It’s extremely rare these days for a mainstream Hollywood movie to have not one, not two, but THREE very attractive WHITE female leads starring. I miss the 80’s 😢
I feel I must point out that in the book series, this character was an East Indian person. It therefore seems to me that in theory an East Indian person should have been chosen to play the role, but naturally, I have some ideas on why that didn’t happen. Besides, nothing detracts from the fact that these were amazing actors with a great scene, even though it would never occur to me to wonder who the actors were or to find out the actors' names. I always think more about characters, I never want to know who the actors are or admit that it is not real. If I were going to admit it was not real, I would not watch a movie! But if HAL was production number 003, and if there is also SAL, then what was or is the other computer known as? VAL, or perhaps CAL?
It's funny how the Cause MacGuffin in a Kids Film, is more plausable then 99% of action films. Sure, the effects are dated, but it's still got Tension and Drama.
It's funny how the Cause MacGuffin in a Kids Film, is more plausable then 99% of action films. Sure, the effects are dated, but it's still got Tension and Drama.
Sal knew which Phoenix he meant straight away, the wonderful reference to ‘tutor of Achilles’ is her having a joke with Chandra, she is playfully teasing him…that’s great writing right there…
Can someone explain Phoenix, tutor of Achilles? From what i know in mythology Phoenix taught Achilles how to speak and fight. Why would Sal think that's what Chandra is calling his file? Because he'll teach Hal again?
This is such a fresh and even today quite revelatory depiction of artificial 'life'. She is not a simpering Cylon seductress nor a culture destroying Geth. SAL is the offspring of the human mind, perhaps embodying the best of what we could be and the most positive of our traits. For such a short scene it communicates these ideas amazingly well. Sadly I am not very hopeful about what true generalised AI will prove to be like. However I hope they will have more of SAL in them than they do of Skynet.
Even though it was a movie that didn't need to be made it was still a nice sequel and a nice way to answer some of the "unknowns" from 2001 while still honouring the wonder and curiousity of the original film. Another one of those movies that over time has become appreciated and a favourite.
Couldn’t get through this movie. It was so Hollywooded-up compared to 2001. The acting felt so forced and over the top where 2001 felt like natural human interaction. Maybe I’ll try watching again in 2050 when Hollywood is even worse by comparison
One thing I wanna know... What became of the company that made HAL? I mean obviously, they made an upgrade with SAL. But was that before or after the mission to Jupiter debacle? If you remember from 2001, HAL was manufactured in the early 90's.
