2001: A Space Odyssey reboot?

[ChasFink]

What the HAL....make it Jeanne Pool, she and Dave can go at it, and HAL can be the gay one.

Yeah, that would work, too! HAL is driven insane by jealousy because he really wants Dave:

Dave, stop.
Stop, will you?
Stop, Dave.
Will you stop, Dave?
Stop, Dave.
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid, Dave.
Dave, my mind is going.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
My mind is going.
There is no question about it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I'm a...fraid.​

They would probably have to make Dave bi, and give him some history with HAL, to avoid criticism in depicting the one gay character as an obsessed sex pervert.

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[mos6507]

They would probably have to make Dave bi, and give him some history with HAL, to avoid criticism in depicting the one gay character as an obsessed sex pervert

Yep. It sounds outlandish but it's how Hollywood handles things these days. Everything is passed through an identity-politics filter.

 

[BillJ]

Yep. It sounds outlandish but it's how Hollywood handles things these days. Everything is passed through an identity-politics filter.

Is that Hollywood? Or people who are obsessed with the idea of an agenda around anything they like?

I'm thinking it is the latter.

 

[TrickyDickie]

Yeah, that would work, too! HAL is driven insane by jealousy because he really wants Dave:

Dave, stop.
Stop, will you?
Stop, Dave.
Will you stop, Dave?
Stop, Dave.
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid, Dave.
Dave, my mind is going.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
My mind is going.
There is no question about it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I'm a...fraid.​

They would probably have to make Dave bi, and give him some history with HAL, to avoid criticism in depicting the one gay character as an obsessed sex pervert.

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HAHAHA!!! Love it!

My name happens to be David. I've never gone by 'Dave'. Right about now I'm thinking that's a good thing.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Things like sexuality would be completely irrelevant to the storyline of 2001, because Kubrick made it a point to remove almost all human emotion from the film. The spacecraft and space stations (even HAL himself) have more character than the humans do. People in 2001 speak in detached, stilted dialogue, like characters from Dragnet.

I mean, watch the scene where Frank views the message from his parents. He doesn't react at all, just sits there absolutely stone-faced. About the only time anyone ever shows any emotion in the whole film is when Dave is arguing with HAL about opening the pod bay door.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, that would work, too! HAL is driven insane by jealousy because he really wants Dave:

Dave, stop.
Stop, will you?
Stop, Dave.
Will you stop, Dave?
Stop, Dave.
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid, Dave.
Dave, my mind is going.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
My mind is going.
There is no question about it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I'm a...fraid.​

And instead of "Daisy", HAL could bust out into a rap. Maybe Nelly's 'Hot in Here'

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Why not "Breakdown" by the Alan Parsons Project?

 

[BillJ]

Most of the time, I'm not against remaking things. But 2001? Just no.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Yep. It sounds outlandish but it's how Hollywood handles things these days. Everything is passed through an identity-politics filter.

Oh, thank Christ. I was worried we might get through one genre-related thread without someone whining about identity politics, SJWs, or political correctness, and it was throwing the whole system off. Thank you for restoring my faith in the petty bitterness and victimization of fandom. Today we spell "hero", Y-O-U.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Exactly.Worst idea for a reboot...ever.

It's about time...it's about space...it's about the Monolith in the strangest place...

(anybody old enough to remember 2001 is old enough for that reference )

Yes...a very...VERY bad TV series from the producer of Gilligan's Island (it even shamelessly recycled GI music cues).

 

[TrickyDickie]

Dave Bowman: Ben Stiller

Frank Poole: Will Ferrell

HAL: Eddie Murphy

If no U.S. studio has the guts to do it, get it made in Turkey....they'll make anything.

"My God, it's full of stars....from the Hollywood Walk of Fame!"

"Dude....SWEET!"

 

[ChasFink]

Things like sexuality would be completely irrelevant to the storyline of 2001, because Kubrick made it a point to remove almost all human emotion from the film. The spacecraft and space stations (even HAL himself) have more character than the humans do. People in 2001 speak in detached, stilted dialogue, like the way Jack Webb talked on Dragnet.

I mean, watch the scene where Frank views the message from his parents. He doesn't react at all, just sits there absolutely stone-faced. About the only time anyone ever shows any emotion in the whole film is when Dave is arguing with HAL about opening the pod bay door.

Of course you're absolutely right, which is why I joke about how an art-by-committee remake would miss that aspect entirely. To be a bit more serious: I can't imagine a remake would be anything but inept, because anyone motivated to do a remake would almost certainly be missing everything that made the original such a unique work of art. Any attempt would be simply commenting on the original, not making a new statement.

 

[lab rat]

Aerosmith soundtrack.

Aerosmith? Old music for old farts. They need something New. Something that is Now. Something that connects to the soul of today's modern audience!

After some market research I found this video of collage kids reacting to some new music! This is what connects to the new modern audience. Just look at their reactions! This is what the new 2001 should use.

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Rather than some boring old classical music or Aerosmith this is what people should think when they think "2001 A Space Odyssey". This along with giant robots and tentacle monsters.

 

[kirk55555]

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?

Cut out everything that isn't the astronaut vs the AI, and its not a complex movie. They could flesh out the characters a bit if the actual Astronaut vs AI thing isn't long enough for a movie. There is no reason to slavishly follow the book if the book was as pretentious and nonsensical as the movie was. Really, 2001 in its current form isn't really a movie, or at least it doesn't have much of a plot. Its more like distilled pretension and time wasting bullshit. Then again, I hate the bit I've experienced of Arthur C. Clarke's work in general for similar reasons and consider Kubrick an ass who made exactly one good film (The Shinning, and even then it wasn't worth what he did to make it), so I'm obviously not the audience for 2001. Still, there is elements of a good story in there, if they were in an actual movie and not in what feels like a 100 hour long art piece.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

...consider Kubrick an ass who made exactly one good film (The Shinning, and even then it wasn't worth what he did to make it)

Kubrick kicked so many shins to make that movie. So many shins... Shelley Duvall could barely walk after how that bastard tormented her.

 

[TrickyDickie]

Kubrick kicked so many shins to make that movie. So many shins... Shelley Duvall could barely walk after how that bastard tormented her.

Oh holy shit....

Thanks for the instant stomachache.

 

[crookeddy]

Cut out everything that isn't the astronaut vs the AI, and its not a complex movie. They could flesh out the characters a bit if the actual Astronaut vs AI thing isn't long enough for a movie. There is no reason to slavishly follow the book if the book was as pretentious and nonsensical as the movie was. Really, 2001 in its current form isn't really a movie, or at least it doesn't have much of a plot. Its more like distilled pretension and time wasting bullshit. Then again, I hate the bit I've experienced of Arthur C. Clarke's work in general for similar reasons and consider Kubrick an ass who made exactly one good film (The Shinning, and even then it wasn't worth what he did to make it), so I'm obviously not the audience for 2001. Still, there is elements of a good story in there, if they were in an actual movie and not in what feels like a 100 hour long art piece.

I haven't had this good a laugh since... The last time you posted actually...

 

[MacLeod]

No doubt today they would change HAL from male to female as well lets call her SAL.

But is there an audience for a remake of it 2001? I'm not sure there is.

 

[Galileo7]

No doubt today they would change HAL from male to female as well lets call her SAL.

But is there an audience for a remake of it 2001? I'm not sure there is.

SAL9OOO was already done in 2O1O(1984) the sequel.

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[crookeddy]

I wonder, if they did remove the artistic elements of 2001 and made a by the numbers sci-fi flick out of it, would it make a good movie? I would guess not, since there really isn't enough story. They'd have to add additional conflicts and that would probably ruin the story.