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The Useless Posts Thread

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by kristopherl, Dec 3, 2008.

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    tinker_troy

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    One can only hope. God, please let it be so


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    Best movie reference evar!

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    What movie is that from?
     
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    The second greatest Stanley Kubrick movie ever made.
     
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  15. Nov 8, 2022 at 6:36 AM
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    The middle sections of that movie are possibly the best sci-fi movie ever made but I wasn't a fan of the very beginning and end. Too weird for me.
     
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    Read the book - it explains a lot. Kubrick wasn't big on exposition, while Arthur C. Clarke was famous for it.

    Peter Hyams' 2010 is much better in that regard - he took a few liberties from the book (small ones) but did a MUCH better job with exposition, including explaining the Star Child and what happens to David Bowman.
     
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    I read there was a lot of friction between AC Clark and Kubrick over the movie. Clark was not happy.
     
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    The book is always better.
     
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    Honestly, I have felt that those movies and books from John Grisham, the movies were better. I've only read/watched a few of them though. So not always, but definitely 99% of the time.
     
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    This clearly holds true for Tom Clancy books. The best movie adaptation was Hunt for Red October...and it was missing something to the effect of 6 other submarines (the Russians lost a Kilo along with that Alfa).
     
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