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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:14 pm    Post subject: 2001: A Space Odyssey - some fine reads Reply with quote

I thought I need to share this:

http://flavorwire.com/449909/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-2001-a-space-odyssey

It's nice trivia about the movie, and most of it is probably not really news to most on this site, but what I find interesting is that you can still buy the cutlery they used on board the Discovery:

http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Arne-Jacobsen-Flatware_10451_10001_49725_-1_26669_26672

It's beyond my wallet's range for now.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good old Arne Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jens2133, this will get you started…
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=2001+space+odyssey+george+jensen+flatware&_from=R40%7CR40%7CR40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X2001+space+odyssey+george+jensen+AJ+flatware.TRS0&_nkw=2001+space+odyssey+george+jensen+AJ+flatware&_sacat=0
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bwood wrote:
Jens2133, this will get you started


Thanks! This is more like it for me. No need to equip a whole crew, after all...

Another article I came across today is this one, about Dave Bowman's newspad that is seen briefly during the opening scene aboard Discovery 1:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/did-stanley-kubrick-invent-ipad

Again, some rare photos.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, not Kubrick himself but teams of various scientists, engineers and futurists working to make this film the most advanced of his time Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Another article I came across today is this one, about Dave Bowman's newspad that is seen briefly during the opening scene aboard Discovery 1:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/did-stanley-kubrick-invent-ipad

Again, some rare photos.

Great stuff, jens2133 - keep 'em coming!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brilliant. thanks for sharing Jens.

Would love to see the replica of this made, it should have been done by now.



I would also love to have this exact display in the collection. Nice work on the flat ware Bwood.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Double post, site seems glitchy?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes Tim, that prop is not complicated to repro Wink
And yes, you're right, I've had double post, while an error msg said that my post failed to be posted Confused
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

joberg wrote:
Yes Tim, that prop is not complicated to repro Wink


Like a frame for a touchpad, you mean? The row of buttons would be non-functional, then, or would there be a way to actually connect those to the computer proper?

Come to think of it, the buttons could be crafted in such a way that they actually touch the pad. What would then be needed is some sort of app that has an according set of responding areas.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fonts are Microgramma bold extended Wink (start building people Very Happy )
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even just a static replica with an image from the film or custom picture would be very cool.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed! Too bad I'm busy with the Space Station Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is only a bit connected to this thread, but it didn't seem worthy of starting a new thread, so here goes.

I stumbled upon this short film about the making of 2001. It's a pretty bad film, to be sure. Lots of dumb stuff. But fast forward your way to the guy who designed the space suit helmet, the art director and illustrator, and especially to the shots of the giant rotating centrifuge set. I've seen behind the scene stills of that set, but I don't think I've ever seen behind the scenes films of it in motion. Very impressive!

http://www.openculture.com/2013/11/the-making-of-kubricks-2001-a-space-odyssey.html

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many thanks. Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kinda wordy, but nevertheless TFS. As time goes by information like this, trivial or otherwise, keeps slipping further and further away. Kind of sad, IMO..
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TFS TM Saw it a few months ago, first on Buzzfeed, than on the DailyMail U.K. if I'm not mistaken
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