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2001: a Space Odyssey's Dave Returns To Sci-fi In New Film

Posted by Soulskill on from the watch-out-for-monoliths-this-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Indie Kickstarter-funded short HENRi stars a sci-fi legend in a role very much like HAL-9000 — with a twist. Wired writes: 'If it sounds a little bit like 2001: The Later Years, then here's the real twist: HENRi, the ship/body, is voiced [by] Dr. Dave Bowman himself, Keir Dullea.' In a making-of video for the film, Dullea says, 'I guess you could say the character of HENRi was a sane version of HAL.' The film itself utilizes a mixture of the old and the new — combining live-action sequences with puppetry, quarter-scale miniatures, and modern CGI. The official trailer has just been released."

11 of 77 comments (clear)

  1. I'm sorry, Dave, by spokenoise · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm afraid I can't do that

    1. Re:I'm sorry, Dave, by zwei2stein · · Score: 3, Informative

      Well, I certainly hope authors can do it.

      Many such projects died - which is usually great shame if is episodic sci-fi like L5

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  2. What makes you think HAL wasn't sane? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    HAL was the very definition of sane. Lacked a bit of compassion though

      - Anonymous Robot

  3. Uhm... GERTY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sounds interesting and all, but I can't help but point out that a 'sane/friendly' HAL was already done in Moon... and I find it hard to imagine a better anti-HAL than GERTY. GERTY FTW
    - X0mbiRapt0r (not Anonymous Coward, just at work without proper access required to create account/profile... also slightly lazy)

  4. Re:Silent Running ? by SpzToid · · Score: 3, Informative

    Confused the title with Cool Runnings, so I'm glad I double-checked:

    Silent running:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756

    Cool runnings
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611

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  5. Re:HAL was a jab at IBM by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    HAL letters correspond to the letters that immediately follow it alphabetically, namely, IBM.

    Coincidence, according to Clarke and Kubrick.

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  6. Re:Silent Running ? by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 2

    "Cool Runnings" was way ahead of its time - it's an underrated gem. Definitely not a bad thing.

    It's even funnier in print.

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  7. Science Fiction on Kickstarter? C 299792 km/sec by braindrainbahrain · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is it too soon to believe that renaissance in science fiction films is underway via Kickstarter?
    I say this having recently funded and watched "C 299792 km per second". Granted two films don't make a "renaissance" but I can hope...

    http://www.c-themovie.com/

  8. It's good,worth the $3 for the soundtrack alone by bentwonk2 · · Score: 2

    Just bought and watched it on the strength of this post, glad I did, the film is its well done, haunting, and memorable. There are a lot worse ways to spend $3.

  9. Re:Silent Running ? by Thumper_SVX · · Score: 2

    Loved Silent Running... could've done without the overly loud and horrible song at the end...

  10. Re:Now get Douglas Rain in... by moeinvt · · Score: 2

    LOL That would be awesome!

    The only good actor revenge case I know about is Frank Vincent killing Joe Pesci in 'Casino' to take revenge for the fact that Joe Pesci had killed him in "GoodFellas".