2010: An Inaccurate Retelling Of The Year We Should Have Made Contact
About this episode
The episode reviews the film '2010: The Year We Make Contact' and its connection to '2001: A Space Odyssey' with a humorous take on its accuracy.
You probably didn’t know this, but Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” was followed up in 1984 with “2010: The Year We Make Contact.” While most people in the ‘80s overlooked Arthur C. Clarke’s red-headed sequel, we’re gonna review the story of “2010” from our doomscrolling perch in the 2020s, and we can guarantee a 65% accuracy. Hal 9000 would likely refuse to open the pod bay doors for us after listening to this episode, but while we await the AI singularity to fina...
People in this episode
Host: Michael Juge
Topics covered
- science fiction
- film analysis
- Kubrick
- AI
- 1980s cinema
Keywords
- 2010
- 2001
- Stanley Kubrick
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Hal 9000
- science fiction
- film review
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact
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