I agree that 2001 will continue to be a great move, even though I imagine it will increasingly show its age.

One of the amusing things that struck me some time back, and I was reminded of it with this most recent viewing, is the bit where first Bowman and then Poole go out to service the antenna--without a tether! They apparently just leap from the pod and hope for the best, though perhaps the fooling around with the buttons on the arm was supposed to indicate that they had some sort of propulsion and steering mechanism in the suit. Either way, it doesn't look like a very safe way to conduct an EVA.

And thanks for the story about your correspondence with Kubrick, Bill. Too bad you've lost that original letter!

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