![]() The hard work of coming up with a good blueprint was already done by Amadeus Prokopiak of the Replica Prop Forum, an excellent community of film aficionados. Much like our not-a- Back-to-the-Future -clock project, the concept came about when customers noted that a component already in our shop resembled an unrelated film item - in this case, our Massive Red Arcade Button and HAL’s distinctive lens. What follows are some ideas on creating one yourself. We’re not selling a prop or even a kit here…that would raise a big licensing stink, so please don’t ask. This is cool stuff! But if we relax our criteria just a bit, you or I can turn out a pretty decent, recognizable facsimile in a weekend for just a small fraction of the cost. The iconic eye of HAL 9000 from 2001: a Space Odyssey is one such object of desire…popular enough that detailed (and pricey) licensed reproductions exist. What connection HAL 9000 has with HAL, then, is completely unknown, except maybe in Norman's own mind.The Pareto Principle - also known as the 80/20 Rule - is the idea (originally from economics, but now applied in many ways) that 80% of results stem from 20% of the effort.ĭevoted film fans will spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars (occasionally even thousands) to create flawless replica props for their personal collections. Even more peculiar is that, in a conversation with Jan Struthers, Theresa admits a few facts: HAL is an alien, not a computer and HAL doesn't talk, whereas HAL 9000 does. Why this is significant is never explained. After this, OOPS becomes aware that she knows there is an alien force inside her. In Empress Theresa, the alien force that enters Theresa Sullivan is named after HAL 9000, though he is known by the shortened form "HAL." Theresa names the alien after HAL 9000 after she rents 2001: A Space Odyssey to watch. ![]() The most famous scene involving HAL from the film. The "shut down" scene has likewise become infamous, mainly for HAL 9000's human-like pleas, such as, "My mind is going.I can feel it." The character is most well known for the chillingly calm voice as delivered by Canadian actor Douglas Rain, as well as for the line: "I'm sorry Dave - I'm afraid I can't do that." HAL 9000, as well as Rain's line delivery, has become iconic for intelligent but hostile computers, and references to the character have been made in countless mediums. He also appeared in the books 2061: Odyssey Three, and 3001: The Final Odyssey, though in much lesser roles. HAL 9000 appeared again in the book and film 2010: Odyssey Two, where he is rebooted by a Soviet-American investigative team. In both versions, his escapades are stopped when a surviving crew member shuts him down. ![]() In the book, HAL 9000 goes haywire and begins killing off crew members in the film he finds out that the astronauts are about to temporarily shut him off, and so turns against them out of a belief that doing so will save the mission. HAL 9000 first appears in the book and Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey, where he is the computer system for a ship heading towards Jupiter. The name is short for Heuristically Programmed ALgorithmic Computer (the popular legend that it was based off the letters before IBM, the computer company, has been denied by Clarke and others). HAL 9000 is the semi-sentient computer in Arthur C.
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