tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post2148104084241248639..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: The Films of 1984: 2010: The Year We Make ContactJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-70742929892375974142023-09-10T00:44:06.294-04:002023-09-10T00:44:06.294-04:00Wow, I forgot I wrote this. Wow, I forgot I wrote this. STEPHENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428326615122884230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-33401317201307349522023-04-15T00:26:46.011-04:002023-04-15T00:26:46.011-04:00The problem with 2010 is simple: it really didn...The problem with 2010 is simple: it really didn't need to be made. The cinematic language of 2001 is absolute. It is a stand alone masterpiece. The character of Dr. Floyd in 2001 is a COMPLETELY different person than that of Scheider's Floyd. Slyvester's Floyd knew DAMN WELL what he was doing and did not think or care about the life an death consequences of the crew. 2010 is like making a sequel to Eraserhead -- Eraserhead 2: what happened next to Henry Spencer! Did he die or was it all just a dream? Pointless. <br />Also, I found that Keir Dullea very much conveyed, albeit very subtly, a dignified, professional panic. He didn't lose his cool, but he most definitely was troubled and scared.STEPHENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428326615122884230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-24315575169018305572015-08-28T19:19:37.384-04:002015-08-28T19:19:37.384-04:00I've always said I admire 2001, I like 2010. I...I've always said I admire 2001, I <i>like</i> 2010. It's a good, solidly made film that I think would be considered a genre classic of rare intelligence and thoughtfulness if not for its predecessor. Jasonhttp://www.jasonbennion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-90174628657358400212015-08-21T22:59:23.900-04:002015-08-21T22:59:23.900-04:00From reading what Arthur C. Clarke had to say abou...From reading what Arthur C. Clarke had to say about the making of 2001 and reading the novel version he wrote along with the screenplay I've noticed that he always seemed very clear in his mind about many of the things the original film made quite vague (the nature and purposes of the monoliths and the aliens who created them, the transformation of Bowman, what lay behind HAL's actions etc.) so I didn't find the more straightforward manner of 2010 as much of a change of style as many did. Ultimately I really like both of the films different as they are in the manner in which they tell parts of the same story.<br /><br />Also, I really love the design of the Leonov. It's sort of my version of Ebert's Harry Dean Stanton rule - any movie with a cool looking space ship in it is already well on the way to being loved by me.nowherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125582590094636085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-77601921280462394792015-08-20T18:54:54.490-04:002015-08-20T18:54:54.490-04:00In all honesty, I hated and still hate, the sledge...In all honesty, I hated and still hate, the sledgehammer blows they gave the Cold War. On the other hand, there is a lot I like. Roy Scheider is one of my all time favorites and he owns this film. The bits with Dr. Chandra, SAL, and HAL are totally top notch. "Will I dream?" ranks for me as one of the best lines in a genre film. And Chandra's finale with HAL, even down to him being willing to die with HAL, is emotional in the extreme. The whole idea behind why HAL went nuts is a subject that endlessly fascinates me to this day. Simply an amazing concept. It's not 2001, what could be? But it is in the end worthy. "Perhaps you will dream of HAL." Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-60776506016541090362015-08-20T11:11:20.739-04:002015-08-20T11:11:20.739-04:00John perfect review.
For me, 2001 and it's seq...John perfect review.<br />For me, 2001 and it's sequel 2010 are both different but good films, like Alien and Aliens.<br /> I liked that in the film on the cover of Time magazine the U.S. President is depicted as Arthur C. Clarke and the Soviet Premier is Stanley Kubrick. https://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/2010.jpg?w=700<br />Little did we know in 1984 that in 2010 the Soviet Union would be Russia again.<br />I wonder what Stanley Kubrick thought of the 2010 film?<br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.com