2010 The Film

[The Cutest of Borg]

I really enjoyed 2010, but the book and movie are quite different. The cold war wasn't at the forefront in the book, and we lost the whole Chinese mission in the movie. I'll pick up the inevitable blueray release when it's available.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'll pick up the inevitable blueray release when it's available.

Which will be on April 7 of this year.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I love both of the Odyssey movies and would love to someday see 2061: Odyssey Three, my favorite of the four books, come to the big screen. Hell, even straight-to-DVD would be nice.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

As a sequel, I don't like 2010. I personally don't like it's "literal take" on the events of the previous film. From that perspective, I wish the film didn't exist at all. I think it kind of "ruins" the spiritual and mysterious aspects of 2001.

All I can say is, you should not under any circumstances even consider touching a copy of 3001: The Final Oddysey.

 

[Mr Light]

I read all the books like a decade ago, I don't even remember what they were about. Which one was about the one guy waking up in the future and living in a huge space station?

 

[Broccoli]

I read all the books like a decade ago, I don't even remember what they were about. Which one was about the one guy waking up in the future and living in a huge space station?

3001. Poole is found and resurrected by the wonders of science. Then he walks around for 200 pages, before everyone realizes that the monoliths must be destroyed.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

As a sequel, I don't like 2010. I personally don't like it's "literal take" on the events of the previous film. From that perspective, I wish the film didn't exist at all. I think it kind of "ruins" the spiritual and mysterious aspects of 2001.

All I can say is, you should not under any circumstances even consider touching a copy of 3001: The Final Oddysey.

Guess what, though? At one point, Tom Hanks wanted to make a 3001 movie. He would have directed and starred (as Frank Poole).

 

[Worf2DS9]

^ Not sure if that would have worked well. After getting Dullea to reprise Bowman in 2010, it would have seemed "wrong" somehow to have Tom Hanks turn up as Poole.

 

[Kryton]

Imagine how William Sylvester felt about not reprising his portrayal of Floyd!

And brown mustard or yellow? IT'S IMPORTANT!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And brown mustard or yellow? IT'S IMPORTANT!

The Astrodome? Can't get good hot dogs indoors. Yankee Stadium...hot dogs have been broiling since opening day in April. Now *that's* a hot dog.

 

[TGTheodore]

I find it fascinating (and entertaining) that two films so different in tone and approach work so well together.

The first is the mystery, the second is a partial explanation. It definitely needs the third, but I've heard SO many bad things about the book, I don't know.

Loved both films. I saw 2001 in a gigantic dome theater (formerly Cinerama) and was blown away by it. 2010 just was really entertaining to me. A good, solid space movie with a great cast and amazing recreations of the sets and props from 2001.

Roy Schieder, Helen Mirren and Bob Balaban all did great jobs, and seeing Keir Dullea again blew my mind.

Like them both a great deal ... for different reasons.

It's too bad when Apple did their HAL commercial some years back that they couldn't have quick cut to the beach scene with the IIc.

--Ted

 

[USS Intrepid]

I adore 2010. Sure, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but to this day it's still one of my favourite movies.

 

[Maurice]

I find the film ham-fisted and melodramatic. I mean, "USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE."? How on-the-nose and obvious (and NOT in the novel).

 

[DanTheGrey]

I have to admit I enjoyed the movie, until I read the novel Bowman's trip through Jupiter and a whole bunch of other stuff from the book really diminished my take on the movie. Though as a 11 year old watching it on the first family VCR I was blown away by the effects, and even then some things were cheesy. Still there were some very good moments and I felt that it held up well. I could see that they were trying to steer away from some of the aspects of 2001 that people found 'boring' or that they couldn't 'get'.

 

[Kryton]

Admittedly, they DID sort of fudge on the artificial gravity concept with Floyd's floating pen illustration and such, but even so, for dramatic purposes I was willing to suspend disbelief for most of it.

It's funny...10 or 15 years ago, I'd've said it was a good thing they'd eliminated the Chinese subplot from the original book. Now it seems it would be more appropriate to eliminate the Russkies and put the Chinese in their place (as opposed to them running their own separate mission). I've come to believe that, as a whole, anything predicted in a movie ain't gonna ever REALLY happen in the world we know.

 

[ST-One]

I like the film too, even if the Soviet references date the film somewhat.

The filmmakers certainly didn't have an enviable task in creating a sequel to 2001, and I think they were wise to do it in a more conventional style. I mean, I'm all for more innovation in cinema, but the original is such a unique, memorable, and pioneering film-going experience that it would be foolish to attempt to top it in a similar manner.

The resulting film may not be as well-crafted or as important as 2001, but I think it is a pretty good movie in its own right.

I read the book, 2001, but couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of the movie. Kubrick was a nut. 2010 was more in keeping with the book.

Good, I'm not alone in the 2001 versus 2010 battle. For years I kept a VCR of 2010 copied off of the late night movie before we had infomercials. 2010 v. Sunshine?

Oh, you are not alone.
2001 (and in turn Kubrick) is one of the most overrated films (directors) out there.
It is boring beyond compare. The visuals are fantastic but other than that it's utter crap.

 

[Broccoli]

As a sequel, I don't like 2010. I personally don't like it's "literal take" on the events of the previous film. From that perspective, I wish the film didn't exist at all. I think it kind of "ruins" the spiritual and mysterious aspects of 2001.

All I can say is, you should not under any circumstances even consider touching a copy of 3001: The Final Oddysey.

Guess what, though? At one point, Tom Hanks wanted to make a 3001 movie. He would have directed and starred (as Frank Poole).

I think he wanted to make a 2061. At least, according to Wikipedia.

 

[Stevil2001]

I find the film ham-fisted and melodramatic. I mean, "USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE."? How on-the-nose and obvious (and NOT in the novel).

For me, the terrible part is that "new lease from the landlord" line. Good Lord.

 

[T J]

Love 2010. Only recently started to like certain parts of 2001, but some of it is shit. Not a big fan of 2061. Absolutely love 3001 more for the Rip Van Winkle aspect of it than the main story. I's love to see the Africa tower and the rest of the global encompassing space station around the Earth.

Please make 3001 the movie!

 

[RAMA]

I love the sedate, intellectual approach to SF movies, and would like to see a higher quotient of them. 2010 is a good example of movies the make far less these days.

RAMA