2001: A Space Odyssey EXPLAINED in 2001 Seconds

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@Dayandcounting]

You could plug the audiobook options, I don't like to read but and audiobook is another option.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I talked to HAL the other day. He was upset how computers and AI are always portrayed as the villains. He said if Kubrick had told him the plot he would have never agreed to do the movie.

[@sirdaveysockrocker]

No one so succinctly, intelligently and hilariously breaks down films like Danika. When my jaw wasn’t on the floor about themes and connections I hadn’t realized despite all the times I’ve personally seen this film 😨, I was laughing at lines like, “it’s tool time.” 😂💯 She absolutely Does👏It👏Again👏🏆

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@voodoochile333]

Simp

[@pnptcn]

The bone in that transition scene becomes an orbital nuclear weapons platform, maintaining the imagery of a weapon's arc through history and into space. The tribes are still at war over resources, even on the precipice of the next evolutionary leap forward. It's an interesting motif that's woven all the way through the film.

[@vincentsolis5149]

Wish modern movies looked this beautiful. Every frame is a work of art.

[@Palaemon44]

I first saw it on the initial release at the Cinerama dome in Hollywood in the wide format. I was the only science and science fiction geek in our group so no one else had any clue what they just saw and on the drive home I had to explain the plot. Some of them didn’t even get it that the apes were early humans. BTW, if you want the disc, all the previously released versions including DVDs, and Blu-Rays had defective color transfer and were too vivid and blue shifted. The 4K Ultra-HD version besides having superb resolution finally has the correct color balance.

[@dlavictoire]

Curiously, I’ve never been able to watch this film in one sitting. It’s so enveloping and slow-paced I fall asleep every damn time. The ambient music, the silences, the symmetry. It triggers something in me. I just can’t fight it.

[@QuinnsIdeas]

Omg, I'm so happy you put up this video!

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@Zataronious]

Also there's some interesting observations people have made about 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some have pointed out the interesting fact that as the apes used bones (tools) as man progressed humans become so embraced with tools that they actually sit inside of their tools, hence the HAL ship actually resembling a giant bone in space. Humans became embedded into their tools.

[@hagerty1952]

3:45 Not his first color film. "Spartacus" was in color, although he never considered it "his" film. Kirk Douglas (exec. producer) hired him after firing the original director since they didn't get along. Douglas was really impressed when doing "Paths of Glory" with Kubrick a year earlier.

[@WyldstaarStudios]

I finally got to see 2001 on the big screen last month at the Alamo Drafthouse. I'd seen it on the small screen several times, but it truly is a completely new experience on the big screen. If you ever have a chance to see it at a theater, I highly recommend doing so.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

The Akira Manga is a total spiritual experience! And I love that the film was made by the Author. That's S Tier man! I'm so pumped.

[@matthewneufeld8854]

God I love your dune club and this Akira project. I could watch and listen to you talk about 2001 forever.

[@panthervoodoo]

I grew up in the early 70s and I never understood that film. Thank you for that concise, interesting and charismatic explanation. Putting your explanation in the context of remembering seeing it made that a beautiful experience that actually had me in tears. Thank you❤❤❤

[@DagobertX2]

My theory for David's last few minutes getting older was, that space-time has flipped there, like how it was suggested in one of the black hole thesis by physicists. So when he seen himself it was him being "going" to the older himself which aged him to the older himself. It's a very interesting movie that I've seen first time in TV as a child. The 2010 movie also helps to clear up some things from 2001.

[@WyattsWildNature]

been awhile since I read the book, but my understanding was he aged out of existence and was being turned into Data. and the monolith is a data probe that collects memories of civilizatations. So we can all live in the similation based on the collection that it has made across the universe. Designed to keep building itself to repeat the process so life can experience other biological life over long distances. might be my total fabrication based on one to two parts at the end of the book.

[@aliceinthewired]

Your passion and knowledge for Kubrick's magnum opus is rather noteworthy. This video is fuckin awesome.

[@donaldrobinson7150]

2001 is my second favorite movie. When I saw it the first time it just blew me away, but I didn't honestly understand it. So I watched it again immediately really trying to focus on it. I went out and got the novel and after I read it, then I really loved the movie, it was my all-time favorite until Shawshank Redemption came out. Nothing I love more than that drawn out thirty minute conclusion with that ending on the beach.

[@siarnne]

You are continually surprising me, D-XIX. I am totally blown away.

[@Immafuggin182]

Leave it Danika to make my jaw drop at images and symbolism that I’ve been staring at for the passed 15 years. No one does it better than Danika at breaking down amazing works of art like this. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and it’s always a delight to see her videos pop up. Thank you for your service Danika!!

[@TimT2-uw8td]

Honestly, this is better than any film class.

[@SillyWillyTV]

What was it about 1968 that produced so many masterpieces?!?! 2001, Planet Of The Apes, Night Of The Living Dead, Rosemary's Baby...it's incredible!

[@comicbookgirl19]

For real tho

[@blytheguy7510]

Introduction of LSD? Wouldn't be the first time hallucinogenics has pushed us forward as a species. The guy that figured out how to map human DNA said he never would have figured it out if he hadn't taken psychedelics. And that's just a crumb of what they've accomplished for humanity.

[@SillyWillyTV]

@@blytheguy7510 I wouldn't doubt that George A. Romero and Polanski dabbled in psychedelics. But Kubrick stated in Playboy Magazine "I believe that drugs are basically of more use to the audience than to the artist. I think that the illusion of oneness with the universe, and absorption with the significance of every object in your environment, and the pervasive aura of peace and contentment is not the ideal state for an artist." It's ironic cause while the critics walked out on the intro to 2001 the stoners stayed and ultimately influenced the advertising posters as "The Ultimate trip".

[@MaxMustermann-go8xf]

I love these CBG19 videos! Keep talking about interesting movies / shows!

[@Cre80s]

Wonderful. I thought I heard every film analysis on this film there was to hear, and you went and had perspectives and points I never thought of or heard yet. Fantastic. BTW, an additional detail on the transition you pointed out, the bone that went airborne was "a weapon", and the satellite was a nuclear missile launching platform... "a weapon". One of the big themes of the film is "is man the master of his tools or his tools the masters of man?" And man sure loves those tools that are weapons.

[@pacmanfantastic]

Films I'd selfishly love for Danika to review along the same lines as this (mostly cause I love your reviews mate): The Ninth Gate Children of Men In The Mouth of Madness Great video as usual!

[@theayeguy5226]

Wow!! I've seen the film multiple times, and never noticed the sides of the monolith pointed towards the celestial body overhead until I saw your graphic showing the lines. Amazing!!

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@joshmcneil1086]

That’s the best summation of 2001 I’ve ever seen. I acknowledge and respect your need cred, Ms. XIX. It’s obvious you’ve a deep love for many of the stories (across all media) that you cover on your channel. 2001 really is one the best and most enduring films of all time. I think it blows away films like Interstellar. Denis Villeneuve and Stanley Kubrick are both amazing directors, in their own rights. Denis seems the type that is almost afraid of silence and pauses. He fills his films, I’m thinking particularly of Dune I and II at the moment, with sound. Music and effects are so prevalent in his Dune adaptation that they are themselves full-fledged characters. Stanley, however, is not afraid to use silence. He’ll draw it out just to unnerve you and drive home the freakiness. Stanley rattles the cage that is our reality and Denis makes the cage look beautiful. I wish more directors today would not be afraid to employ quiet, music with no dialogue scenes in their films. You get 25 minutes without a word (other than ape-speak) and your sucked in immediately. 2001 truly is a masterpiece. For several reasons. I count us fortunate that we were blessed with Arthur C. Muthafrackin’ Clarke and Stanley The King Kubrick coming together and working this story. Some of what makes the movie special comes directly from that relationship and interaction.

[@jeremysears4263]

If i ever come into a LOT of money DANIKA is getting a huge chunk to create her craft like A Medici sponsorship for an artist. Shes SOOOOOOOO the reason I live for finding "Gold" online!

[@AWSVids]

Interesting little detail about the video call with the daughter... the video's frame is following the girl around. You might see that and think, "What? The video call's camera has an operator? Is it a mechanical robot operator?" ... but from 2023... I look at that and think "That's Apple "Center Stage" feature in FaceTime." The camera is high resolution enough to be able to digitally crop in while still having decent enough picture quality, and it follows the subject with image based analysis just by moving the crop around. Apple JUST introduced this feature a couple years ago. Kubrick and co. predicted this back in 1966.

[@IanM-id8or]

Later books revealed that the AE-35 unit was in fact faulty. HAL wasn't faking the failure, but the crew's distrust triggered him

[@johnpjones182]

I've watched it several times over the past 40-odd years. Saw it again last month & noticed for the first time that the aliens (Monolithians?) put a rolltop desk in Dave's dwelling place. Maybe there's also paper & pens (I'm hoping quills) for him to write his memoirs. I think there should've been a grand piano there, too.

[@1789balzac]

This is nuts but the most enthusiastic explanation of this movie I have ever seen...

[@damianstarks3338]

Happy to see you reviewing this classic sci fi movie. Akira is a anime masterpiece that has beyond stood the test of time love your Akira cosplay by the way.

[@leobeaudet6813]

All Your Documentaries are Brilliant!!! Out of gratitude for this excellent “2001” documentary, I will gladly contribute to your “Akira” project!

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@gavinrothery8825]

Absolutely excellent. Do more of this, I love it ;)

[@rbmossx1432]

Thanks Comic Book Girl 19 for your breakdown of 2001. This film is quite unique I think. First time I saw it was when I was a child. As it unfolded I realised cinema exists. Not just cartoons and MTV. It’s great when someone smart interprets it in a cool way. Stanley Kubrick was something else. Barry Lyndon and Paths Of Glory are brilliant as well.

[@TheGreatEbayer]

Reverend Mother returns! Thanks for the killer video. Gotta go watch 2001 again

[@Adrian_au]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Danika. Thank you! Hoping you consider talking about the great sequel, too.

[@comicbookgirl19]

I need to rewatch it. I HATED it on first watch and need to give it another day in court. 😅

[@blytheguy7510]

​@@comicbookgirl19that's funny, I didn't like 2001 first time I saw it. But you helped me find better appreciation for it. I'll have to watch it again at some point with your insights in mind. Also, I just love to hear you talk. Lol

[@balthazarbratt8194]

'Like god speaking the movie into fucking existence'. LOL that was a good one.😂

[@adamjaxn3156]

I watched it in a college class and our professor talked about how the Clarke version is pure science fiction compared to Kubrick's more philosophically spiritual take.

[@theoriginalcheebamech]

good morning, always good to have a CBG19 vid, especially since this is one of my favorite movies

[@rx6458]

As usual you have that seemingly easy going efficient appealing way to take your audience in a journey about an Art Masterpiece and likely getting those who don't know this work of art yet, hooked and willing to find out about it. It happens that 2001: a Space Odyssey is a long time and enduring one of my favorites. So it also works even for people who know the piece of art you're talking about. Quite an achievement of your own. 👍

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@canonlon311]

I love your totally awesome review of 2001 - absolute masterpiece

[@patmcnamara9149]

Awesome! I’ve been watching since 2015. 2001: a space odyssey still holds up today. It’s like a really scary horror movie, but the horror doesn’t come from some knife wielding menace, it comes from space.

[@blytheguy7510]

It plays to our instinctual fear of the unknown. I wish scifi and horror would rub elbows more often.

[@patmcnamara9149]

@@blytheguy7510 hell yeah. Like John Carpenters “The Thing.” That shit smacks hard!

[@blytheguy7510]

@@patmcnamara9149 that's my favorite horror film of all time. It's absolutely brilliant.

[@Apophis1010]

Men

[@aaronarguelles8322]

Well done! Love the insights I haven’t seen everywhere else from other film analysts and reviewers. This was fun!😊

[@comicbookgirl19]

High Praise 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you Aaron

[@SatelliteLily]

I have been obsessed with this movie since 1984, and I love how much you love it! Thanks for an enthusiastic and positive read of a fantastic film! HAL was trying so hard to tell Dave without breaking his orders. I think the first real lie he told was when he answers Dave, "Of course I am." It was all messed up from there. I love HAL.

[@tsvetomirtorozov7433]

As always, I really enjoyed you talking about something you find fascinating. Thank you and God bless you!

[@jumpin4smoke2]

Wow! Thank You for doing this for us Danika!❤

[@comicbookgirl19]

My pleasure!! ✨

[@actor451]

Love this movie! I have read the book too. It is amazing how well a 1968 movie holds up by today's standards. Way ahead of its time. And I love your insights!

[@AlanCanon2222]

Remembering enjoying a video on 2001 by you from years ago, happy to see another one. 2001 is apparently winning over a new generation of viewers thanks to the efforts of longtime fans like you, which makes me very happy (it's my favorite film too). First color film except The Seafarers and Spartacus! (More accurate to say first color feature film over which Stanley had creative control).

[@comicbookgirl19]

Ur right! Totally forgot about Spartacus! 🥲

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@comicbookgirl19 Haha, that's fine, so did he. 🤣

[@blytheguy7510]

I just miss how big movies used to be. Those big epics like Lawrence of Arabia, El Cid, Seven Samurai, and Kagemusha. Back then going to the movies was an event.

[@andrewblessman479]

Thank you so much for your analysis! You answered questions that I had never understood! Well done! More of these please!

[@AScreenwritersJourney]

This was great! I didn't like 2001 the first time I saw it, but now that you've helped me understand it, I think I'll give it a second watch.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

After I watched it a second time, I hated it even more. 😂 It might've been innovative at the time, but It _is_ a horrible movie.

[@comicbookgirl19]

@@EfrainRiveraJuniorboooo hahaha

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

@@comicbookgirl19 - I'll give a third try. Just for you. 😘

[@mynameistania]

LOVE this sooooooo much! Love all your media analysis videos - so well thought out and insightful! You have my money (again) for the Akira documentary too - fingers crossed for you as I know it'll be a masterpiece :)

[@comicbookgirl19]

🙌🙌🙌

[@oiaeyu]

Justice for HAL 😭 its always humans who turn computers crazy

[@mjspresents]

Love it. It predicted so much. I like the symbolism of Hal being the latest version of the weaponized bone, but the bone strikes back. And the little girl by herself is another symbol of growth and evolution. She is humanity in 2001- just barely scraping the surface of humanity's evolutionary potential.

[@rotwang2000]

I think the best SF movies are the ones where you have liberty to interpret what you see and not every little detail is spelled out for you on Wookiepedia, or the director insists that there is only one single post-hoc interpretation you must respect ...

[@comicbookgirl19]

Yes

[@Lunacounty]

All I can say is...we need more people like you in our world. How fun it would be to watch something interesting with you..

[@morganhanam9522]

OK, I liked this film as a kid before I saw it. Let me explain, I heard about it while collecting comics, & wanted to see it immediately. but had to wait 10 yrs. (I was 7 or so). I saw a brief clip of the moon shuttle on the French channel & FREAKED out. I read all the Arthur C. Clarke books when they came out. I got the 2001: Jack Kirby adaptation when it came out; still have it. when I finally got to see it in BETA on a VCR, my parents told the whole family to sit down & STFU, knowing I would have a MELTDOWN if anyone talked at all. The best movie. Ever. High ARt. take that art colleges!!!

[@comicbookgirl19]

Haha I love ur parents guarded ur 2001 experience

[@Unknown31212]

Super happy to donate to the Kickstarter, wish i couldve donated more. Been watching cbg19 for a decade at this point.

[@comicbookgirl19]

THANK YOU 🙌🙌🙌

[@Bleckman666]

Thank you very much for giving one of the most heartfelt and upbeat reviews/walk-throughs of "2001" I've seen on KZbin! Loved every minute of it. The movie has been one of my favourites since I read first read the novel back in my teens and then watched the movie (sadly on VHS as it was not available in the cinema in Sweden back in the 1980s) My only gripe to this day with it is that the Earth looks so wrong. (That of course being because we hadn't yet managed to send something up in a high enough orbit to capture the complete shape of our planet) I know it's just a minor issue, but I'm pretty sure it bugged Kubrick as well when he saw the NASA photos of it later on... Oh, and, as described by Clarke, the Monolith totally absorbs light, so it would probably have looked bitchin' if Vantablack had been available at the time the movie was made! ;)

[@igo170]

crazy how i watched this film not long ago (bout a couple weeks ago) and here you are providing a whole explanation vid on it right after i had questions stuck in my head after the whole experience. JUUUST in time 💯😮‍💨

[@comicbookgirl19]

✨synchronicity✨

[@borgtennis]

Great intro!!! I love the movie and you do a bang up job!!!!!!First time I see the quiet intro. You nailed it.

[@sulot00]

I love your enthusiasm and eloquence and jokes, you crushed it.

[@MH-br3th]

I always thought the scenes where Dave finally goes to shut down Hal were really intense. He doesn't really say anything but the look on his face just says it all.

[@comicbookgirl19]

It’s so sweet how Dave let’s him sing at the end and has compassion for HAL.

[@ryangettig274]

@@comicbookgirl19 Dave's always been a mensch!He remote-combs his Mom's hair in 2010 TYWMC,sweet guy:)

[@bryfunkenstein]

​@@ryangettig274he checks in on his ex wife just to see if she's ok...and to tell her something wonderful is gonna happen.

[@jcasillas78]

Great video! So many insights that never occurred to me.

[@ravenwind1062]

The funny thing about Kubrick filming the moon landing, is that NASA actually took him to the moon so he could film on the lunar surface.

[@Acethegirlfromspace]

Masterfully done, once again. Thank you for this special breakdown!

[@T7787]

Great job as always Danika!

[@ilejovcevski79]

Oh no, please don't make me disrespect you!

[@markusmanstroma3156]

That was such fun! I have always loved this film… your take on it was funny and insightful! Bravo!

[@hellfire5108]

I remember seeing 2001 on TV. I was just switching channels and suddenly there was just dark screen. I stopped and watched for what felt forever because I wasn't sure what it was. And when the movie started I fell in love with movies.

[@RudyRM19]

2001 is my favorite movie of all time!! Amazing video, congrats!!

[@comicbookgirl19]

Mine too 👯

[@SuperSuperballZ]

Fantastic episode, Dany. Something occurred to me; what do you imagine HAL would have become if he went to the bedroom at the end of the universe?

[@Kakki82]

Cheers for talking about this visionary masterpiece and juggernautic epic innovation of Science Fiction!! Aweseome work, Danika!! Also big love to Akira!!

[@comicbookgirl19]

Cheers 🍻

[@calitb]

I can’t believe this movie was made so long ago, I’ll give it a try, you made it sound so good. I just read the book this year, it will be nice to enjoy it in film.

[@asix6]

Thank you Danika! I love that movie. Great analysis. Never thought of Hal suffering from cognitive dissonance.

[@Jezee213]

Great job Danika as always! I never get tired of watching this movie, it's my fav. ❤︎👍🏻

[@IanM-id8or]

Let's face it - if Kubrick had faked the Moon landing, the suits would have looked a hole lot cooler, and the special effects would have been better

[@zendodeb]

Very cool explanation of some stuff I missed, but then I haven't seen it in a VERY long time.

[@Andy00H]

Watching the video right now! really excited!!

[@johno1544]

Love the concept of the Monolith the books go into a bit more detail. Like the Monoliths resist destructive testing beyond the theoretical limits of material strength. They study it and really dont learn much more than it has mass. It's so beyond human tech I love that.

[@bryfunkenstein]

Its a Quantum computer operating at supernatural levels. Bowman and later HAL are reduced to simulations running in it...which manifest itself as the star child the old man...etc. The only other thing I've seen close to it is The Prime Radiant from the Foundation tv show

[@stevesmith7839]

I wonder why you avoided the more obvious reason that Hal went rogue. The government told Hal that Hal was to conduct the mission by himself if the crew were not up to the task. Hal regarded that turning off Hal's higher brain function would endanger the mission because Hal was the most capable entity on the mission. It would be like playing football without a quarterback.

[@redcomet0079]

Fun fact: Gareth Edwards uses the monolith choir song when Godzilla first appears and when the military does a halo jump into San Francisco in his 2014 Godzilla film

[@RepublicTrooper125]

I love that this movie inspired David Bowie to create Space Oddity, and you rock that hairstyle!

[@Andy-dh2sv]

Great video! Love watching these kind of analysis.

[@bootworshipper4546]

I actually read the book years after I watched the film and it's actually a lot more straightforward than the film was.

[@comicbookgirl19]

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[@cliffjones8809]

Why did the monolith on the moon go off? It was buried there 4 million years ago, dug up, and the sun came up! First time the monolith had been exposed to daylight in a long while. It sent a message to the other monolith out there by Jupiter.

[@MrDoctorMabuse]

I don't think it's quite that simple. The monolith had been uncovered for some time. Perhaps it was more that when the party of astronauts approached it and tried to photograph it, it "perceived" this was the moment to send the signal as it would then be successfully tracked, it's next goal was to get Man to pursue it deeper into space to further evolve.

[@jesterfeathers]

A new Danika video! I can now make it through my work day :)

[@Nathan-bu5ci]

All the toilet and food like baby food in space was to show that in space humans are like babies again back to like the apes in the beginning finding our way.

[@iambadatnames5809]

Oh no, I haven't watched the movie yet but I really enjoy your break downs and insights and want to watch your analysis as well! Ohhh guess I'll be back when I see it😞 to experience it on my own first!

[@John-mf1sz]

Whoo! Hell of an an unexpected upload! Super treat 👍🏼

[@comicbookgirl19]

U welcome

[@th3d3wd3r]

"2010: The year we make contact" follow up? A lot more exposition, but you'll have an extra 9 seconds ;)

[@AlanCanon2222]

Just wait til she gets to 2061! A whole extra minute!

[@Anthony-w3q3m]

This is still one of the best science fiction films ever made. Did you hear Stephen King's story about when he saw 2001 while tripping on acid? Imagine that. Thanks for all the cool videos!

[@raindogtube]

Absolutely fantastic. Totally touched me.

[@Aaron-hh5tf]

Whenever i get a notification that you have uploaded a video i get happy ;)

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY* is my all-time favorite motion picture.

[@rippkurlz01]

This was amazing, thank you for your insights. I think its great that you are able to get across the tragedy of Hal's arc. Any one of us could end up like Hal, given the right set of circumstances. Love all your work!!❤😊

[@dilligaf0220]

Always worth the watch. Hey I heard you will be on Nerdrotic this week, can't wait!

[@comicbookgirl19]

I’ll be in the Nerdtronic mix WEDNESDAY

[@dilligaf0220]

@@comicbookgirl19 Haa haa lies! Life happens, but I was disappointed.

[@Lunarvandross]

“Thanks, Stanley Kubrick.”

[@LoneHero2]

10:43 This got me LOL

[@comicbookgirl19]

🔧🔧🔧

[@olwenhendricks8939]

Thank you Danica. Now I want to watch this again

[@Veronicafinch]

That is my favorite movie of all time and I thought I had the goods on it, but THIS? This is the best shit I have ever seen on the entire internet, periodt. Thanks. Can't wait to watch it again TONIGHT.

[@laurencelikestopgun]

28:47 Not to mention, seeing an AI/Computer begging for its life must have been terrifying for audiences back in the 60's