ChancerubbageFeb 7
2001: A Spaced-Out Odyssey
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Show thread2001: A Spaced-Out OdysseyFeb 6
A very naughty part of me was tempted to close down the account and disappear, or cut to completely different film

(jk, I would never do that!)

Here’s to the next 20 years!
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 6
@2001 cutting to a frame of Rick Astley would have been almost as epic as this edit.
Show threadMichael GemarFeb 6
@heavyimage @2001 Damn!
Show threadGary Feb 6

@2001 thank you for not doing that! πŸ˜…

I hope this is all still going in 20 years πŸ‘

Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 That would have indeed been...surprising! Thanks for forging ahead into the future.
Show threadBenFeb 6
@2001
Show threadDawkins' BasiliskFeb 6
@2001 @TheBreadmonkey this is not a Star Trek account
Show threadKat SFeb 6
@pikesley ...yet.
@2001 @TheBreadmonkey
Show threadMichael GemarFeb 6
@TheBreadmonkey @2001 That would have been hilarious.
Show threadgrahamsFeb 6
@2001 I was just thinking "if I ran this account I would have cut to LAWRENCE OF ARABIA's match cut"
Show threadcakemixFeb 6
@2001 Would hunt you down. LOL. FINALLLY WE ARE IN THE FUTURE!!!!
Show threadBernard SheppardFeb 8
@2001 absolutely amazing that it is 13% of the way through the film that this transition occurs.
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 #next2001shot
Show threadPaul McO'Smith IIIFeb 6

@WestSeattleBill @2001 always annoyed me that the angle of the bone and the satellite were not the same when the jump cut occurred.

quite ruined the film for me.

Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 6
@pavsmith @WestSeattleBill @2001 i have always thought this too!!
Show threadPaul McO'Smith IIIFeb 6
@heavyimage @WestSeattleBill @2001 and we've been led to believe that Kubrick was a perfectionist...
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 6
@pavsmith @WestSeattleBill @2001 haha. Love stricter perfectionists ragging on suggested lesser perfectionism.
Show threadDawkins' BasiliskFeb 6

@heavyimage @WestSeattleBill @2001 @pavsmith

The moon landings were filmed by Kubrick, but such was his dedication to perfection he insisted they be filmed on the moon

Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 6
@pikesley @WestSeattleBill @2001 @pavsmith good take
Show threadPaul McO'Smith IIIFeb 6
@heavyimage @pikesley @WestSeattleBill @2001 it annoyed the hell out of the guys that spent a fortune on this!
Show threadStefan IhringerFeb 6

@pavsmith @WestSeattleBill @2001 I feel the same way.

https://mograph.social/@compfu/116016832366661634

Stefan Ihringer (@[email protected])

I remember when we learned about that transition in film class and when I saw it for the first time I was very disappointed. Every film that ripped that off made a better match cut. #Kubrick https://frames.social/@2001/statuses/01KGNEHZZEJYD39SHYB2FNW7PE

mograph.social
Show threadPaul McO'Smith IIIFeb 6
@compfu @WestSeattleBill @2001 Kubrick was known for his lack of attention to detail...
Show threadCorentin LamyFeb 8
@pavsmith @WestSeattleBill @2001 I’ve never really understood why the spacecraft didn’t have the same angle as the bone. Surely it wouldn’t have been difficult for Kubrick to make it match, so why that choice?
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 8
@CorentinLamy @pavsmith @2001 I saw a YouTube post on this that an exact match would be too gimmicky. I agree. If Kubrick wanted an exact match, he could have made it happen. With CGI these days it would be easy, so we expect that. But at the time, I think that Kubrick didn't wanr it. It was a conscious choice?
Show threadPaul McO'Smith IIIFeb 8

@WestSeattleBill @CorentinLamy @2001 as a bit of a perfectionist otherwise... it must have been deliberate.

i suspect it'll get people talking.

Show threadJohn ShaftFeb 9

@WestSeattleBill @CorentinLamy @2001 @pavsmith The cut works perfectly in motion. (Well may be not if you watch it a 100 times in a short period of time :) )

Reminds me of Jackie Chan explaining that a cut in a fight sequence is more effective by getting a few frames back on the second shot. Gives your brain the time to apprehend the edit. My guess is that the same logic applies here.

The real problem for me is the edit between the 2 bones shots (problem with the sky, the position of the bone...)

Show threadCorentin LamyFeb 9
@shaft @WestSeattleBill @2001 @pavsmith Hmm, I’m not sure I agree. I haven’t seen 2001 a hundred times, maybe two or three, and it always bothered me.
Show threadMarkAssPandiFeb 6
@2001 LETS GOOOOO
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 The violins are already playing for the Blue Danube, right from this first frame. This entire scene, where Orion III is delivering Dr. Floyd to Space Station 5, is famously accompanied by the Blue Danube, and we will be seeing this unfold for all the rest of 2026. Dr. Floyd is currently scheduled to arrive in January, 2027.
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 It is next January when we will get to hear the first line of spoken dialog, over 25 minutes into the film. Leading up to that, there will be 20 shots in this scene, with an average of just over 17 days per shot. The longest spans over six weeks, while the shortest will last about five days.
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 The film is completely obscure on this point, but these are not just any satellites, but orbiting nuclear weapons we are seeing. The only hint are is the military insignia that each one has. Here you can see the U.S. insignia at the base of the tower on the top.
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 Spoiler here, but I might not be around in 20+ years to make this observation at the end of the film. In the book we have Dave the Star-Baby detonating all these weapons in orbit to eliminate their threat. But famously, Kubrick declined having that in the film, since it would have been too evocative of the final sequence in Dr. Strangelove.
Show threadFuseFeb 6

@2001

I'm REALLY thankful I was awake for this scene transition.

I really *hate* it when I nod off during a movie, only to wake up and find that the storyline has moved forward 3 million years.

Show threadkunstkopfwestfaleFeb 6

@2001

🀩

Show threadMatt GoddenFeb 6

@2001 Woot! We finally got there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE_jAwOyrxU

"SPACE!" - Tim Curry

YouTube
Show threadMike [SEC=OFFICIAL]Feb 6
we did it, team
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 Raising a glass to the Act II #2001JumpCutParties
Show threadBread OventinFeb 6
@2001 it happened!!
Show threadAdam KentFeb 6
@2001 #tgif
Show threadeggsFeb 7
@akent @2001 IYKYK  πŸ¦Ž
Show threadxvrFeb 6
@2001 wow
Show threadπ’€­ enkidu 🍀Feb 6
@2001 wow, it cuts that hard and fast?!
Show threadπ’€­ enkidu 🍀Feb 6
@2001 I’m also shocked as I thought the alignment was better
Show threadMichael HorneFeb 6
@2001 Finally!!!!!! I thought that blummin' bone was never going to leave! LOL
Show threadPhilippe De JonckheereFeb 6
@2001 I am so disappointed to see that the ttansition between the bone and the speceship is so lame, even the position does not register, I have been fooled for so long !
Show threadWestSeattleBillFeb 6
@2001 OK, Back to the usual program to get this done and out of the way. This shot, which will pan down to show Earth as the Blue Danube starts to pick up, will last just over two weeks. Check back Saturday, Feb 21 12:07 UTC (4:04 PST) Β± 1 hr #next2001ShotPrediction
Show threadKanaMaunaFeb 6

@2001

Ape priest sacrifices enemy and summons Bone Spaceship!

Show threadalsterFeb 6
@2001 The frame after the flying bone is a spacecraft, made out of a longer and a shorter ractangular shape, connected with another small rectangle.
Look like a carabiner, but on it's head, bulky and gray.
Against a black background.

#alt4u
Show threadFredKiesche πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Feb 6
@2001
Show threadDemallienFeb 6
@2001
Show threadMark MusanteFeb 6
@2001 I've been waiting for this for... when did you start this again? Since then!
Show threadJu)L. πŸŸ¦β¬›Feb 6
@2001 Yeah! Finally!
Show threadJoline Celebrion Feb 6
@2001 JUMP SCARE! We’re finally in space!
Show threadAlun JonesFeb 6
@2001 at last!!!
Show threadTobias πŸŒ’πŸŒ•πŸŒ˜Feb 6
@2001 so glad it didn't cut to The Planet of the Apes ...
Show threadMichigander Feb 6
@2001 I love knowing all you other weirdos have also been watching this same bone fly for days waiting for this jump-cut!
Show threadOz is tiredFeb 6
@2001 Yes!
Show threadMichael GemarFeb 6
@2001 Boom.