I'm 61, a criminal defense lawyer in Austin, Texas. I'm a skeptic, cynic, and not easily impressed. In fact, at this point in my life, there's not much at all that impresses me. That being said, THIS is the sort of thing that you would think someone in the industry might see and think out loud, "hey, someone get this guy on the phone, we need to schedule a sit-down with him, bounce some ideas around. We need to come up with a small project, throw this guy some money and see what he can do.., see if he's got any ideas for something we could put together..."
Would you happen to know an intellectual property lawyer looking for a project? I invented modifications of the Boeing 777 jumbo jet fuselage turning fixture when I was assigned the project in the early 1990s. It resulted in reduced costs, increased productivity, and sales, and the most phenomenally safe airliner in aviation history. 1800 sold over 30 years without a single mass fatality accident to this day. I also invented modifications of other Boeing products. I recently brought serious safety concerns I have about Boeing products, particularly about their newest product, the 777X, and how I can fix the problem, in a report to The FAA. 2 days after filing the report 3 senior members of the Boeing board of directors announced their resignations. The FAA investigations are usually not commented on publicly nor revealed to the subject of the investigation so Boeing likely wasn't fully informed about my report. I have tried to bring my concerns, and my historic contributions, to the attention of Boeing but they are impenetrable to communicate with. My low cost inventions, already proven over 30 years in their application to the 777, and the C-17, have applications not only to Boing but to the entire aviation industry to increase profits, productivity, and radically increase safety. I estimate the value of my inventions based on recovery of Boeing's multi billion dollar investment in the failing 777X project, and the tens of billions of lost stock value due to their sagging public image. My ask is 2 to 4 billion.
Brilliant. This is perfect. I’m 62 and have been waiting since I was a kid to see this great movie continued…. the right way. Make me think, make me use my mind.
I read and saw 2010. While I like the 2001 Epilogue better, this indeed would fit in perfectly with 2010. The "Hot Jupiter" background is worthy of the 2001 effects.
I've watched this so many times,and seeing Frank's face gives me the chills. Thank you for doing this. Love both versions. Gary Lockwood must be proud! Brilliant!
Fortunately, Gary has seen this!. A friend approached him a year ago to show it to him, and he said he'd already seen it and liked it, and, he still liked it on a second viewing!!!
@@SB111058 He's an amazing man,and I hope he's doing well. I watch this when I feel down,and it gives me a great feeling that Frank has been brought back from just drifting in space. I thank you so very much for this wonderful concept of Frank Poole's resurrection and destiny fulfillment. Take care.
Richard, this is nice, but I think I love your original better. I think the first one conveyed the emptiness, loneliness and darkness of space far more effectively. I personally dislike how Hollywood depicts deep space, with beautiful auras of color and dramatic clouds...While they exist, they are invisible to the human spectrum or too dim for us to see. Kubrick was a stickler for realism, and I feel these revisions take away from the stark black loneliness that was so effective in your first iteration, which I thought was near perfection, (I would have left out the multiple asteroids, too improbable I feel) Just my 2 cents, I hope you don't mind the critique; Brilliant concept and work, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Gayle for your detailed take. My feeling is that when your way out away from any planetary body with a reflective albedo to fog your view, you will see a spectacular display of galactic detail beyond anything we see on Earth, and even here in Iceland, and its like away from human light contamination, you see utter splendour, which im looking at now. So further out away from the Earth it will no doubt be way more awesome!!? i dont remember loads of color in this 2001 homage? Lens flares? I kept the starfields in the 2001 ASO style...
I actually got to speak with Harrison Schmitt one of the astronauts that landed on the moon and asked him what the stars looked like in the vacuum of space. What he said surprised me, when there was a light source like the sun or surface of the moon, the sky was TOTALY black...no stats! It was only when they were on the dark side of the moon and their eyes could adjust would they see the stars. Also, with no atmosphere to diffuse light, shadows on the spacecraft were in complete darkness...shadows were complete blackness, they could not see anything without an artificial light source. Anyway, check out the movie Virtuality, about our first starship and the director intentionally tried to convey the desolation of space, with no God view shots...I think you'd appreciate it! Keep up the exceptional work!
