Message-ID: <2791@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 14:27:04 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2791
Posted: Fri Dec 14 14:27:04 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:09:44 EST
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Reply-To: faigin@ucla-cs.UUCP (Daniel Faigin)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Summary:
In article <1115@ut-ngp.UUCP> cmaz504@ut-ngp.UUCP (Steve Alexander) writes:
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>Another mistake in the film (other than Heywood Floyd knowing that the
>monolith hadn't been discussed with the crew) is the lone EVA pod in the
>docking bay of Discovery. I had always thought that there were only 3
>and if one was lost with Frank Poole, another when Bowman had to enter
>the ship manually (ahem) and the last when Bowman heads toward the
>monolith then why is that one there?
I believe that it is that way in the book, and so the film is just being
true to the book. As to whether the book is in error, I am not sure.
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