On 7/28/2012 12:52, Warp wrote:
> AFAIK Kubrick didn't have anything particular in mind when he made the
> final sequence. Just randomness.

Yeah. In addition, the whole movie was showing off firsts in special 
effects. It was the first movie with realistic low gravity, the first movie 
with matte paintings (e.g., when you see people thru the windows of the 
space ship walking around), etc. It was a tremendous technological challenge 
to create a visual effect like that, especially one that could be reflected 
off a helmet.

> I haven't read the book (or if I have, it was really, really long time ago
> and I don't remember anything), but AFAIK Clarke tried to put some sense
> into the ending in the book, but that doesn't make the original scene in
> the movie any less random...

Yes. The ending of the book, or at least that segment, was always very 
unsatisfying compared to everything else.

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