Peter Molyneux is an idiot.
the technology he self aggrandized with at E3 (XBox's Project Natal and Lion Head Studio's "Milo") that he claimed was never dreamed of by even science fiction writers was in fact dreamed up by Arthur C. Clarke in "2001: A Space Odyssey"I'm thinking Mr. Molyneux may have missed this little footnote in science fiction that never appeared in any anthology, it had a small run of prints and there may have been a movie about it (With Flip Wilson and Doris Day as Astronaut Frank Poole if memory serves.)
I love when someone presents an idea of their invention and insight and they claim to have concived when it is as obvious they are full of shit. The book was written nearly half a century ago and was the keystone of modern science fiction.
posted by jimmy3000 @ 9:01 AM
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At 11:29 PM,
Frosty said…
I think Doris Day played Heywood Floyd in 2010, actually, dressed as Roy Scheider.
But, I could be mistaken. She might have been dressed as Ernest Borgnine.
At 2:05 PM,
jimmy3000 said…
HAL was originally voiced by ice cream magnate Tom Carvel, but despite Kubrick's admonishments he would constantly switch the dialog to suggest the monoliths were not the catalyst for advances in human evolution, but rather the crunchy layer of Cookie Puss that seemingly remained impervious to dampness until "happy birthday" was sung, keeping with the subtexted moti
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