-----David Bowman (the actor in "2001 A Space Odyssey")
Since Kubrick showed the indescribable giant star child to all mankind on the big screen in 1968, he has spoken to "2001 Space Odyssey". The interpretation and analysis of "Roaming" has never stopped. Even today in 2014, our timeline is still covered in the grand narrative space system of this series of works. As its sequel, "2010 A Space Odyssey" is naturally full of countless drama. It also carries the tremendous energy of the original authors Arthur Clarke and Kubrick on the two textual levels of novels and movies, so that we have It is necessary to turn the gaze of inquiry to them again. This puzzle about the ultimate mystery of the universe and the destiny of mankind, the journey of discovering the answers to the mystery has finally begun.
A sequel to the space fable after 2001
To talk about "2010", I'm afraid we still have to talk about "2001: A Space Odyssey" first. The movie story idea is based on a short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur Clarke. The plot of the original novel is actually only the part where Dr. Freud is on the moon. The original novel is very short, only more than two thousand words. Mainly speaking, when a lunar spacecraft was investigating a crater in 1996, it found an unidentified luminous object on a mountain. Dr. Freud and his assistant climbed to the top of the mountain and discovered that this luminous object was a civilizational relic left by a wise living body. They initially thought they had found evidence of the existence of lunar creatures, but later rejected this hypothesis. This luminous body is actually a precision instrument far exceeding the human technology level at that time, and it is still working perfectly. After years of research, scientists were still unable to crack the function of this machine and eventually demolished it. Dr. Freud believes that this was left by life in a distant galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away from the Milky Way. They may have evolved to a very advanced civilization before the existence of life on earth. They are roaming in the infinite universe. It is possible that they discovered that the earth is a suitable star for life generation hundreds of millions of years ago, but because their parent star is too far away from the earth, they may never come back again, so they are on the earth. This "sentinel" (sentinel means sentinel) is installed on the satellite-moon, which has been monitoring the evolution of the earth for hundreds of millions of years. This main clue continued throughout the four parts of the entire space odyssey novel. At that time, Kubrick and Arthur Clark collaborated with each other to finally draw up the entire story outline of "2001" (they are the screenwriters), and this This short original work can actually be used as a prequel to the film and to supplement the outline of the setting, and it will also answer the mystery of many film fans' speculation and interpretation of the film over the years.
However, in the preparation stage of the film, there were still some small frictions between Clark and Kubrick, the two masters. The difference in creative concept and expression theme made Clark not very satisfied with the film. The great success of "2001: A Space Odyssey" made Arthur Clarke want to enter the field of film, and he also wanted to make an eternal and immortal masterpiece. I don’t know if Kubrick has such a curse, always at odds with the author of the original text of the movie. Stephen King was dissatisfied with the filming of "The Shining" that year, and the latter made a film for himself many years later, but no one cared about it. In 1982, Clark created a brand new "old work". He is new because the work itself is indeed a new work. He said "old work" is because this work is the sequel of "2001" that year-"2010: Odyssey Two" . And this time Clark didn’t mean literati benevolent. He just wanted to bloom more and gain fame. In 1982, he wrote a novel called "2010: Odyssey Two". You know the title is "2010: Odyssey Two". 2001" banner. In the same year, he participated in the Hugo Award for best novel competition, but was unexpectedly won by Asimov's "Edge of the Base".
Obviously Clark’s first consideration for writing the novel sequel was to film again. For this reason, he called Kubrick and said half-jokingly: "Your task is to prevent anyone from making this novel. Movies, so that I won’t be harassed by so many people.” The implication is that I want to try and invite Kubrick to come out again, maybe I can make another classic handed down. But Kubrick has no interest in this project at this time, and the director Peter Hyams (director starring works: "Capricorn One", "Time and Space Special Police", "Outland" and so on. Especially "Capricorn One" revealed The American moon landing conspiracy theory, and what is interesting is that many insiders have rumored that all the filming work of the United States disguised landing on the moon was led by Kubrick. He is a director who is very good at old-school action dramas), but this has produced a very strong filming. Willingness.
Gouweixuanmin or master inheritance?
According to Peter Hyams, before the filming started, he specifically discussed the filming with Clark and Kubrick: "I had a long talk with Kubrick, and he gave me great encouragement and asked me to let go of the past. Don’t think too much about it, just shoot and shoot according to your ideas.” But for many people, taking this job is a thankless thing after all. It’s inevitable that people will share the two films. Make a certain comparison. But for Peter Hyams, this is a good opportunity to prove himself. For this reason, he found many big names at the time: JohnLithgow, HelenMirren, RoyScheider, and also invited Syd Mead (a famous futuristic painter who is good at Describing the scene of the future world, has participated in the early setting of BladeRunner, Alien, Tron, and StarTre). In terms of special effects production, he even spared no expense, using EEG company founded by traditional special effects master Douglas Trumbull. However, Trumbull did not directly participate in special effects production, but was in charge of Richard Edlund, who had just left Industrial Light and Magic and joined the company. In addition to shooting with some models, the crew also used the CGI technology that was still in the enlightenment stage to simulate the gaseous simulation of the Jupiter surface in the film and other special effects scenes.
From the beginning of the film, it did not shy away from seamless docking with "2001". Nine years after the storybook was followed by "2001: A Space Odyssey", the former director of the National Space Commission Dr. Freud accepted the Soviet-American cooperation plan and led the Discovery space station. The designer Dr. Kono and Dr. Chandra, the founder of the HAL9000 computer, cooperated with Soviet astronaut Kabuko to investigate the cause of the Discovery accident nine years ago, and once again explore the mysterious black stone of Europa, and find out Why astronaut David Bowman mysteriously disappeared. However, the mission was not halfway through, and relations between the US and the Soviet Union became increasingly tense. The crews of the two sides could only be separated temporarily; at the same time, David Bowman suddenly appeared and issued a mysterious warning to Dr. Freud. There is also a plot in the original novel where the Chinese-sent "Qian Xuesen" arrived at the scene of the incident earlier than the US-Russian spacecraft. It first landed on Europa and attracted giant banyan-like creatures and finally annihilated. But unfortunately, the plot setting with strong meaning of the Cold War did not appear in the movie.
As many people expected, Peter Hyams did not show the astonishing talents of Kubrick in this film. The film can only be said to follow the rules. The imitation and tribute to the previous work are everywhere, the most terrible. It is because the film’s Cold War ideological trend is too heavy, which affects the in-depth development of the theme, and it is even harder to compare with "2001" in terms of ideology. The main purpose of the film is to be quickly elevated in the final message of Bowman and the voice-over: "Everything in the universe is yours, but please don't contaminate Europa. Unity and peaceful coexistence." An indoctrination for all mankind vividly On paper, trying to get the film to the same height as "2001" back then, but this kind of dogmatic concluding preaching actually makes the film look ridiculous. However, with the progress of the times and changes in viewing tastes, Peter Hyams still incorporates some elements of genre films, the rhythm of the film is strengthened, and the increase in special effects scenes also makes the film more visible. At least in the eyes of science fiction fans, the spaceships, futuristic communication systems, computer electronic components, space suits, ride-on heavy-duty mechas, and unmanned aerial probes in the film are all elements that are in line with the trend of science and technology at the time.
After the film was released, it only achieved a North American box office of 40 million U.S. dollars, and it was also the 17th largest movie in the North American theater box office in 1984. It is far from the film’s vision at the beginning of the project. It has neither become a masterpiece nor won much. High commercial interest. Now it seems that this movie has a lot of grievances. The early 1980s itself was the blowout period of classic science fiction movies. Before this film was released, there were already "Star Wars 2", "Star Wars 3", and "Star Trek". 2: Wrath of the Khan, "Blade Runner" came out, "Dune", "The Last Star Warrior", "Terminator" and a series of masterpieces followed after the release, which was quickly submerged in the movie fans. The craze is also reasonable. However, the film still received five nominations for the 59th Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effect, Best Makeup and Best Sound Effect.
In 1987, when Kubrick came up with "Full Metal Shell" to continue to shock the film world, Clark also published a new novel "2061: Odyssey Three", the Space Odyssey series eventually became a four-part series (the last two are "2061" ", "3001"). But after "2010", no one dared to take the chance to take the second two episodes of this series of adaptations. Today, most people only know "2001" and don't know "2010".
Be traversed! A joke egg tribute flying all over the sky.
At the end of August 2013, a domestic netizen suddenly posted a screenshot of "2010" on the Internet. This is a picture of the protagonist Dr. Freud who went to his son's bedroom to say goodbye before setting off. The poster attracted people's attention. This poster features a track and field athlete as the main body of the picture, and is also accompanied by the words "BEIJING 2008". For a while, there was a lot of discussion. You must know that the film was released in 1984, and Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001. Many netizens can't help but speculate that there is a transcendence in the crew. However, this detail has already been discovered by foreign textual emperors, and it is not difficult to understand Clark's description of China in the original work. The background of the story is 2010, and China has already risen to become a world power pole in the setting. It is related to the 2008 Olympic Games, so making such a setting in the film is also a response to the "Qian Xuesen" who did not appear on the scene. This is an echoing remedy, but in fact, there are more descriptions of China in "2061: A Space Odyssey".
As a sci-fi movie, naturally there must also be technological props of Niucha. The unusual way of this film lies in its direct connection with Time Technology. The computer that Dr. Freud used on the beach that appeared in the 19th minute of the film was the Apple IIc produced by Apple in April 1984. This It is also the first attempt by Apple to produce a portable computer. This actually looks more interesting than the above mentioned crossing event.
And the film has not forgotten to pay tribute to the HAL-9000, the most famous artificial intelligence computer in film history in "2001". After its debut, Dr. Chandra had a meaningful dialogue with its sister model SAL-9000:
SAL-9000: "Am I going to dream?"
Dr. Chandra: "Of course, all intelligent creatures are
okay ." At the end of the film HAL-9000 also asked Dr. Freud the same question, and the doctor's answer was "I don't know."
Many previous science fiction movies, such as "Blade Runner", tried to explain the question of the rationality of artificial intelligence, and this answer will make many people think of "Blade Runner" original novel Philip K Dick Title of the work-"Will a bionic person dream of an electronic sheep? ".
In addition, the spacewalks carried out by Soviet and American astronauts to land on the Discovery are obviously similar to the 2013 global “Gravity” in many designs. What's more interesting is Su, who loves to laugh and talk. The Russian astronauts and the nervous American astronauts who have just ventured into space are also very much like the roles played by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in the film.
However, the most outstanding egg among these can be described as Clark's two appearances. One time was when Dr. Freud was discussing Soviet-American cooperation with his colleagues on the White House lawn, the old man sat on the bench on the left side of the screen to bask in the sun; the second time was more dramatic, and Kubu was also brought in. Rick has a shabu-shabu together-a hospital nurse in the film holds a "Time" magazine. The cover of the magazine is the content of the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. One is the US leader and the other is the Soviet leader. The portraits of these two leaders are Clark and Kubrick respectively.
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