http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1476 While I'm thinking on this: has anybody seen 2001 lately? I think I saw it again a year or so ago. Every time I watch it, I am a) bored, because some of the scenes are so incredibly drawn out, and b) impressed with the depiction of the HAL 9000. The imagery and design around HAL was incredible for 1968, and still holds up today. It was one of the first movies to have computers showing something other than blocky, pixelated graphics (or any graphics at all). Compare it to something like The Thing, made 14 years later in 1982, and its "simulation" of the thing they found in the ice. HAL 9000 is depicted as something beautiful, a monument to human creation. And when HAL started to show his flaws, it was made apparent that intelligence was something more than designer graphics and thoughtless automation. HAL is easily one of my favorite characters depicted as computers or robots. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:58:43 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1476 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1475 [...] kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:47:18 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1475 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1456 It's like the SLJ is directing her with the force. Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) Mercy General Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:31:12 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1456 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1454 [...] kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:52:24 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1454 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1419 [...] Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Mercy General Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:19:33 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1419 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1408 This kind of weirds me out. J_Maru@idkfa.com (J_Maru) Mercy General Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:31:57 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1408 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1368 [...] kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:30:36 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1368&msg_id=1368