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Hi Seb, I agree. If one wants to look at only the film, and that is certainly more than the consensus view, and with good reason, then forget destroying the nukes. And that still leaves some unknown move to some sort of progress when the starchild returns. I'm fine with that. But I stick...

Hi Seb, No, I did not mean to intend that. It is clear that the monolith helps evolution, and it is clear from the original 'destroy space nukes' version that the monolith (or its political backers - ha ha) saves humans from themselves. However, humans do have some freedom of choice in the...

Hi, although I think whether or not the blue stuff was in the original is a kinda neat techie question, I have been feeling a bit of the lurker/freeloader angst. So here is a brief thought - my views - on the religious implications in 2001. I think there are basically two views of religion...

Thanks, Bill. That's great that the blue stuff is in the book -- maybe I'm not crazy. I just looked it up (pp. 211-213 -- on my shelf in the office, next to Agel, and Dr. Strangelove...) And Jack, maybe I'm halfway to being the second HTF'r to have seen the original. My memory of it seems so...

Hi, Does anyone remember a scene in the original uncut theatrical release in the 'sterile' room at the end (where Bowman is aged) and when Bowman explores a little room in off the main room (bathroom or kitchen) and finds a blue substance - kind of like half-dried playdough or something? This...