Open the pod bay doors please, HAL

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The pivotal scene from Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's classic film, 2001: a Space Odyssey.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: September 10, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Author: robotguy

Length: 00:09:42
Rating: 4.89
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Tags: 2001 space odyssey scifi HAL

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
rkell48 (November 28, 2008 at 12:09 am)
has anyone noticed HAL looks like a giant pimple. i love this movie though
TheParanoidAndroid1 (November 28, 2008 at 11:33 am)
HAHAHAHAH!! your right!! love this movie, one of kubricks finest and therefore one of the best ever!
artgoat (November 25, 2008 at 7:38 am)
All the times I've seen this, and it never occurred to me: Between the explosive bolts, and the reaction mass of the door, and the air escaping, the pod should have shot halfway to Jupiter. It just sits there like it's mounted on concrete.
AF2Z (November 30, 2008 at 12:07 am)
Might also have expected the pod to start spinning in opposite direction when it cranked open the hatch with its rotary arm. But then again, maybe it would have had stabilizing thrusters to keep it in position for these maneuvers.
LynxRunner (November 13, 2008 at 7:34 pm)
I've never seen this film. :(
I really want to, though.
ardiar2011 (November 12, 2008 at 4:11 pm)
CGI could do this just as well, albeit not better. It's just that contemporary directors (*cough*georgelucas*cough*) get caught up with all of the pyrotechnical possibilities.

I just say that as a pre-emptive defence in case a great science fiction film ever comes along that features CGI (it is cheaper than models, after all). Nonetheless, 2001 is without a doubt the best sf film to date.
internetaccount122 (November 6, 2008 at 9:54 am)
They don't explode. You can escape intact if you don't have air in your lungs. You will probably suffocate.
asdfsdf2 (November 6, 2008 at 8:11 pm)
Yes but you have a certain mount of O2 already in your blood. When you run out of that then you suffocate. And your blood doesn't boil, its kept pressurized by your skin. Your eyes and nostrils boil though.
petem1989 (November 24, 2008 at 11:29 am)
you can see how dave closes his eyes just before blowing the hatch to stop that. He was exposed to vacuum for just under 15 seconds, so probably would have been ok
TargetRender (November 5, 2008 at 7:04 pm)
The ultimate face-off between man and machine, What an incredible scene. The tension and anxiety Dave exhibits knowing he may not survive the exposure to raw space.

Oh, does anyone notice besides me that they used the same warning siren sounds for ALIEN when Ripley initiated the self destruct countdown? I thought that was cool. Really neat sound.