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HAL 9000 on the Auction Block
pompous windbag writes "The Cinerama 160 degree lens used to both play and film the viewpoint of the famous paranoid processor. He's now up for sale on eBay, for the starting bid of just $150,000(USD).
This looks like the real deal, complete with letters of authenticity and some extra goodies like
"...an original '2001' movie program, a copy of the original script, two issues of American Cinematographer Magazines on the production of '2001' published in 1968, and the movie '2010' published in 1985. Also included is videotape showing how HAL 9000 originated and was used by Stanley Kubrick.' "
can you even send $150,000 through paypal?
I don't think so Dave.
From someone with 10 feedback commments!
/joke
The only buyer from this guy stated this in his "positive" feedback -
"works great. I get a great burn in my abs. thanks."
OMG! Don't do it
-thewldisntenuff
My MythTV HowTo
Just what I need, an input device for my PC that will make it go crazy and try to flush me out the airlock.
Thanks Ebay!
Don't Crease the Weasel!
Man, someone is going to have some serious case mod bragging rights after winning this bid.
> I don't think I'd trust buying a $150,000+ item from someone who only has 10 feedback, One of them being a $24 battery.
But he has letters of authenticity from Dan Rather!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Anoter interesting thing about the auction: There is no S&H price shown. Who want to buy something for 150k+ and have to pay another boatload just for shipping it? Anyone else think that something is just slightly wrong with this auction? (unless it truly is legit, in which case the seller needs to learn to put a little more info in the auction!)
What's the point of a sig?
Argh.
I love 2001, probably more then any other movie (maybe bladerunner...) But what bugs me is how many people blame HAL for what happened on the trip to Jupiter.
It wasnt his fault.
HAL was designed specifically to share and distribute information. One of the politician assholes made him keep the true nature of the mission a secret from the rest of the crew. This flew right in the face of HAL's most basic program ming and, eventually, drove him to schizophrenia. He was so afraid that they would discover the nature of the mission.
This is why when you see HAL get shut down, you finally see a video with the true nature of the mission.
So, it wasnt HAL's fault. And as is with everything, you can blame it on a politician.
no
A worthwhile read on the legacy of the lens used in the film can be found here.
It seems a man named Kirk Wooster from Georgia claims to have the lens. Note the auction is listed as taking place in Woodstock, GA.
"Open the iPod and play The Doors, HAL"
They come with their own letters of authenticity.
Looking at the seller's feedback, we see:
works great. I get a great burn in my abs. thanks.
Famous movie props, ab workout machines. It's all the same. Who's the seller, Fred Sanford?
"$150,000?!?!? Lamont, you big dummy, no one's going to send that much money. Oh, Elizabeth, I'm comin' to join you!"
It's a fine example of a 1998 21" Magnavox, and I will let it go very resonably, say... $250,000.
No unreasonable offer refused.