2001: A Space Odyssey — Really?

Looking back 56 years later on this enigmatic bit of sci-fi film-making.

Carolyn V. Hamilton
ILLUMINATION

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The pod bay in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
The pod bay in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” Photo: IMDB

Since 2018, a hilarious video has gone viral, “If HAL9000 was Amazon.com’s Alexa.”

The video’s creator has taken a scene where astronaut Dr. Dave Bowman is instructing the computer, HAL9000 to “Open the pod bay doors” and replaced HAL’s responses with the voice…

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Carolyn V. Hamilton
ILLUMINATION

Author, artist & adventuress with 3 decades in the real world of “Mad Men". She helps authors write and market their memoirs of life journeys and challenges.