DVW.AGM@MIT-OZ@sri-unix (12/04/82)
I am disappointed that you do not consider 2001: A Space Oddessy to be en excellent example of realistic special effects. From the pen floating in the weightless cabin (apologies to those who aren't familiar with the movie) to the EVA that Dave did without as helmut (which IS possible -- Clarke and Kubrick took a lot of noise for that scene, but they did their research too, and they're right), the movie is scientifically consistent. Adam Mellis (dvw.agm@MIT-OZ) P.S. Has anyone heard about 2010: Oddessy Two? I hear it's sort of a loser. -------
arlan (12/11/82)
I once asked Arthur C. Clarke about the errors of 2001 [over coffee one nightat UNC-G, Greensboro, NC] and he replied that one very beAutiful scene had to be excised from the movie--that ofthe lunar city with its gardens and people walking around as if under 1 G. However, as he also pointed out, the interior shots on the moon had one G, and most people have never noticed. Also, fen have pointed out that you can seeStanley Kubrick's image in a reflection from a space suit mask as the men enter the excavation around the monolith. Another point: whereas a stunt man broke his back in 2001 scene inside HAL, no astronaut has broken his/her back to date, evevn though a few Russians suffered fatal injuries. --arlan andrews, american bell, incorporated--indianapolis, in
mclure (03/09/83)
#R:sri-unix:-460300:sri-unix:13400001:000:759 sri-unix!mclure Dec 4 16:08:00 1982 The only space scenes that I've seen which were more realistic than 2001's were the shots from inside the shuttle. 2001 is vastly more realistic than *any* other space movie. One of my major complaints about SF in film and books is the unrealistic attitudes toward gravity, vacuum, etc. The only technical error occurs when Heywood Floyd is eating his dinner on the way to Clavius and the goop falls back down the straw, hardly noticeable unless you're looking closely. I also prefer 2001's effects to those of the various space movies we've seen since then. Kubrick's movie is a monument (monolith?!), and in fact was recently voted one of the 10 best movies by a large number of critics in a number of countries. (Citizen Kane placed first.) Stuart