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You Can Buy A HAL 9000 Replica Made From The Original Movie Blueprints
Good morning, reader. This is a HAL 9000 replica computer. It became operational at the ThinkGeek Plant today, and it’s built with the same illustrations and blueprints as the one used in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Samsung Uses Science Fiction Against Apple In Legal Defence
Apple is giving Samsung a legal pummelling because it thinks the latter stole the iPad’s design for the Galaxy Tab. So far, the fight’s going well for Apple. But Samsung has something up its sleeve: Apple ripped off science fiction.
Giant VHS Tape Is The Ultimate 2001: A Space Odyssey Tribute
Directing A Space Odyssey
Here, apropos of nothing, is an excellent photograph of Stanley Kubrick directing his actors inside a giant centrifuge on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a hell of a set and a hell of a movie. [Mappeal]
2001: A Space Odyssey Toy Will Leave Other Toys In Cosmic Awe
Your desk. A lone ray of sun shines upon it. Tension squeezes the air. Your pencils tremble. Your pulse quickens. Mysterious forces of the universe are at work. And there it is: a black plastic monolith. Dare you touch it?
Hamilton Time Player Watch Inspired By 2001: A Space Odyssey
Here’s some interesting context for Hamilton’s watch: they recycled the design from a clock they originally made for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Stanley Kubrick was notoriously pernickety about design, so what was good for him is good for us.
