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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."

6 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. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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/