Space Odyssey Notes

Hal won't allow dave back into the pod because he knows he wants to disconnect him. He went through the emergency entrance. Dave says he feels better and tries to trick him into not shutting him down. He goes In his brain. Hal keeps saying his mind is going and that he is scared while Dave is shutting him down, even though he is incapable of having feelings. Casting is important - chose dave because of his eyes


At the beginning of the movie, two tribes of monkeys were fighting over a pond of water. Even though they have the same enemies, such as the tigers and other animals, they still only worry for themselves. This is also shown with Dr. Heywood. The Russians are the enemies, but they are still not willing to share the information they have even though both sides are fighting against the same people. These people were being compared to the apes presented first. 


On the ship, there is a technological crew member who is in charge of the entire ship. Hal is the brain of the ship and watches over the men while they are in hibernation. Hal says he is very confident in himself because he has never made a mistake, and those like him are “incapable of error”. This was the first red flag because whenever someone says this or talks about perfection, it is usually a sign of the opposite. The letters after HAL are from IBM. This shows how HAL is connected to IBM. HAL printed the information on a punch card, if he is so technologically advanced he should have been able to print the message in English. 


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