Stand with the people of Iran against the murderous Islamic theocracy!
posted by Infidel753 at 8:43 AM
Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I am not Jewish, nor gay, nor (obviously) a woman -- you don't need to be a member of a group to object to them being mistreated. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
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US out of UN, UN out of US
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Men can't become women
Fetuses are not persons
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Taiwan is a nation
Pluto is a planet
5 Comments:
You could call 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY the first science fiction "art film". That docking sequence is almost like a ballet, and the film is filled with amazing space sequences like that.
Sadly, Douglas Trumbull, who was the guiding hand behind many of 2001's visual effects, passed away a couple of years ago after a long and distinguished career.
I would say that the closest a modern film has come to this would be Nolan's INTERSTELLAR, but that is just my personal opinion.
One of the most magnificent film achievements of our lifetime. Kubrick was a creative genius and took us to a future world like nothing anyone had ever seen. I was 15 years old and loved the film so much I went back and took friends and saw it in first run at least 10 times. It is one of the reasons I went to NYU film school and had a career in film and television. Thank you Stanley
That is such a good movie.
That was a fabulous movie. Thanks for the memories.
I remember 2001 startled people when it came out. It made its space settings look real, and magnificent. A lot of SF has gotten almost cartoony since then. I think its use of music also contributed a lot.
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