On 2021-03-21 9:51 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:49:14 -0600, Graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-21 9:34 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:17:52 -0600, Graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2021-03-21 8:48 a.m., US Janet wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:21:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy HAL
>>>>>
>>>>> I won't watch that movie again because HAL is the creepiest. That
>>>>> voice - shudder.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>> I saw that movie when it first came out. I still regret spending that
>>>> admission money. What a lousy, over-rated film!
>>>
>>>
>>> You should have watched it on LSD like I did. Much better that way, I
>>> am sure.
>>>
>> That would have been the only way to make sense of it:-)
>
> Neither acid nor the Clarke book could manage that.
>
That film and "Eyes wide shut" confirmed, to me at least, that Kubrick
was over-rated. "EWS" also confirmed that Tom Cruise couldn't act his
way out of a wet paper bag!