On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 11:56:01 AM UTC-4, Graham wrote:
> 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.

I find him really uneven. I forgive him all his missteps on the basis of:

Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket

> "EWS" also confirmed that Tom Cruise couldn't act his
> way out of a wet paper bag!

You must not have watched very many Tom Cruise movies prior to
that. Any time he's not basically playing himself, he's just embarrassing.

Cindy Hamilton