? | ||||
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special effects | |
aliens with Carl Sagan's assistance | |
Cinerama, laserdiscs and wide- screen cinema |
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the 2001 soundtrack (including Alex North's unused score) | |
2001 and religion | |
non-2001 science- fiction |
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space exploration for real | |
self- build models of 2001 spaceships and other items | |
marks for presentation - how well this site does justice to this magnificent film |
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some of the zillions of questions you have asked me. | ||||
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Memories | |
Hal | |
Star child |
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Interpretations | |
Solaris | |
The books |
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Sound files | |
Leopards | |
Questions |
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A complaint! | |
Links | |
Special effects |
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Running around with plastic ears | |
Something a bit better with a brain | |
Losing our grip on reality |
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Truth in Cinema | ||||
| VIEWPOINTS ON HAL | |||||
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Awakening: where did Hal come from? | |
Hal: almost human? | |
Motivation: why did Hal do what Hal did? |
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Check: computers as strategists | ||||
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