In Reply to: Perhaps that is why you really ought not to be commenting on 2001 posted by Analog Scott on January 4, 2007 at 11:57:54:
As I am sure you notice, I do not comment on things like Star Troopers Part 17 and other such films - but the 2001 was made by one of the greatest directors to ever walk this Earth, and is believed by many to have crossed the line between mindless entertainment and serious thinking movies, so it is a legit target (not that there is anything illegitimate with commenting on your run-off-the-mill sci-fi).Regarding the opera, I am not sure what your familiarity with it is, but I have certainly seen many, many sci-fi films - I do not always watch what I like. I had even watched some of those Star Troopers, or whatever that name is.
Nobody would put the 2001 in the same bin as ST, but the point of disagreement seems to be the philosophical, phychological and human depth of it. While there is definitely some there, I just don't see it close to that of the Solaris. The two represent two different extremes of sci-fi genre, ir you will - one purely visual and mechanical, the other one lacking severely in that department, but concentrating on the effect of all that technical mumbo-jumbo on humans.
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- Well, the 2001 is not just another sci-fi movie, it is a one with agruably high aspirations - Victor Khomenko 12:44:52 01/04/07 (13)
- I used to work on operas. - Analog Scott 16:20:13 01/04/07 (6)
- The fresh fishy smell of Anna Netrebko... - Victor Khomenko 16:27:47 01/04/07 (5)
- Re: Pfui.... - patrickU 05:30:33 01/05/07 (0)
- Well I don't want to misjudge you here - Analog Scott 22:19:43 01/04/07 (2)
- To avoid running in circles... - Victor Khomenko 08:59:58 01/05/07 (1)
- Fair enough nt - Analog Scott 09:42:17 01/05/07 (0)
- How about "Give me one I like and I will enjoy it." - JDK 22:16:45 01/04/07 (0)
- Starship Troopers was better than 2001 - Tom Brennan 15:44:18 01/04/07 (1)
- Re: Starship Troopers was better than 2001 - patrickU 05:32:51 01/05/07 (0)
- It's Starship Troopers, loosely based on Robert Heinlein's novel. - Audiophilander 13:36:45 01/04/07 (1)
- Re: Starship Troopers. - patrickU 05:37:21 01/05/07 (0)
- Speaking of Sci Fi movies... - WinthorpeIII 12:58:38 01/04/07 (1)
- "Some claim it is because the people that control the media won't allow it." - It's politics: - Audiophilander 14:01:22 01/04/07 (0)