I have to track down these comics to see if they make the story of 2001 even more comprehensible but frankly the movie went over my head when I first saw it. Never saw it since. It hurt my brain and gave me NOTHING in return for my attention. No one does a cover like Kirby, however. This set looks interesting.
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Nothing beats the King's artwork. And I've always loved that Machine Man originally appeared outside the 616 proper in the 2001 series.
Easily one of my favorite Kirby-designs/characters.
Now you're dissing my favorite movie of all time...
I'll tell you one thing, Kal; if you lived in my town I'd insist you come over with a bottle of scotch (or equivalent) and I'd sit you down in front of my beloved 2001 Blu-ray and set you straight.
I would take you up on that offer because I still don't get it.
Well, naturally not, if you haven't watched it since that initial, childhood experience.
2001 could have been like Solaris: it could have been philosophically and cerebrally "important" sci-fi without being any good from a hard-nosed sci-fi perspective (which is how I think of Solaris). But it isn't: it's technically one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time (if not the greatest) from the standpoint of technology, spacecraft, machines, design, sets, costumes, etc. (Especially considering the movie's three technical innovations: the front-projection system that makes the prehistory sequences work; the slit-scan technique that powers the stargate sequence, and the rotomatte/wormgear techniques that make the spacecraft shots look 100% as good if not better than anything that's followed, since it's all first-generation 70mm photography without bluescreens or mattes of any kind).
And, given all of that, it still could have been groundbreaking sci-fi both cerebrally and technically...without also being such an incredible cinematic achievement. But it is! The Geoffrey Unsworth photography; the Ray Lovejoy editing; the incredibly innovative cutting and pacing...the classical/modern music...it's incredible.
Watch the trailer I made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbmXdoFIueM
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