Exactly 9 years ago today I was pleasantly surprised to find 2001 A Space Odyssey was scheduled on TV that day. Sadly, the sequel doesn't get the same treatment. Still, it seems funny we're living more and more in "future" times now.
So... this is the year we make contact...
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In North America, TCM is showing it on January 1st.
Lucky buggers. I enjoyed 2010 more than 2001.
Nardpuncher
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^^ agreed.
I remember seeing it twice in the theater in 1985, when I was 12.
I brought a buddy the second time and he fell asleep...I remember thinking what kind of 12 year-old kid falls asleep in a movie?!?!? but I can understand to a degree, as the movie is an improvement on the first, but not exactly a thrill ride.
I remember seeing it twice in the theater in 1985, when I was 12.
I brought a buddy the second time and he fell asleep...I remember thinking what kind of 12 year-old kid falls asleep in a movie?!?!? but I can understand to a degree, as the movie is an improvement on the first, but not exactly a thrill ride.
2010 rocked.
It wasn't on 2001's level, but then, it was a Peter Hyams movie, a director out of the same mold as Brett Ratner (technically adept, but not much of a storyteller). Suprisingly, the movie outdid it's captain.
^ Its captain? Who do you mean, Helen Mirren?
(side note: For awhile after that movie came out I actually thought she was Russian.)
Fun fact: Candice Bergen is the voice of SAL the computer (in the scenes with her and Dr. Chandra)
(side note: For awhile after that movie came out I actually thought she was Russian.)
Fun fact: Candice Bergen is the voice of SAL the computer (in the scenes with her and Dr. Chandra)
By "captain", do you mean Roy Scheider (who played Dr. Heywood Floyd, Director of the National Council on Astronautics)?
If so, it is true that Scheider did not live to see the year 2010.
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
Maybe he means 'captain' as 'director' of the movie.
^
Or possibly the late Arthur C. Clarke, author of the excellent novel that the Hyams film was based on.
I too, remember thinking that 2010 seemed rather far away, a true date out of science-fiction. And now here it is.
I'm still waiting on a permanent moonbase and manned flights to the Jovian system.
Or possibly the late Arthur C. Clarke, author of the excellent novel that the Hyams film was based on.
I too, remember thinking that 2010 seemed rather far away, a true date out of science-fiction. And now here it is.
I'm still waiting on a permanent moonbase and manned flights to the Jovian system.
^ iPods are easy to get used to. Ripping CDs is seamless - you just pop them in, iTunes converts them to MP3 (or AAC), and you're done. Of course you could always buy your stuff directly *from* iTunes, then you wouldn't even need CDs in the first place. 
By "captain", I'm poetically referring to the director...Peter Hyams...the guy I was talking about. The one in charge of the film.
^ iPods are easy to get used to. Ripping CDs is seamless - you just pop them in, iTunes converts them to MP3 (or AAC), and you're done. Of course you could always buy your stuff directly *from* iTunes, then you wouldn't even need CDs in the first place.
Screw that. I want a library that won't get wiped if my hard drive craps out.
CDs and DVDs until I die, baby.
Heck, I'm slowly beginning to rebuild my vinyl collection. And I will never, EEEEVAARRRR get a fuckin' Kindle, either.
^ iPods are easy to get used to. Ripping CDs is seamless - you just pop them in, iTunes converts them to MP3 (or AAC), and you're done. Of course you could always buy your stuff directly *from* iTunes, then you wouldn't even need CDs in the first place.
Screw that. I want a library that won't get wiped if my hard drive craps out.
That's not a problem. At all times, my library is in two different places at once: computer and iPod. If my computer's HD gets fried, I can get all the songs off my iPod and back into the computer (there are a number of utilities to accomplish this, my favorite is PodWorks. But that only applies to ripped songs from CDs; iTunes will do this automatically for songs that are purchased through its store). If my iPod dies, I just reformat and reload it (or get a new iPod if I have to).
The only time that my library will be wiped is if the computer and iPod both get fried at the same time. And how likely is that?
^ iPods are easy to get used to. Ripping CDs is seamless - you just pop them in, iTunes converts them to MP3 (or AAC), and you're done. Of course you could always buy your stuff directly *from* iTunes, then you wouldn't even need CDs in the first place.
Screw that. I want a library that won't get wiped if my hard drive craps out.
That's not a problem. At all times, my library is in two different places at once: computer and iPod. If my computer's HD gets fried, I can get all the songs off my iPod and back into the computer (there are a number of utilities to accomplish this, my favorite is PodWorks. But that only applies to ripped songs from CDs; iTunes will do this automatically for songs that are purchased through its store). If my iPod dies, I just reformat and reload it (or get a new iPod if I have to).
The only time that my library will be wiped is if the computer and iPod both get fried at the same time. And how likely is that?
Lightning strike? Fries your hard drive, plus the noise startles you and you drop your IPod in the bathtub.
D'oh!
At any rate, just a personal preference thing, but I only use downloads when travelling. At home, I jock disks.
Besides, I AM a disk jockey, so I like handling physical mediums.
If/when I ever do run my own radio station, we WILL have a physical as well as electronic library.
I'm too tall to fit into the bathtub.
I am entirely the opposite. I love not having CDs to worry about. Hell, I don't even have a CD player! Besides, some of my old CDs had become unplayable, and therefore unable to be ripped, so they were useless as backups anyway. Besides, it's a lot easier to browse on the iTunes Store, you don't have to get in those damn lines or anything. And they sound just fine to me.
hey wait a minute...lightning fries the computer, causing the iPod to fall into the bath? Who keeps their computer AND their iPod both in close bathtub proximity? If the iPod fell in, then the computer might as well, then there'd be the problem of electrocution.
I'm too tall to fit into the bathtub.
I am entirely the opposite. I love not having CDs to worry about. Hell, I don't even have a CD player! Besides, some of my old CDs had become unplayable, and therefore unable to be ripped, so they were useless as backups anyway. Besides, it's a lot easier to browse on the iTunes Store, you don't have to get in those damn lines or anything. And they sound just fine to me.
See, I LIKE shopping. I like going into stores (especially ones that cater to our little community and it's interests), and I think most people do, too. That's why I think brick n' mortar ain't ever going away.
People LOVE to shop, and handle the stuff.
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