From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!mclure
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Re: Special effects - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5341
Posted: Wed Mar  9 07:25:44 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 20:58:10 1983

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sri-unix!mclure    Dec  4 16:08:00 1982

The only space scenes that I've seen which were more realistic than
2001's were the shots from inside the shuttle.  2001 is vastly more
realistic than *any* other space movie.  One of my major complaints
about SF in film and books is the unrealistic attitudes toward gravity,
vacuum, etc.  The only technical error occurs when Heywood Floyd is
eating his dinner on the way to Clavius and the goop falls back down
the straw, hardly noticeable unless you're looking closely.  I also
prefer 2001's effects to those of the various space movies we've seen
since then.  Kubrick's movie is a monument (monolith?!), and in fact
was recently voted one of the 10 best movies by a large number of
critics in a number of countries.  (Citizen Kane placed first.)

	Stuart