dead humans; live computer

Rating: Null/10 (13 November 2002)

Something had always bothered me about this film; and last week's viewing cleared it up. All of the technology remains spectacular, although the story still doesn't make much sense. The people are almost totally without affect, while the computer shows the only emotion in the story. Kubrick set a pattern here for subsequent sci-fi; the aliens are usually more interesting than the sapiens.