1964 Penzias/Wilson and Higgs: Coincidence? Confluent Knowledge?

[Succubus]

2001 a space odyssey is on the telly tonight. I haven't seen it in years and I suspect it's a bit dated. Should I watch it?

Yes, and I make this prediction:

A squeal? 

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the effects were all done the 'hard way'.  Good to watch just from that aspect alone.

Kubrick also saved a step in the photography/editing/printing for distribution process (don't recall the details) and the finished product looks great.  Only with the advent of HD do a few of the effects start to show their age.

For instance, the 'floating pen' is stuck to a sheet of glass that is rotated in front of the camera.  No wires, LOL, but in HD, some claim the glass isn't entirely invisible.

As for walking on the walls and ceilings, Kubrick had constructed some of the largest rotating set pieces in movie history.

Also, 2001 lost out for a costuming Oscar to Planet of the Apes as everyone thought 2001 used real monkeys . . . .

One thing I remembered correctly, it's very s-l-o-w.