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- Whitey07, on 08/24/2008, -0/+79Dugg for the pure awesomeness of Stanley Kubrick.
- reflex768, on 08/24/2008, -0/+76Great recording. There's a certain juvenile sadness to the original synthesized singing too, which perhaps Kubrick captured in HAL. The death of HAL feels like the death of a child. It's hard to watch it unmoved.
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+52Kubrick was a genius.
- diggenerate, on 08/24/2008, -5/+44HAL did not die. The AI was switched off.
- FullMetalNIN, on 08/24/2008, -0/+36Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
- turpialito, on 08/24/2008, -0/+27http://www.research.att.com/%7Ettsweb/tts/demo.php
This speech synthesizer is pretty close to natural speech. - btschul, on 08/24/2008, -0/+26 Dave: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave: All right, HAL. I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
HAL: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye. - btschul, on 08/24/2008, -0/+21Dave, I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question.
- jkleinfeld, on 08/24/2008, -0/+18This conversation can serve no more purpose. Goodbye
- Vincent21212, on 08/24/2008, -0/+15Funny how voice-automatron-dingies haven't changed much since the 50's. It still sounds like that!
- OneLess, on 08/24/2008, -0/+14I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -1/+15I am still waiting to become a starchild...
- thegrantman, on 08/24/2008, -0/+13That is a great bit of trivia. Kubrick continues to surprise...even after his death.
- Ramble, on 08/24/2008, -0/+13Because it was the first song which was sung by a computer.
- leamanc, on 08/24/2008, -0/+12You do realize the the book was written concurrently with the screenplay and the production of the movie? The book did not come out before the movie.
- brendhan, on 08/24/2008, -0/+11No. The screenplay was originally based on the Sentinel. Clarke wanted to write the screenplay but had never really written one before. He ended up writing it like a novel and Kubrick helped turn it into a screenplay. The book came about because of the idea for the movie. Not the other way around.
And while it was Clarke who was familiar with the daisy song. It was Kubrick who brought the sets, effects and vision to film. - enantiodromia, on 08/24/2008, -1/+11i've seen both happen before my very eyes, and they both look the same.
- swiftekho, on 08/24/2008, -0/+10Needless to say, HAL was the inspiration for GLaDOS
This is a triumph - Metasquares, on 08/24/2008, -0/+10While they are similar in principle, death is a bit more final. IIRC, HAL was even revived in 2010. What happened in 2001 was more like a coma than death.
- corkdorkdan, on 08/24/2008, -2/+11False. The book is a novelization of the movie. The movie is inspired by an earlier short story called The Sentinel, but HAL does not appear in that.
- scarwars, on 08/24/2008, -0/+8that voice gives me the shivers
- loquax, on 08/24/2008, -0/+7Here are another few spoilers for you--Darth Vader is Luke's father, the chick in the "Crying Game" is a dude, and Old Yella gets shot.
- Sternkrone, on 08/24/2008, -0/+7Wait two years and then ask again…o.0 Are you going to miss Jupiter?
- Ragarnok, on 08/24/2008, -0/+7HAL does not sleep, he just waits...:)
- ShaoKahn, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6hmm my computer started to sing along..
- starexplorer, on 08/24/2008, -1/+7FTW: most brilliant homage extension of Daisy - Revenge of the Nerds. Toshiro does the drunken relay race while the Japanese version of Daisy plays in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRYXtiqVu78&feature ... - Greengoo, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6Other things on your to-do list:
- Go catch a Hendrix concert
- Watch Nixon give a presidential address
- Purchase Bell Bottoms
- Drive a Volkswagen Bus
- Get sent to 'nam - chudgoo, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6buried?! wtf...
anyway, if that scene doesn't make you cringe a bit than you are not human. It's sad and creepy at the same time - yosempai, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5Until he mispronounces every county in your state.
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -1/+6I have to agree.
Also, the youtube clip is surprisingly high quality. - Ramble, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5The film is almost 40 years old, and one of the most famous films ever made. Tough *****.
- willterminus, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5Full version of the song with out interruption of speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCX0TAdSiCE on a note the computers speech wont start until 1min into the video
- turpialito, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5At least on domestic systems. Try out the one mentioned below.
- reddikilowatt, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4They have improved in many cases. If you're in the US and have access to a weather band radio, give it a listen. The "male" voice is very convincing.
- leomillmann, on 08/24/2008, -1/+5i like kubrick and his films, he was a genius!
- Niightwitch, on 08/25/2008, -0/+4....and dugg for the pure awesomeness that is Arthur C. Clarke.
- moxley, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4That thing is so awesome.....Actually works better than the ones built into windows.
- kds405, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4AI was such a strange movie. You could see the Kubrick (cold, hard) in conjunction with the Speilberg (warm, soft). It was flawed but not extremely horrible. There are moments of greatness. It would, however, been better if it was firmly in the hands of one director.
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4It was also Takashi's song in Revenge of the Nerds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRYXtiqVu78 - davecor, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4More 2001 trivia;
H+1 = I
A+1= B
L+1= M
Arthur C. Clarke claimed it was a coincidence. I think he was being cagey. - duckley, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3The original mechanical phonemes were developed by scientists in Sweden.
- chiko032, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2CREEEPY
- Blandyman, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2- Move to Canada to avoid getting sent to 'nam *
- GorfTron, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2In one of the books, HAL was fixed be his creator and absorbed into one of the monoliths to help Bowman repair the monolith.
- OneLess, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Clarke's diary of working on the book along with Kubrick:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0073.html - DelMonte, on 08/25/2008, -0/+2"It's sad and creepy at the same time"
Maybe it's because they were using a lot of analog components at the time, giving a more organic and imperfect sound, but to me this computer sounds more "alive" than modern equivalents, despite being less accurate in its pronunciation. - inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Mac one still has a ways to go, too (but ain't too bad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FxPHI6yZ_k - speneko, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Im making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS!
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So, tell me about your problems. - inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2yes (semi related!)
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