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The Space Odyssey Series
In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
r96sk
Jan 16, 2024 · via TMDB
A much more standard affair compared to its predecessor. Given that's the case, I honestly enjoyed this more than <em>'2001: A Space Odyssey'</em> - if only because it's more closer to what I'd personally want from a film than what that 1968 flick offers, which is moreso an attempted art piece. Of course, the original does things visibly and audibly far, far greater than this 1984 release - just plot-wise, this is better in my opinion. That's not to say that <em>'2010'</em> is something I'd consider great, because I wouldn't. It is, though, solid sci-fi fare, one I had a decent time watching. I'm not a fan of recasts, but Roy Scheider does a good job in place of William Sylvester as Heywood Floyd. Bob Balaban does well, while it's neat to see John Lithgow and Helen Mirren involved. I'm somewhat surprised (but agreeable) that this has, seemingly, been fairly well received. I was expecting it to be poorly thought of by the majority, as is usually the case for sequels of iconic movies that aren't cut from the same cloth; different director etc.
Wuchak
Apr 8, 2021 · via TMDB
_**Another trip to Jupiter to find answers**_ After the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) resigned his position as head of the National Council for Astronautics. Several years later, the Soviets send the spacecraft Leonov & crew to Jupiter along with three Americans, including Floyd, to help investigate Discovery and the malfunction of the vessel's sentient computer, HAL 9000. Keir Dullea returns as the missing astronaut David Bowman while Helen Mirren plays the captain of the Leonov. Bob Balaban and John Lithgow also appear as the other two American astronauts. "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (1984) is realistic science-fiction that’s less artsy and more dramatically compelling compared to its predecessor, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). That doesn’t make it better, of course, just different. “2001” raised questions while this one provides answers, which some people inevitably won’t like. The questions include: Why did HAL malfunction? What was the real reason for Discovery's original mission, unknown to Floyd? What happened to Bowman? What is the purpose of the colossal monolith orbiting Jupiter? Both films compliment and counterbalance each other. This one’s more of a straightforward space adventure in the near future. Unlike Star Wars, which is space fantasy, “2010” is space-oriented adult science-fiction. Star Trek is too, but “2010” is far more realistic, which I appreciate. In other words, don’t expect any Klingons or spacecraft dogfights. This is more along the lines of “Mission to Mars” (2000) and “The Martian” (2015). The film runs 1 hours, 56 minutes. GRADE: B
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Roy Scheider
Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow
Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren
Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban
Dr. R. Chandra
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Caroline Floyd
Savely Kramarov
Dr. Vladimir Rudenko
Taliesin Jaffe
Christopher Floyd
James McEachin
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Mary Jo Deschanel
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Elya Baskin
Maxim Brailovsky
Dana Elcar
Dimitri Moisevitch
Oleg Rudnik
Dr. Vasili Orlov
Natasha Shneider
Irina Yakunina
Vladimir Skomarovsky
Yuri Svetlanov
Candice Bergen
SAL 9000 (voice)
Herta Ware
Jessie Bowman
Jan Tříska
Alexander Kovalev
Robert Lesser
Dr. Hirsch
Delana Michaels
Commercial Announcer
Arthur C. Clarke
Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
Paul Huston
Conceptual Design
Don E. FauntLeRoy
Assistant Camera
Peter Hyams
Director of Photography
Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Michael Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Linda Klein
Medical Consultant
Freddie Hice
Stunts
Gary Morgan
Stunts
John C. Meier
Stunts
Mic Rodgers
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Peter Hyams
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Peter Hyams
Producer
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Arthur C. Clarke
Novel
Peter Hyams
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