2010 – Das Jahr, in dem wir Kontakt aufnehmen (1984)

2010 – Das Jahr, in dem wir Kontakt aufnehmen: Directed by Peter Hyams. With Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban. A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the “Discovery” and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.

“The reactions to this film sum up a problem of perception that many film buffs seem to have. To such people, Kubrick was a genius. Kubrick made 2001. 2001 is a *Kubrick* story. Therefore 2010 is by definition a presumptuous attempt to explain what Kubrick deliberately left unsaid. etc. etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSorry, 2001 is an *Arthur C Clarke* story. He wrote a sequel to his own story, called it u0026quot;2010u0026quot; and *he* explained what Kubrick left unsaid. Iu0026#39;d say he had a right. Then someone buys the film rights and produces a fine movie from it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd it *is* a fine movie. Intelligence far in excess of the usual Hollywood SciFi garbage (Independence Day or Starship Troopers anyone?).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe scenes with Keir Dullea were far more chilling than anything in the original.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eArteur theory is still alive and well, I see.”