Re: Arthur C. Clarke books
*skips pseuso-philosophical claptrap*
The only Clarke stuff I've read is the 2001 series. I gotta admit I was blown away when I first read 2001 - a real Road To Damascus moment, THE FILM MADE SENSE! THE FILM MADE SENSE! THE FILM MADE SENSE!
So overjoyed at this discovery was I, that I went and watched A Space Odyssey again at the first possible moment - only to be disapointed as it was still the boring, phsycadelic nonsense I remembered it to be. But at least having read the book I actually knew what was meant to be going on ~:)
Asimov, I read a collection of his short stories many years ago, but gave up 2/3 of the way through when I realised every single story was based around inducing logic traps in the 3 Laws of Robotics....zzzzzzzzzz
I am currently working my way through the Foundation series......why have these not been made into films? Or games? The potential is huge.
And whilst we're on old-skool sci-fi, how about CS Lewis? I've already read The Great Divorce, currently on part 2 of the Perelandra series. The science is quite naive in a lot of ways, but I guess his point is more to illustrate the arrogance of man than inventing great new scientific concepts.
One last point on Arthur C Clarke - that bloody skull of his used to give me nightmares!
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Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
So overjoyed at this discovery was I, that I went and watched A Space Odyssey again at the first possible moment - only to be disapointed as it was still the boring, phsycadelic nonsense I remembered it to be.
I happen to like boring psychedelic nonsense. :sunny:
The film has to be taken for what it is, when it was made, and who made it. Within that context, it's a masterpiece. It's like watching The Battleship Potempkin; you have to see it for what it was meant to be. Then you realize what an incredible film you're watching.
I still think the docking scene to the strains of the Blue Danube is one of the greatest pieces of film ever.
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Originally Posted by Beirut
I happen to like boring psychedelic nonsense. :sunny:
I bet you listen to track 2 on Dark Side Of The Moon every time you play it, don't you? :smash: And the first 30 seconds of track 3........ :thumbsdown:
Re: Arthur C. Clarke books
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Originally Posted by Beirut
I happen to like boring psychedelic nonsense. :sunny:
The film has to be taken for what it is, when it was made, and who made it. Within that context, it's a masterpiece. It's like watching The Battleship Potempkin; you have to see it for what it was meant to be. Then you realize what an incredible film you're watching.
I still think the docking scene to the strains of the Blue Danube is one of the greatest pieces of film ever.
I agree with you 100%. 2001 is an incredible piece. I am also a huge fan of the docking scene. One of the best choreographed and edited scenes in cinema, period. I am also in love with how it is introduced: man's first technology, the bone, is thrown into the air and it becomes the spaceship. Such much is conveyed with only just that one cut. Plus, you can't dislike Hal. Kubrick takes a totally static glowing light and a completely monotone voice and makes it one of the most terrifying 'villains' in film history. Amazing.
To be fair to Suribachi, though, I do find the ending to be annoying. I understand what he was trying to do, but it just doesn't work for me, and that's not a sobriety problem either.
The American Film Institute has a beautiful theater outside DC and I was lucky enough to see a near-pristine copy of 2001 on the big screen just last spring. I wasn't even born when it came out, so it was a first for me. Seeing it on the big screen, complete with intermission, was a wonderful experience. Now if only I could get to a showing of Barry Lyndon.
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Originally Posted by TinCow
I agree with you 100%. 2001 is an incredible piece. I am also a huge fan of the docking scene. One of the best choreographed and edited scenes in cinema, period. I am also in love with how it is introduced: man's first technology, the bone, is thrown into the air and it becomes the spaceship. Such much is conveyed with only just that one cut. Plus, you can't dislike Hal. Kubrick takes a totally static glowing light and a completely monotone voice and makes it one of the most terrifying 'villains' in film history. Amazing.
To be fair to Suribachi, though, I do find the ending to be annoying. I understand what he was trying to do, but it just doesn't work for me, and that's not a sobriety problem either.
The American Film Institute has a beautiful theater outside DC and I was lucky enough to see a near-pristine copy of 2001 on the big screen just last spring. I wasn't even born when it came out, so it was a first for me. Seeing it on the big screen, complete with intermission, was a wonderful experience. Now if only I could get to a showing of Barry Lyndon.
Wonderful thoughts on the film. :bow:
The docking scene is an absolutely perfect mix of elements. The music, the physics, the science, the grandeur, the depth. If there is a list of greatest film scenes, it has to be included. Not sure where, but somewhere. (Hmm, that might make a good thread topic...)
Funny, though, I tended to see HAL as a victim, not a villain.
