2001: A Space Odyssey
"Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, probably the finest sci-fi film ever made, covered mind-wiping speculative territory. But the film's most harrowing moments came once its morally muddled supercomputer Hal 9000 got lost in logic loops and set about exterminating the ship's crew.For that reason alone, 2001 is an astro-horror lock. But the film has other horrors to recount.The hopeful year mentioned in its title has come and gone, and humankind hasn't been able to mount a post-1970s mission to the moon, much less Jupiter.
Worse, the film's revolutionary aspiration, revolving around overachieving primates and star children in tune with the universe, has been replaced by 21st-century presidential candidates who consider evolution a comedic concept, and planetary convulsions divine retribution for lifestyle politics.
My God, it's full of... intellectual corpses."
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So sad to see how superstition and backward-looking politics now rule the day.
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