"Future’s Past: The astronauts of 2001: A Space Odyssey" Topic

"Whenever a group of film critics discuss the best science fiction movies of all time, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is either at the top or near the top of their lists. The movie was incredibly influential in many ways, and is probably the film with the greatest impact on America's space program. You would be hard-pressed to find somebody who became an astronaut or a scientist because of Star Wars, but 2001 inspired many people who believed that the future was in space, even if Kubrick's vision of it was antiseptic and cold and dehumanizing.

In 2014, the art book publisher Taschen released an expensive collectible book set devoted to 2001, and in recent months the publisher produced a more affordable version of one of the books. Another book on the art design of 2001 is due out soon, joining a long line of books about the making of this monumental film. Not bad for a movie that was frequently panned by critics when it first debuted in 1968. 2001: A Space Odyssey still captures the imagination.

The East Coast's geek party Dragon Con occurs in Atlanta every Labor Day weekend, attracting tens of thousands of people. Dragon Con's focus leans toward fantasy (particularly urban fantasy), which doesn't interest me, but also includes science fiction, which does. One of Dragon Con's attributes is that many of its guest speakers appear multiple times, so you have numerous opportunities to see them them over the extended four-day convention. Two of the guests at the most recent Dragon Con were actors Keir Dullea (pronounced "duelay") and Gary Lockwood, who played astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole in 2001. The two men, now in their late seventies, told a number of interesting stories about working on the movie and clearly viewed it as one of the highlights of their careers. Certainly it is the experience that they are both asked to speak about most regularly…"
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Armand

I don't know about you, but for me there are some actors I like, and other actors I almost instinctively dislike. Gary Lockwood was in the second category for me when I was growing up. No rational reason, really. I just didn't like him.

Now, decades later, I appreciate him more. In particular, I saw him in a guest star role: The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 1, Episode 7 – Eyewitness to Murder and I was impressed by his performance (in an otherwise silly show).

Mind bending movie when it came out,I remember my excitement when I first read about it in Castle of Frankenstein in 65or 66. Couldn't wait.

There was an interview with Clarke in which he said that he and Kubrick worked hard to avoid obvious references to Homer, only to realize after the film was completed that they'd named the main character "Bowman",the forte of Odysseus. D'oh!

First movie I ever saw on the big screen (at least that I can recall), back when they had those in theaters.

It was a pretty stunning experience.

I'm in the other camp because to me it was very boring and I fell asleep a few times and I didn't like it.

I bet that if It worked there Jar Jar …(smile)

Just kidding my friend!. (smile)

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Armand