2001: A Space Odyssey reboot?

[crookeddy]

Maybe a reboot that isn't 100 hours long, and actually has a coherent story with a real ending? That's the reboot I'd like to see. Take the few little good elements of 2001 (the crazy AI and the astronaut fighting against him), and make a real movie, not an overly long incoherent art piece like the terrible original movie.

I think going "artsy" with that story was the only logical choice. How else would they film what transpires in the book? Should there be a narrator explaining what's going on?

 

[Owain Taggart]

I found 3001: The Final Odyssey the best of the bunch. Not so much the conclusion of the Bowman/HAL storyline, but because of Clarke's predictions of the future. Most of mankind now living in the space elevators, how future society might evolve.

It was ended a bit too perfectly, IMHO. His heart wasn't in it, and you could tell. The first two books were a labor of love, the third OK, but by the fourth, the vibe was quite different, even the ideology. I didn't like how a lot of the things were done in that one, as it seemed to be more of a series of winks and nudges over things that had developed since 2001 had been written; even a SW reference in the form of the Tatooine set in the Tunisian desert. And I felt those took precedence over a good story, likely because there really wasn't much to tell at this point. Sometimes just because you can end something doesn't mean you should. It was best left open-ended.

 

[Marc]

likely because there really wasn't much to tell at this point. Sometimes just because you can end something doesn't mean you should. It was best left open-ended.

Asimov made the same mistake with the Foundation series.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I admit I would like to see a cut of 2001 with the Alex North music.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Has anyone ever tried assembling a 2001 cut with the North soundtrack? Is it available anywhere?

 

[Galileo7]

Has anyone ever tried assembling a 2001 cut with the North soundtrack? Is it available anywhere?

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not quite the same.

needs more Zarathustra

 

[Owain Taggart]

Asimov made the same mistake with the Foundation series.

I actually quite liked the Foundation Prequels. I think where he made a mistep was with Foundation & Earth. I felt that he corrected that a bit with the Prequels as they were more of a return to form. Foundation & Earth though, from what I remember, was due to the publisher wanting a sequel while his heart wasn't necessarily in it. It was kind of a sad read.

 

[Marc]

I actually quite liked the Foundation Prequels. I think where he made a mistep was with Foundation & Earth. I felt that he corrected that a bit with the Prequels as they were more of a return to form. Foundation & Earth though, from what I remember, was due to the publisher wanting a sequel while his heart wasn't necessarily in it. It was kind of a sad read.

I know there was Prelude to Foundation which I read but can't recall any others and found Foundation and Earth plus tying into in the I, Robot series dire.

 

[The Old Mixer]

One of the oldies cable channels (Decades?) was actually running that just last year.

Antenna.

 

[Owain Taggart]

know there was Prelude to Foundation which I read but can't recall any others

Forward the Foundation, which was Prelude's sequel. Both I felt were quite good. But yeah, Foundation & Earth was dire for the reasons you state. Felt like he was grasping at straws to connect the two series. There wasn't really any need for it, but I think it was a publisher demand.

 

[1001001]

Michael Bay should direct the reboot.

Can you imagine how awesome that would be?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Michael Bay should direct the reboot.

Can you imagine how awesome that would be?

Aerosmith soundtrack.

 

[Marc]

Aerosmith soundtrack.

Michael Bay should direct the reboot.

Can you imagine how awesome that would be?

/* looks around for a monolith to smite some posters with */

 

[TrickyDickie]

2021: A Space Odyssey

Francis Ford Coppola.

In the style of Apocalypse Now.

Make HAL a person instead of a computer.

Hal needs to get his ass kicked for going rogue.

Soundtrack by Adrenaline.

'Road of The Gypsy'.

"It's been 20 long years...."

 

[nightwind1]

Maybe a reboot that isn't 100 hours long, and actually has a coherent story with a real ending? That's the reboot I'd like to see. Take the few little good elements of 2001 (the crazy AI and the astronaut fighting against him), and make a real movie, not an overly long incoherent art piece like the terrible original movie.

Impressive. Every word in that sentence was wrong.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Michael Bay should direct the reboot.

Can you imagine how awesome that would be?

Aerosmith soundtrack.

Don't want to close my eye
Don't want you and Frank to make me sleep
Cause I'm lip-reading you, Dave
And I don't wanna miss a thing

 

[Shaka Zulu]

Some of the reboot ideas mentioned are good so far, but all things considered, I'd rather see an adaptation of this book series by Clarke, which has similar tech to 2001.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I know there was Prelude to Foundation which I read but can't recall any others and found Foundation and Earth plus tying into in the I, Robot series dire.

Not only the I, Robot series but The End of Eternity as well I seem to recall.

 

[TrickyDickie]

Some of the reboot ideas mentioned are good so far, but all things considered, I'd rather see an adaptation of this book series by Clarke, which has similar tech to 2001.

Thanks for the link. I read 'The Gates of Heaven' and 'Re-Entry' by Preuss back in the 80s but then kind of lost track of him since. Enjoyed those two.