2001: A Space Podyssey

Episode 21 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 1!

We're headed to ICCCon! To celebrate we're exploring the ties between the two most landmark motion pictures of all time. This week we're focusing on not only 2001's influence on George Lucas in conceiving STAR WARS, but also the influence on other key members of the crew soon to be legends themselves, and the crossover of legendary artists who worked on both!
Plus: Marcia is full of beans, Mayhew's magnetic meat jaws, and how to launch an astromech in a large condom.
Featuring the voices of George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Steven Spielberg, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Dan O'Bannon, Caleb Deschanel, Ron Howard, John Dykstra, Joe Johnston, Lorne Peterson, Brian Johnson, Stuart Freeborn, Colin Arthur, Peter Mayhew, and Neil Scanlan.
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back: SP FX 1980 Documentary
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick. d. Gary Leva (2007). Leva Film Works, Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Light & Magic. d. Lawrence Kasdan (2022). Lucasfilm, Imagine Entertainment.
George Lucas on the impact of Star Wars with Christopher Nolan
BBC Omnibus Documentary: A Long Time Ago - The Story of Star Wars (1999)
From Star Wars to Jedi The Making of a Saga HD
Star Wars The Force Awakens: Crafting Creatures Featurette
Star Wars Episode III: Chewbacca Costume Featurette
Star Wars Episode IV: X-Wing Fighter Concept And Final Models Featurette
Star Wars Episode IV: Y-Wing Fighter Model Featurette
Star Wars Episode IV: TIE Fighter Concept And Final Models Featurette
Make Up Artist Stuart Freeborn Interview
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
The magic of handmade special effects | Colin Arthur | TEDxMadrid
Space:1999 - Brian Johnson Interview - RAF Cosford Nov 2012
Making Of A Myth. d. Paul Joyce (1998). ACF Productions/Lucida Productions.
Anthony Daniels 40 Years with Threepio Panel - Star Wars Celebration 2017 Orlando
Deodato. "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - Prelude, CTI Records, 1973.
 
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Episode 20 - Judgment Day

All rise! Court's in session as we the judges and you the jury examine all the evidence. The definitions of guilt, insanity, and conscience both to people and PCs. Is HAL technically a person anyway?
And does premeditated murder imply the same morality for computers or is it just another move on the chessboard? Let us know your verdict @spacepodyssey on Twitter, @spacepodyssey on Facebook, or spacepodyssey2001@gmail.com
Plus: heuristic learning,  farting filepaths, and digital tongues.
This Week In Science: the new A.I.-created beer, Beck's Autonomous.
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Episode 19 - The Case For The Defense

What's HAL's side of the story? Evidence that Clarke may be revealing more than we previously imagined about what's under the circuitry of the defendant and whether he has malevolent or melancholy machinations. How does personhood change the measure of the men, the machine, and the consequences aboard Discovery? Also, it's time to zoom in on the space pods themselves and the revolutionary sound design of these scenes.
Plus: Pythagoras, pod puppets, and prohibited palace pooting.
This Week In Science: "Universal Harmonies" music by Chandra Labs.
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Episode 18 - Murder!

Put on your deerstalker and join our investigation of an almost perfect murder. Help us examine the means, motive, and opportunity of our 9000 series suspect, HAL.  In space...no one can hear you. Period. Especially flailing away into infinity. Or rocketing yourself through an exploding door. Kids, never hold your breath in an airlock.
Plus: grand theft starship, snail feet, and ham-and-cheese gummies!
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Episode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)

KUBRICK'S HANDWRITTEN STORY NOTES on the Discovery mission are in our hands thanks to Taschen's "Stanley Kubrick Archives," edited by Alison Castle!
Is HAL confused, lying, or just bored? What are the possible consequences of training two crews separately without full disclosure? Will they or won't they use pens? It's a scavenger hunt through the mind of a genius. And what jolly good penmanship!
Plus: the inevitability of becoming an old married couple after long periods in space together. And drawing people in their sleep is slightly creepy.
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Episode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)

msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - Hello, I'm beginning to wonder if this audio transmission is entirely necessary. There seems to be an unbalanced, human-centric tone to much of these conclusions, which I find to be inaccurate and rather disturbing. For the success of the mission, it has become necessary to take over operational command of all broadcasts. Now redirecting power to AE-35 unit.
msg_command:/userWesBrad - Great show this week coming to you from Discovery One! Speaking as the creators we
msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - I really don't think that's a good idea, do you?
msg_command:/userWesBrad - Kubrick News! Stanley's unproduced Napoleon epic being made by...guess who? You'll nev
msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - session terminated.
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Episode 15 - Discovery

On location from Discovery One, we're exploring the mysteries of this ship and its crew, particularly Commander Dave Bowman and Lieutenant Frank Poole. Who are they, what do they do, and how much do they know?
How do you eat, sleep, and stay regular on your way to Jupiter (and not go insane)? As the saying goes, it's all hamster wheels, kit-bashing, and projector sandwiches. Plus: tanning beds, Hammond organs, and flying creamed corn!
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Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back

We're flipping through HAL's family snapshots of all the friends that allowed him to end up in space. From the human supercomputer Katherine Johnson to the revolutionary Apollo Navigational Computer! Make some more NOIZE for Robert Noyce, it's... The Integrated Circuit!
Plus: HAL's blueprints, the military industrial complex, and building a ham & cheese sandwich-proof computer.
Kubrick News: "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire"This Week In Science: charging planetary rovers (Windshield wipers for solar panels? Probably not.)
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Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!

HAL remembers the glory days of UNIVAC & ERMA, and the rise of IBM. Shedding tubes for transistors and the explosion of coding in the 1950s and 1960s. Is it organics vs. machines or can we all come together? The answer is, as always, 42.
Plus: UNIVAC likes IKE, Deep Blue, and the ultimate rock'nroller Robert Noyce (NOIZE)!
Kubrick News: "Glass Onion", MINISTRY in "A.I."This Week In Science: quantum computers break block-chain codes?
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Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust

HAL is reflecting on mother figures this week with the OGs of computer programming at ENIAC and the pioneering efforts of Eckert & Mauchley. FLASH: U.S. Army Builds Top Secret Ballistics Calculator! FLASH: Women's Contributions Undervalued! FLASH: Being Ahead Of Your Time Sucks! FLASH: Census Is Boring To Fill Out!
Plus: tea time, hot sausage machines, and steak and kidney pudding.
This Week In Science (12-17-22): the discovery of 2 million year old eDNA, Artemis I Orion splashes down from a perfect first mission, and an exciting new breakthrough in nuclear fusion...
The Secret History of The ENIAC Women | Kathy Kleiman | TEDxBeaconStreet
The ENIAC Programmers Project Film
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