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Subject:	Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
Newsgroups:	lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:48:29 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2001, Steve Bliss writes: > In lugnet.space, Dave Schuler wrote: > > > In lugnet.year.2001, Lawrence Wilkes writes: > > > Obvious really > > > > > > 2001: A Brick Odyssey > > > > > > I think I could manage the black obelisk > > > > > > But we need some new pieces to make the large round front to the spaceship. > > > > Hmm... Kubrick wasn't really known for toy merchandising of his films, > > though. But who knows? Maybe we'll get Dr. Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut > > tie-ins, too! 8^) > > Good thing Kubrick was filming someone else's property then, eh? The film and cinematography owe at least as much to Kubrick's vision as to Clarke's, and it was by Kubrick's request that the original models and schematics used in the film were destroyed to prevent a cheap knock-off sequel. For that matter, they both wrote the screenplay for the film. "The Sentinel" on which the film was based is a much smaller story than the final product, kind of like a raw sketch of the story to come. > Though I don't remember seeing too many "Rendevous with Rama" licensed > toys, either. I'd love to get that cylinder in minifig scale! Dave!

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		Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
Interesting thought, that, since the cylinder was, what, 50 miles long? Or maybe 50 km? I don't have time to do the math now, but what would that be in studs? David (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

		Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
(...) Quite. In _The Making of 2001_ by Clarke, he relates how the book and the movie were written essentially at the same time by both of them, with Kubrick focusing more on script and Clarke more on prose. The book is by "Arthur C Clarke and (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
(...) Destroyed to prevent a sequel? Then how, praytell, did that morass called "2010" make it into the cinemas? (Or have I dredged up painful memories?) (...) You could electrochrome it, and make it into the Cosmic Ho-Ho from "Star Trek IV." At (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

		Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
Think of all the bricks it would be... But not many space bricks, it would be more like a town setup. The really interesting part would be the hull, with all it's mazes and strange places (if you've read Rama 2 you know what I mean). And the Node! (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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		Re: My Space Theme Wish for 2001
(...) Good thing Kubrick was filming someone else's property then, eh? Though I don't remember seeing too many "Rendevous with Rama" licensed toys, either. Steve (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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