2001 a Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey: Art vs. 2012 Reality

David H. Bailey | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Siri, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, Voice Recognition, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Movies, Artificial Intelligence, Tablets, Science News
David H. Bailey

What is missing is a sales pitch -- like the arms race but ideally less grim -- that made possible the Apollo program. Time will tell when and how the 2001 vision will be realized, and if it will be human or robotic. In the meantime, we all can dream.

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2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012

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Michael Vazquez

In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.

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The Robot with the Dragon Tattoo

Ken Goldberg | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Robotics, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Science News
Ken Goldberg

Why should Facebook be limited to those with human faces? It's possible we'll soon see "Interface-book," where our robots will also stay up late making friends and exchanging data.

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In Time and Tower Heist: Can Robbing the Rich Solve Inequality?

Govindini Murty | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Andrei Tarkovsky, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Justin Timberlake in Time, Eddie Murphy Tower Heist, Blade Runner, Entertainment News
Govindini Murty

A pair of new films this week offers a critique of capitalism sure to gladden the heart of any Occupy Wall Street protester, but they offer simple solutions to a very complex problem.

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Samsung Cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' In Apple Patent Case

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Apple Patent, Apple Samsung, Video, Apple, Apple 2001: A Space Odyssey, Samsung 2001: A Space Odyssey, Samsung, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Samsung Patent, Samsung APple, Technology News

By Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal. If something about Apple's iPad had a back-to-the-future vibe to it, court documents by Samsung assert one...

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NASA's Shattered Legacy

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Obama, Nasa, Jpl, Space Shuttle, Politics News
The Relentless Conservative

Whether you support and love this president or loathe him and want him impeached, the decision to defund NASA is stupid, short-sighted and selfish.

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Fulfilling Orwell's Prophecy: 15 Futuristic Films You Should See

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: 1984, Futuristic Films, George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dystopian Films, Thx 1138, Blade Runner, Film, The Matrix, Planet of the Apes, Big Brother, A Clockwork Orange, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

For years, novels and movies have warned us about the ominous future that we face. In fact, film may be the best representation of what we now face as a society that is fulfilling Orwell's prophecy.

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Annals of the Overrated: Lady Gaga and The Tree of Life

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Stanley Kubrick, James Jones, Janet Jackson, Disco, The Tree of Life, The New World, Steven Spielberg, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Material Girl, Marshall Fine Commentary, The Big Bang, Days of Heaven, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Laura Nyro, Koyaanisqatsi, Madonna, Like a Virgin, Pocahontas, Born This Way, Cannes Film Festival, The Thin Red Line, Hbo, Terrence Malick, Vogue, Marshall Fine, Godfrey Reggio, Cher, Badlands, Papa Don?T Preach, Jamestown Colony, Lady GaGa, Saturday Night Live, 1970s, Michael Bay, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Last week I saw Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. Then I saw Lady Gaga on SNL. And I had the same reaction to both: Why are there so many people out there willing to declare this stuff great art?

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Experience Stanley Kubrick's World In New Exhibition

Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Paris Film Museum, Video, Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick, Deutsch Film Museum, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, The Shining, The Killing, Film, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Arts News

To watch a Stanley Kubrick film like '2001: A Space Odyssey' or 'Dr. Strangelove' is to enter a veritable museum of pioneering set design and visual e...

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Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lewis Carroll, 9/11, Coeducation, Carnival of the Century, West Side Story, Hanover Inn, Skis, Carnival Ball, Connecticut College, Won K. Chung, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, Jay Gatsby, Gina Barreca, 1902 Room, Jabberwocky, Through the Looking Glass, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ski, Dartmouth College, Walter Wanger, Collis Commonground, Winter Carnival, Top of the Hop, Hollywood Prayer Network, President Jim Yong Kim, Skiing, Ann Sheridan, Where the Wild Things Are, Ski Jumping, Break a Leg, The Greatest Show on Earth, President Kim, Carnival Queen, Baker Library, Twin Towers, Dr. Seuss, Dartmouth, Through a Frosted Looking Glass, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Nick Carraway, Tampax, Avon, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Princeton, September 11th, Leagues Under the Sea, University of Connecticut, Chicago News
Lonna Saunders

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway remarks, "You can't repeat the past." To which Jay Gatsby replied, "You can't repeat the past? Why of course, you can."

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WATCH: A Video Tribute To Stanley Kubrick On The Anniversary Of His Death

The Huffington Post | Melinda Brocka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today marks the anniversary of the death of legendary American film director Stanley Kubrick who died March 7, 1999 from natural causes, he was 70. ...

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Will Robotics Take the Art Out of Artificial Intelligence?

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Ford Museum, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Robotics, Jens Schanze, Stanley Kubrick, Darpa, Christine O?Donnell, Google Driverless Car, Plug and Pray, War With the Newts, Ars Electronica, Hans-Joachim Wunsche, Singularity University, Robotic Vehicles, Golem, Minoru Asada, Speech Recognition, Henry Ford, Joseph Weizenbaum, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Karel Capek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, William Clay Ford, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Raymond Kurzweil, Artificial Intelligence, Robocup, Geminoid, Wargames, Arts News
George Heymont

Will robotics strip the potential for creating art from artificial intelligence? Although Plug and Pray has some genuinely creepy moments, it's a film that is definitely worth your attention.

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Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up:2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Persons

Maybe you missed our free-form follow up to the Cinefantastique Podcast last week. Then again, maybe you have a life. In any case, we didn't manage to...

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Can AT&T Stay in Business? Communication Giant Can't Even Communicate Within Its Own Company

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

How can AT&T's leadership condone inefficient and ultimately uncaring processes within the same company that cause its customers such tumult?

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Five Shamless Sci-Fi Oscar Robberies, Spearheaded by Avatar

Scott Thill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Thill

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'Tis a Pity She's No Longer a Whore -- Times Square Cultural Armageddon

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melody Breyer-Grell

And they said things were bad in the 70's. The dirt, the porno shops, the Disco. All that is now a fond memory for many New Yorkers who gamely braved that bit of Hades to attend a real Broadway musical.

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Craplex Cockpit Computers 7 -- Unsafe At Any Speed

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cockpit Computer Failures., Air France 447, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Cockpit Navigation Displays, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Sam Fleishman, Cockpit Computer Research, John T. Halliday, Technology News
John T. Halliday

Airline cockpit computers have been oversold and understudied. Pilots can focus on more important parts of flying, but do they understand the computer well enough to control the plane's flight path?

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Where The Hell Is My Flying Car? Hoverboards, Robots, And Other Things Movies Promised Us (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flying Cars, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Robocop, Slidepoll, Demolition Man, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Minority Report, Robots, Comedy Slideshows, Comedy News

It's 2010, which means we're getting that much closer to when a bunch of futuristic films took place. And while we've made many technological strides ...

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HAL -- The Cockpit Serial Killer

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confusing Automation, Air France 447, Murder by Computer, Terrorism, Electronic Mutiny, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 9/11, Quantas 72, Hal, Aviation Psychology, Airbus Planes., Cockpit Computers, Mohammed Atta, Computercide, World News
John T. Halliday

Let's shift the balance of power in the cockpit back to humans. As MIT's R. John Hansman explains, "Less is more." Dumb cockpit computers down; let pilots be pilots

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Terminating the Darkness: Hope Floats, but Anxiety Abides

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bradley

Is the era of the dark comic book movie fable coming to an end? Or is it more a matter of a spate of seemingly underperforming dark would-be blockbusters?

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"IRON MAN" ROBOT SUIT Cyberdyne: HAL in 2009 (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ever dream of being Iron Man? Well, that dream might not be as far fetched as you might think. Cyberdyne, a Japanese company founded Professor Sankai,...

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LISTEN: Favorite Science Fiction Soundtracks

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Star Wars, John Williams, Film Music, Imperial March, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spotify Playlists, Blade Runner, Ennio Morricone, Science Fiction, The Thing, Fifth Element, Jurassic Park, Video, Science News

What does science fiction sound like? Sci fi movies have a history of weird, imaginative soundtracks, possibly because we're not sure what kind of...

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