2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke’s 1951 short story “The Sentinel” and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film’s release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.

The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti.

The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

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  • Mokey [none/use name]English
    19•1 year ago

    The culture war surrounding gender is the dumbest shit ever and its shocking how little you have to read or learn to get why its so stupid. The only obstacle chuds have to do is so god damn low and when you can see everything so clearly it’s infuriating. This is what you’re so mad about? This is what you want to kill the planet over?

    Liberals are bad too because I truly dont think they get it either and exacerbate the issue by saying the stupidest shit. It’s a very thoughtless, passive and most of all fake acceptance which is also very dangerous.

    What a fucked up planet

    Love my trans and queer homies, sorry that everyone is so fucking stupid

    • DayOfDoom [any, any]English
      8•1 year ago

      Liberals don’t get anything which is why the “it’s not my job to educate you” retort is so common among them.

  • xi_simping [comrade/them, any]English
    8•1 year ago

    comrades, pill me on Dishoom, I heard one person say Dishoom is to Indian food what Chipotle is to Mexican food, which I understand.

    Is it even good?

  • HarryLime [any]English
    11•1 year ago

    What the frak do you mean, this beanie and this beard make me look like a hipster?

    That’s not even a frakking thing anymore, Ellen.

  • hello_hello [comrade/them]English
    7•1 year ago

    You can add YouTube channels as an RSS feed by taking the channel ID (usually found on the URL of the channel’s homepage) and attaching it to the end of this string as such: www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id= <external-channel-id>

    Considering how all invidious/piped instances were sabotaged by Alphabet Inc. RSS feeds are a good backup in case that happens since you can easily stream/download yt videos with mpv and yt-dlp.

    Also RSS Feeds are a good way to communicate your interests to people and share cool stuff. niko-happy

  • RION [she/her]English
    10•1 year ago

    Question for the old heads that I hope is okay to bring up:

    I dimly remember one of the founders/important admins of hexbear (was it still ChaCha back then?) being accused of grooming/abuse or something of that ilk (again, dim memory, so I apologize for my lack of specificity and don’t mean to make light of it). The admin stepped away from the site for the investigation to avoid the appearance of impropriety, and after some time it was determined that they didn’t do it, but they never came back.

    So… what’s up with them now? Does anyone know? I don’t mean to dig up old drama but the memory popped back into my head recently and it’s been kicking around in there without an answer