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2001: A Space Odyssey - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2023-12-16 13:00:08
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2001 A Space Odyssey - Patreon Version

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Brad Lowry

This may be redundant (I am far from a Sci-Fi maven), but since George says he reads all the comments I won't assume that someone else has posted this: • The technology of a fixed camera to a rotating set – as per the jogging around the spaceship 'wheel' – that was done to capture Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling effect: https://youtu.be/8n7R61gtSZw?si=-0qxpgfFhCQe6kyb

Anonymous

The part of the making of this film that I find impressive is the images on the various computer screens you see through out the film. These are all done by hand drawn animations, computers in 1967 weren't cable of generating the images. Think about how many images of computer screens there are in the movie, and then all of the different gels that had to be drawn and filmed one frame at a time.

Who Are These People

The issue with HAL is that the Council knew the mission was very important, so they included a 'test the human crewmembers psychology' function. David indicated his awareness of HAL's "testing" him, so HAL immediately falsely reported an antenna malfunction. When Earthbase told David their "9-zero-zero-zero" was malfunctioning, that was HAL's intention. What would his crew do if they thought HE was in error? HAL, of course, knew he wasn't in error; he was performing his psychological test as programmed. The humans, understandably, went to "shut down HAL", which HAL knew was the "wrong" conclusion in reference to the antenna situation, so according to programming HAL had to ensure the mission could continue without errors, which in this case appeared to be human. And he was right, in a sense. The humans that programmed him were typically myopic. Any large-scale programming job ends up having conflicting code by humans who don't approach conclusions from the same angle. One human was assigned to code a psychological testing program, another was assigned to organize the priorities of routines so "mission completion" was a non-negotiable requirement whereas "human survival" was optional. This, perversely, predicted yet another modern technology: The HR application exams you find online. They think they're testing the psychological fitness of applicants, but the test designers lack the psychological acumen to grasp that the tests are flawed by design because human psychology is flexible and grows, which a static test cannot measure. This is why AI will always fail (sorry George). AI will only ever be able to perceive reality to the extent people do, and people miss a lot. And even if an AI perceived reality more clearly than humans, we would believe it was in error because we didn't see it ourselves.

Who Are These People

Also, Dave Bowman's colorful light-warp sequence is one of the most intensive film projects of all time. The technique used to produce the effect required the equivalent of 100s of hours of real-time filming compressed into a few minutes of final footage. VFX Artists React did a bit on it: https://youtu.be/Fve5UfKO3U0?si=LINby7vjQfNhYIXO

Khalayx

On Earth, mankind had to develop tools to evolve. (The bone) In space, tools become increasingly inconvenient - starting right away with the pen floating away from him, the awkward velcro shoes, the toilet that requires a multi-page instruction manual - those beautiful sequences are really stuffed with nonstop examples of this. In the third segment, dependence on tools goes beyond just inconvenience and nearly kills the humans. HAL of course, but also for example Dave's brief time in space vacuum without a helmet. Fourth segment introduces the idea that to truly thrive beyond our planet would require more than just sufficiently sophisticated tools; it would require us to completely evolve beyond the need for them.

Andrew Jackson (snabbk..)

The appearance of the closing titles actually getting a shocked laugh is very entertaining. So many questions. I feel like answering with "You want answers?! You can't handle the truth!"