Comments on: A Spacefest Odyssey

By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:29:27 +0000

Hi John @ #24,

Sad that Sir Arthur C. Clarke passed away last year. There should have been 4010. Sigh* I wish I was as well-read as you are.

By: Moe Norman

Moe Norman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:03:44 +0000

Keir Dullea looks great for his age and looks as fit as an astronaut. It would be cool if they made sequels to the two last books and got him to play old Dave Bowman.

By: Another Eric

Another Eric — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:20:56 +0000

Two more sequels after 2010:

2061: Odyssey Three

3001 The Final Odyssey

The reviews for these two books are rather mixed, and most people feeling disappointed. I haven’t read them myself, but I am suddenly feeling intrigued……..

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:14:45 +0000

SAS: RE: Sequels

And there were novels as sequels, I think the third was 3001 (but not a sign of Fry or Leela)

J/P=?

By: Hal in Howell MI

Hal in Howell MI — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:37:37 +0000

Too bad the audio is mashed (there was a second mic left open that picked up all the crowd noise.) 2001 is an all time favorite saw it in Cinerama in Detroit in 1968 and have seen it countless times projected since then. Still an impressive piece of work after all these years. Can’t say enough good things about the film.

By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:27:24 +0000

2001: A Space Odyssey had a sequel, titled 2010, which starred Dame Helen Mirren and Roy Schreider as two scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain looking for answers as to what happened to Discovery One. The astronaut being dragged by the spaceship, as he was trying to pull himself into the hatch via a rope that could snap anytime, was to me a frightening sequence.

2001: A Space Odyssey is considered by many critics and people alike as one of the Movie Greats. Now that was a Duh! statement I’ve just made.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:25:49 +0000

I like the comparison to Moby Dick, if only because the ambiguity of the end of 2001 has been presented to me as a weakness. I call it a bold literary choice, and one which causes folks to think even today.
A stunning success, I would say.