I found the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey difficult to watch. The scenes were long and drawn out with little diolauge. It took me awhile to understand that the entire movie showed the evolution of man, which is why the movie started with apes. I thought that after the scene with the apes, and before the strange ending, that the movie was good. It showed typical science fiction elements, like the computer trying to take over and space trave
l. I liked the simplicity of H.A.L. being just a circle with a red light in the middle. After awhile this design somehow seemed evil with the glowing red that is always watching and the soft, calm, slow-moving voice given to the computer. The concept that a computer can rule everything even to the point of killing people is a scary concept because this could happen in the near future. This idea is also shown in the science fiction movie I, Robot where the supercomputer, V.I.K.I, manipulated the robots to become evil. Once the movie passed the point where Dave 'killed' H.A.L, it became strange. He landed his pod in a fourth dimension and saw himself age until death. Finally, he becomes the 'star child' and is shown as a baby next to earth. While watching the film, I thought this was weird and I did not understand it at all.
l. I liked the simplicity of H.A.L. being just a circle with a red light in the middle. After awhile this design somehow seemed evil with the glowing red that is always watching and the soft, calm, slow-moving voice given to the computer. The concept that a computer can rule everything even to the point of killing people is a scary concept because this could happen in the near future. This idea is also shown in the science fiction movie I, Robot where the supercomputer, V.I.K.I, manipulated the robots to become evil. Once the movie passed the point where Dave 'killed' H.A.L, it became strange. He landed his pod in a fourth dimension and saw himself age until death. Finally, he becomes the 'star child' and is shown as a baby next to earth. While watching the film, I thought this was weird and I did not understand it at all.
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