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I came into 2010 not expecting a lot.  After all, 2001 had been
directed by God in His Incarnation As Stanley Kubrick, but still it
is a major SF movie based on a book by one of the biggest authors in the
field.

Anyway, it turns out that I was very pleasantly surprised.  This film
sticks well to the novel and captures much of its flavour.

Clarke must have approved.  Watch him feeding the birds in front of the
White House in an early scene in the movie.

There is an extra "world tension" subplot which isn't all that necessary,
I guess it's to make the film more topical, but it doesn't detract a lot.

All in all one of the better SF movies in a while.  (Of course the last
film I saw before this was Android.  If Mary Schelly got a royalty for each
time her story was retold, she'd make a fortune!  Couldn't do a lot with
it now, mind you, being dead and all, but it would be a fortune.)


Anyway, the tradition of 2001 must have rubbed off on Hyams.  A good
(although not perfect like S. K.) attempt at depiction of realistic
spaceflight.   Reasonable use of music (not as good as 2001) and sfx.
Balaban as HAL's creator was kinda week in my opinion.
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> I came into 2010 not expecting a lot.  After all, 2001 had been
> directed by God in His Incarnation As Stanley Kubrick, but still it
> is a major SF movie based on a book by one of the biggest authors in the
> field.

	This reminds me of something I remember seeing last time I read
2001/2010:  Somewhere in there Clarke stated that the book (2001) and the
movie were done (more or less) in parallel.  He also stated that doing this
generated a much better product for both media, both technically as well as
flow/plot development.
	Did I really read this, or am I dreaming?  Anyone know of any other
(name) authors that have produced a work in parallel with an alternate
media version?  What was the outcome?

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