Maybe my favorite essay of yours yet. I follow a few 2001 fan forums on Facebook, etc., and I'm in the tiny minority who also really enjoys 2010. Your take on this is spot on, right down to the Wall-E reference. I remember seeing it in the theater first run, and that you couldn't escape the huge (maybe even ahead of its time) promotional campaign -- full page ads in Rolling Stone, cross promotion with Budweiser, etc. Felt like it was everywhere. Which even then seemed like a stretch for a flick mostly made for sci-fi nerds like me.
2001 is the defining movie of my life. (Mom saw the first release while pregnant with me, I'd watched it at least half a dozen times by age 10 and listened to the soundtrack countless times.) I haven't watched 2010 nearly as many times but fully enjoyed it as a 16 y.o. when it arrived because I'd been so steeped in Kubrick's original. I need to watch it again.
Also, we seem to have missed the message: “ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.”
Maybe my favorite essay of yours yet. I follow a few 2001 fan forums on Facebook, etc., and I'm in the tiny minority who also really enjoys 2010. Your take on this is spot on, right down to the Wall-E reference. I remember seeing it in the theater first run, and that you couldn't escape the huge (maybe even ahead of its time) promotional campaign -- full page ads in Rolling Stone, cross promotion with Budweiser, etc. Felt like it was everywhere. Which even then seemed like a stretch for a flick mostly made for sci-fi nerds like me.
Greg, thanks. Really appreciate your thoughts.
Great essay.
2001 is the defining movie of my life. (Mom saw the first release while pregnant with me, I'd watched it at least half a dozen times by age 10 and listened to the soundtrack countless times.) I haven't watched 2010 nearly as many times but fully enjoyed it as a 16 y.o. when it arrived because I'd been so steeped in Kubrick's original. I need to watch it again.
Also, we seem to have missed the message: “ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.”
Much appreciated, Braulio.
I was in the tenth grade in the fall of the year when '2001' was released. I've never seen it. I found this piece interesting, Jim.
PS: My cousin went to Tremont. He lived on Swansea, very near the school.