2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[Hooltra]

Release date: April 27th, 2015
Purchase link: Zavvi.com (Live at 9 am GMT Sat 2/28)
Price: £14.99

Note: Limited to 2000 copies

Spoiler

 

[George Pearce]

To say you don't like it is fine.
But you said it was overrated and you don't understand all the fuss.
.

I think its Overrated and i still don't understand the fuss about it, perhaps then yes , but now , no not really..................If i spend all of my time looking back i'll forget to look forward.
I remember a quote from Arnold Schwarzenegger about the ground breaking special effects in Terminator 2 , he said words to the effect that from now on everybody is f**** because of what they've put on the screen. Er, not really Arnie.........they take it, improve it and move on with it

 

[C.C. 95]

I think its Overrated and i still don't understand the fuss about it, perhaps then yes , but now , no not really..................If i spend all of my time looking back i'll forget to look forward.
I remember a quote from Arnold Schwarzenegger about the ground breaking special effects in Terminator 2 , he said words to the effect that from now on everybody is f**** because of what they've put on the screen. Er, not really Arnie.........they take it, improve it and move on with it

Movie are NOT getting better. Technology is. But movies are by and large worse. Go backwards and they incrementally get better. Today's movies can't compete with the 80's, 70's and 60's.
People are now making movies based on their knowledge of...movies.

 

[George Pearce]

Movie are NOT getting better..

I didn't say that, don't believe i implied it either, there are plenty of decent movies about but a big drawback is that todays Movie Executive (much like every other corporate soul less fckwit) appears to be driven by net commercial worth and nothing else. Takes a brave man to invest in a movie thats not a known quantity, hence the never ending succession of sequels and the obsession with finding a Tentpole Franchise.
That's what i believe is affecting the movie industry, the race to generic vanilla blandness and an acute aversion to risk is the biggest threat to quality character driven movies.
Every now and then i remind myself of what Movies are all about, last night was JAWS...........................that did it for me, timeless and immortalised. I daresay , other people feel the same about 2001.

 

[C.C. 95]

I didn't say that, don't believe i implied it either, there are plenty of decent movies about but a big drawback is that todays Movie Executive (much like every other corporate soul less fckwit) appears to be driven by net commercial worth and nothing else. Takes a brave man to invest in a movie thats not a known quantity, hence the never ending succession of sequels and the obsession with finding a Tentpole Franchise.
That's what i believe is affecting the movie industry, the race to generic vanilla blandness and an acute aversion to risk is the biggest threat to quality character driven movies.
Every now and then i remind myself of what Movies are all about, last night was JAWS...........................that did it for me, timeless and immortalised. I daresay , other people feel the same about 2001.

Great movie. I wish people would stop calling it a horror movie. It isn't. It isn't even really designed to be frightening. It is a great rousing adventure. My top five includes what I consider Spielberg's finest picture, and "his 2001"- Close Encounters. A seemless merging of cutting edge effects and a real character-based narrative.
The dazzling visuals SERVE the narrative, and not vice versa. Between CE, Poltergeist, and (for some) Goonies- is it possible that some of Spielberg's best stuff were the stories HE thought up? (His ONLY screenplay was Close Encounters and he wrote the stories for the other two). And why did he never write his own material again?

 

[Santa_Sangre]

it's so briight !

 

[ChrisIW]

it's so briight !

Trust me - it's NOT in hand

 

[goufcustom]

I don't even know what he was talking about lol...

 

[virkia]

Just been brought to my attention this little beauty sold out for a good while at Zavvi but the Amazon Italian edition is available at the moment for EUR 11,89 (though you'll need to pad out your basket to EUR 19 to qualify for free shipping).

 

[Day5225]

Is there any difference in the Italian version? Like forced subtitles or something?

 

[Lollard2002]

Italian blu-rays tend to be English friendly. It's the French blu-rays you have to be careful of. And remember 3/4 of 2001 of dialogue free

 

[Danzigg1979]

I might have to track this down, saw this with son yesterday at the cinema and we loved it still holds up after 50 years.

 

[Lollard2002]

Better waiting for the new remaster coming out soon. Apparently a brand new encode and transfer because of the forthcoming 4k release.

 

[CleverLoginName]

Better waiting for the new remaster coming out soon. Apparently a brand new encode and transfer because of the forthcoming 4k release.

True, but the steelbook is still very nice and worthy of tracking down. @Danzigg1979

 

[Lollard2002]

Bet we get a new steelbook with both 4K and bluray

 

[Deckard99]

That’s what I’m waiting for! 4K in a nice steelbook....drool...

 

[Vangeli]

This Steelbook design but actually white instead of raw metal silver would be lovely.

 

[Lollard2002]

Why is the iconic painting not used for the steelbook? It would be awesome.

 

[Wreck]

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PinsNoodles

plugging HDN's very own @Noodles pin he did on the movie.

 

[Noodles]

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PinsNoodles

plugging HDN's very own @Noodles pin he did on the movie.

Thanks man!

I'm giving away two pins in the following thread by the way... https://www.hidefninja.com/communit...-space-odyssey-pin-badge-by-yours-truly.94149

 

[tono06]

i have been trying to get this one for a while and it arrived today to my collection and its lovely!