From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2019-05-24 20:19:43 +0000, T987654321 said:   
      
   > On Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 7:25:57 AM UTC-7, Jack Bohn wrote:   
   >> Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Come to think of it, they did try to remake it ... it was called    
   >>> "Interstellar".  ;-)  Another movie that started off okay, but went    
   >>> with wacky nonsense at the end.   
   >>   
   >> In between, 2000's "Mission to Mars."   
   >>   
   >> I'm trying to think what a "2001" remake should have, especially with   
   >> Your calling for an in-name-only remake.  (Wait a minute, we can't call   
   >> it "2001" or even "2010"!)  Basically the joke "How the Solar System   
   >> Was Won" towards which Clarke sold Kubrick several short stories to use   
   >> as vignettes.  But we need a big-picture wrapup to point to a deeper   
   >> meaning.  When it comes to this Chariots of the Gods stuff I'd rather   
   >> be an atheist.  Maybe something that makes the migration to space look   
   >> less like the white male european horde sweeping westward and look more   
   >> like "The March of the Penguins."   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> -Jack   
   >   
   > There's a third book, 3001 (if I remember), that they could make.   
      
   That's actually the fourth book. The series is:   
      - 2001: A Space Odyssey   
      - 2010: Odyssey Two   
      - 2061: Odyssey Three   
      - 3001: The Final Odyssey   
      
      
      
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