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...an expedition is then planned to investigate. The book leaps forward 18 months to 2001 to the Discovery One mission to Saturn. Dr. David Bowman and Dr. Francis Poole are the only conscious human beings aboard Discovery One spaceship. Their...

In this article: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, Silent Running, Saturn, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and 2010: Odyssey Two

...9000 computer utility suffers an apparent malfunction which leads to the death of all humans on board except David Bowman. Through determination and cunning, David is able to outwit the supercomputer and regain control of the spaceship...

In this article: Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Jupiter, Heywood Floyd, HAL 9000, 2061: Odyssey Three, Stanley Kubrick, and Frank Poole

...the astronauts may escape safely. In the moment of his destruction, the monolith-makers transform HAL into a non-corporeal being, so that David Bowman's avatar may have a companion. The details in the book and the film are nominally the...

In this article: HAL, HAL 9000, IBM, Arthur C. Clarke, Dr. Chandra, Socrates, Stanley Kubrick, and Athena

...what went wrong with the earlier mission, to investigate the monolith in orbit around the planet, and to resolve the disappearance of David Bowman . They hypothesize that much of this information is locked away on the now-abandoned ''Discovery...

In this article: HAL, Alexei Leonov, Jupiter, Lucifer, Heywood Floyd, 2010: Odyssey Two, 3001, and Arthur C. Clarke

...PEACE", as part of its heightened Cold War emphasis) at Earth. The new star, which Earth eventually dubs "Lucifer", destroys Discovery entirely. HAL is transformed into the same kind of life form as David Bowman, and becomes Bowman's companion.

In this article: HAL, Jupiter, Alexei Leonov, Heywood Floyd, HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Saturn, Neutron, and Paranoia

...about the room, though more than half the story takes place there. I will say, however, that it reminded me of the situation astronaut Dave Bowman finds himself in after his epic voyage across the stars in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space...

In this article: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Shochiku, Dave Bowman, Downtown, Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Toho, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jonathan Winters

Either way, the festival of sound and light that apparently heralds Sully's entry into his avatar is quite reminiscent of astronaut Dave Bowman's journey into the black monolith at the end of Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi classic. Some...

In this article: Avatar, James Cameron, Jar Jar Binks, The Baltimore Sun, Empire, Clone Wars, and Dave Bowman

Who knows, but right now I'm betting "My god, it's full of virtual texturing," kinda like 2001 A Space Odyssey's Dave Bowman, say if he could swing back and have a look at what John Carmack and the rest of the id Software team hath...

In this article: Dave Bowman, Rage, Matt Peckham, Yahoo, John Carmack, and Dallas, Texas

...the biggest thinkers of the American story ever dreamed. And there to contemplate the infinite, as David Bowman the astronaut did when he uttered his awestruck words in "2001: A Space Odyssey." "My God," he said. "It's full of stars." It...

In this article: Space: 1999, Apollo 11, Moon, Mars, Columbia, Space Shuttle, Pittsburgh, and 2001: A Space Odyssey

...revolt from the onboard supercomputer known as HAL, as it (or he?) refuses a command from astronaut Dave Bowman. At that point, Bowman (Keir Dullea) knows he's got to destroy HAL or be killed himself. This gripping scene in Stanley Kubrick...

In this article: Dave Bowman, HAL, Stanley Kubrick, God, Arthur C. Clarke, HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs, Brazil, and DVD