Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wjvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!oliveb!ios!wjvax!ron From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: 2001 and gravity Message-ID: <273@wjvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 22:59:24 EST Article-I.D.: wjvax.273 Posted: Fri Dec 14 22:59:24 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 04:03:43 EST References: <4217@tekecs.UUCP> Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif. Lines: 17 There was NOT gravity in the pod bay in 2001! Remember the black squares on the floor? Remember the close up of "grip shoe" toward the beginning? Did you notice that Bowman and Poole walked uncertainly in the pod bay, but not in the carousel? At least Kubrick made the effort. There's about a 10 second scene in 2001 that may have gotten axed in the 35mm version: Bowman 'standing' on one surface taking readings on a clipboard, Poole 'standing' on a surface at right angles to him. Great scene. The point is that the zero gravity scenes in 2001 were as accurate as Kubrick could make them. (There were some bloopers, like liquid traveling back *down* the straw in a container.) But in 2010 they didn't even try. Damn them! -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix}!wjvax!ron