The responses are instantaneous.

Everything about this scene scared the hell out of me when I was nine years old. But it also did spark an interest in Arthur C. Clarke's work.

The voice processing... the cryptic "something wonderful", the "being disconnected from time" concept... one of the most alien aliens in movie history.

I almost forgot about this film

These scenes were great. The stuff about the Russian/USA conflict… dated and not very good.

"Goodbye Dr. Floyd.....We can have no further contact."

This is a nothing movie loathed it when it came out.

Of course there was no "gravity" anywhere on that ship, except for the centrifuge. And they were not in/on the centrifuge.

"My God, it's full of farts"

3.20: Seeing the Star Child turn and look at me like that, l'd have gone screaming through the ship.

If only Dr. Floyd were pink…

Love this movie!

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

What an amazing scene!! So incredibly...eerie...yet hopeful!

" allowed , by who? That gave me goosebumps

The thing that has ALWAYS bothered me about this scene is there should be no gravity in the bay.

Sound is terribly low

Hal 9000, Still a dangerous computer. 💀

What an amazing scene

I always considered HAL/Dave to be almost like a representation of a biblically accurate angel here, but one of the dimension of time and not the three of space. Instead of an amorphous, continuously shape-shifting entity, he shape-shifts different stages of his life over time. Also I think the final shape-shift was cheeky, but meant to clearly answer Floyd’s question. What’s going to happen? Rebirth.

Love the brutal, frank honesty here. "I can't explain." Dave doesn't even attempt to explain whatever higher processes he's been subjected to after being hyper-evolved by the monolith-creating aliens. The concepts he could try to present to Floyd wouldn't make sense from Floyd's human perspective, so it remains a relatively basic conversation between two humans.

And he we are 2024, Russian ships in Cuba , 🥶.....................Hello Dr Floyd

This is a seriously under-rated movie. The original was genius, but is a little hard for me to watch. I get bored. This one manages to give the same feel as the first, while moving the story on at a faster pace. And the story is COOL.

2010 is more chilling

Shivers down my neck watching this

Dave's red suit must be pretty ripe after nine years.

"But they depict him bald and aged who is in eternal youth All-powerful, and his locks nourish like the brows of morning; He is the Spirit of Prophecy, the ever-apparent Elias." -William Blake

How did you manage to screw up the aspect ratio AND screw up the sound level? Brain damage?

This scene is Wonderful! Thanks Thanks Thanks I read the novels three times. I watch the movies n+1 times!

TERRIBLE VOLUME SHAME ON YOU

It would be interesting if this was remade with 2022 technology. Peter Hyams was limited by technology of 1984 unfortunately. For example, he had to delete the entire Tsien chapter 3 (which was compacted into the probe launch from Leonov). Also, specific to this scene, the book details how Bowman's age changed in real time, not just cut-away scenes. But overall the film was outstanding.

My Gawd! It’s full of Stars!

Really mature of you Dave. Every time we try to have a serious conversation, you pull that fetus thing.

Something wonderful it's going to happen planet and in the war in the Ukraine

He was basically showing him what would happen by shifting. It's to represent that he's projecting himself in some way from the 4th dimension. You can be at any place, at any time, any age, any direction, speed, etc etc. You could also be everywhere at different times. Him shifting is revealing that knowledge, But a 3 Dimensional being will have more questions than answers, and won't fundamentally understand what's going on. They nailed this scene perfectly for the time period. Especially on what it would be like for a 4D being trying to explain or show 4D capabilities to a 3D being. As well as there being a communication barrier. "He can't tell him" because it's knowledge that can't be put into words or any physical 3D form of communication. "Something wonderful" being the only description because you have to feel it and become it. Feelings, they might just be the only thing transferable between the two. If something has a consciousness, it most likely has emotion. So a 4 Dimensional being may very well be able to impose feelings onto us, and we don't even know it. Imagine there was actually a 2D Dimension on earth that had life within it. We would ultimately rule over that Dimension, they wouldn't even know we exist. You couldn't even put a flat picture down of yourself because they wouldn't be able to see over the line that the picture creates on it's edges. So just imagine for a second what kind of ability a 4D being might have over the 3rd Dimension. They basically can manipulate all forms of matter, especially protons. Therefore they could most likely manipulate chemicals, and chemicals in our brains are responsible for making us feel. Kinda went down a rabbit hole. 😂

will we humans ever make contact with another civilisation? And will they help us?

2010 - The year we needed hearing aids.

When hal says look behind you and Floyd sees Bowman I get goosebumps every time

Still gives me chills when I see it. "look behind you".

Turn the volume up I can't hear shit

So Dave Bowman in his final years becomes the leader of the Hare Krishna cult?

Bowman's fate in 2001 was given proper closure by appearing to the astronaut (Roy Scheider) who is investigating his mysterious vanishing. Bowman's transformation to a higher plain was no vain and empty occurrence. It was also proper that both HAL and Bowman instigate the climax of this movie.

This movie was to 2001 what Godfather lll was to the first two Godfathers…unmatchable and unnecessary

Bowman is God...

0:20 Suddenly Floyd realizes he doesn't want proof after all.

Alright somebody is talking from behind that damn tesseract book shelf again.. is it you Bowman!

why is there gravity in the pod bay ?

Pod #1 was sabotaged and sent hurling into space by HAL. Dave literally blew the door off #2. Pod #3 went to the point of no return. Where did this one come from?

I remember watching this when I was a young teenager and being scared out of my mind...

At the end of 2001, Bowman found himself in an alien zoo, spending the rest of his life there, by my estimate, about 70 years, before dying and evolving into the star child. When I first saw 2001, I thought Bowman entered a virtual world, in which he aged and evolved over a period of decades that were in fact mere seconds. Looking at 2010, Bowman should still be in the alien zoo and fairly young, when he shows up as his evolved self here. Either time doesn’t affect him any more, or my original impression still applies. I guess it’s up to the viewer to decide.