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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey

by <invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 5, 2008 at 08:17 AM

On 5 Apr 2008 13:07:26 GMT, rlewart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Cass Lewart)
wrote:

>Alan Browne (alan.browne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>
>: I saw a BD v. of this classic at the store yesterday and resisted the 
>: urge to buy it.
>
>: At home last night I played the standard DVD version on my BluRay
player 
>: (Panasonic) to my plasma tv.  The player upconverts very nicely to
1080p.
>
>: Fantastic.  And also discovered that the "ape" scene at the beginning 
>: was filmed indoors.  On the old television screen I would swear it was 
>: filmed outdoors.
>
>: With the DVD (non-HD mind you) you could actually see errors in the 
>: studio backdrop where painting (or cleaning) had been badly done!  (Not

>: in all backgrounds but in one or two of them).
>
>: Great movie, needless to say.
>
>: Also at the store was a BD version of "The Fifth Element" a visual
candy 
>: bar of a movie, and the price was pretty good.  But I remembered 
>: somebody somewhere posting that the first edition of the BD version was

>: very poor technically and that it had been recalled.  So I asked the 
>: clerk to check.  Sure enough she found that the store would be
receiving 
>: a new version with a different catalog number (and higher price) soon. 
>: I wondered aloud why the one in store had not been returned... (no
reply).
>
>: Anyway, few good movies to buy to date, and prices remain too high.  I 
>: rented "No Country..." (very good) but it was at an obscene price at
the 
>: store... can wait.
>
>: Cheers,
>: Alan.
>
>If you really want to understand the 2001 movie read the book. It 
>also exists in audio version. Many scenes which did not make much 
>sense in the movie are given in more detail in the 2001 book.
>
>Cass

I disagree. The book was Clarke's idea of the story the movie "should"
have told. Still, it's very interesting to compare the two.... but the
book doesn't help one understand the movie. Besides, the book was
written AFTER the movie was made.
 




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2001: A Space Odyssey
Alan Browne <alan.brow  2008-04-04 17:49:27 
Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey
willbill <trek@[EMAIL   2008-04-04 17:17:46 
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"Kevin" <web  2008-04-04 18:25:07 
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JimK <1alpha@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-05 02:58:26 
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<invalid@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-05 08:17:30 
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"SR" <no.spa  2008-04-05 12:55:10 
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SAC441@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-05 13:10:51 
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<invalid@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-05 19:31:02 
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