The last time I watched this film, I had a rather interesting idea... Is the future of 2001 distopian? One could see it this way! HAL could be a stand in for the government, and in many ways "he" is. Watching, judging, HAL is the politician aboard the ship in a way, Like a true politican, creating strife and then selling the solution, The crew runs the ship, yet HAL makes the decisions. Could be some sort of "people unite" message going on here? He is no more a political figure than in the exposition scene/ interview with the BBC. Every single time we see people talking to one another in the film, its a conspiracy, or really, really ,really SMALL talk.Take for instance the brief chat that haywood has with the russian scientists, Haywood is in a position of power and knowledge, and he is lying to them, even when he knows it not only scares them, but very nearly killed them. Then there is the boardroom scene... The american flag prominently placed in the shots while haywood talks about the necessity of lying and covering up the truth can not be accidental, well okay SURE IT CAN! But im making a point here people. Another short exposition scene later, which is more or less an epilogue to the last scene, is not entirely immune to my theory, There is a sort of "comrade" ship that is very shorthand and very forced, "well brothers, this is not real food we are eating, but we will consume it anyways for the revolution"... a.k.a "You got ham, ugh ya... tastes like it anyways". The next major dialogue scene is the expeditionary interview, but after that comes HAL being very deceptive and misleading to frank and bowman, all to better manage their actions and increase their dependancy, well of course all of this lying and scheming and trickery is undone by bowman who transcends yada yada yada. This may be all b.s... but its another interesting way to look at the film. Also, the only two video calls we see are both for birthdays, and both include more talk of buying than birthing, "We just sorted out your a19 (whatever its called) payments", Debt, Big Brother, Isolation, Ham sandwiches that dont taste like the real thing, conspiracies and ugh... ya okay its a bit of a stretch.
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