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kleinbl00  ·  3667 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Discussion Thread.

Contact owes a shitload to it as well. Thing of it is, 2001 is pretty much Kubrick's version of Childhood's End, which is essentially a sci-fi retelling of the Resurrection.

It's all myth, really; science fiction is so often about meeting our creators or meeting those vastly more powerful than us and it's either good, bad or somewhere in between.





mknod  ·  3667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's all myth, really; science fiction is so often about meeting our creators or meeting those vastly more powerful than us and it's either good, bad or somewhere in between.

My favorite thing about sci fi is that it's not always about the characters, it's about the questions that are being asked about the characters.

kleinbl00  ·  3667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My favorite thing about sci fi is it's as close as we'll ever have to modern fable.