2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti.
The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
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It's a little weird being a socialist dom.
Kink talk
I want everyone on Earth to live in peace and plenty and safety and health, with truly equal voices in the planning and function of society, and having opportunities to explore their own talents and interests.
I also want to have my partner chained to my bedposts, bending to my will in complete obedience, making sure they end every sentence and question with a respectful "sir" lest I punish them. (Obviously with sober consent, lots of prior communication as to our mutual expectations and limits, and my ears always carefully open for the safeword.) Really goes to show how kink is a topic of incredible complexity.
I just had a roleplay idea. I now have an urge to get a reasonably-accurate WW2 Red Army uniform. And my partner a reasonably-accurate WW2 German army uniform. I'll leave the rest to the reader's imagination. I'd remove and trash any fascist iconography from the German uniform of course, I won't have that shit in my home.
this just made me feel so lonely to read lol I wish someone would do this to me :'(
Yeah, the sort of mutual trust that's needed to make that sort of thing work is hard to build and easy to break. Definitely not a casual app-hookup thing.