Sentences with phrase «into space odysseys»

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That is completely possible in 10 - 20 years, but not with outdated software and commercial interests not wanting to invest their funds into a HAL 9000 out of 2001 Space Odyssey.

Rather, we are on a spaceship hurtling into the unknown, just like the solitary passenger in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey after he had tried to regain control by dismantling his spaceship's computer.

The scarps directly expose bright glimpses into vast underground ice previously detected with spectrometers on NASA's Mars Odyssey (MRO) orbiter, with ground - penetrating radar instruments on MRO and on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, and with observations of fresh impact craters that uncover subsurface ice.

A few hours later, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft recorded the same solar storm ripping loose parts of the thin Martian atmosphere and flinging them into space.

Mars Odyssey, an orbiting craft launched in 2001, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), sent into space four years later in 2005, paved the way for Phoenix by identifying a safe landing spot from orbit.

Notoriously baffling yet oddly compelling, 2001: A Space Odyssey essentially follows two astronauts (Keir Dullea's Dave Bowman and Gary Lockwood's Frank Poole) as they embark on a quest into the farthest reaches of the known galaxy.

I've got family coming into town this afternoon, and since this week's poll had three runaway winners in «2001: A Space Odyssey,» «The Godfather» and «Pulp Fiction,» and I doubt three more hours will close the gap on the stragglers (poor «Jurassic Park»), I think it's time for a new installment.

Nearly 40 years after the discovery, filmmaker Bill Morrison has spliced the «Dawson City Collection» into a found - footage experience akin to a Ken Burns documentary beamed through the Space Odyssey Star Gate.

In this way, it resembles Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, although the scope isn't so much about the beauty of space beyond our atmosphere as it is the deadliness of space if it should encroach into ourSpace Odyssey, although the scope isn't so much about the beauty of space beyond our atmosphere as it is the deadliness of space if it should encroach into ourspace beyond our atmosphere as it is the deadliness of space if it should encroach into ourspace if it should encroach into our own.

This second goal is used as a springboard to leap into some half - baked armchair philosophizing and allusions to 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Tree of Life, but with a lot more guns.

But while the movie starts off that way, it eventually devolves into a metaphysical mess that's equal parts «Tree of Life,» «Limitless» and «Transcendence,» with a not - so - subtle nod to «2001: A Space Odyssey.»

One can read anything or nothing into the wordless last half - hour of «Space Odyssey.»

While Garland stealthily keeps the horror hovering off - screen, ready to return at the most unnerving, anxiety - causing moment in Lena's journey, Annihilation slips into permanently ambiguous, terminally abstract over the last, 2001: A Space Odyssey - inspired half - hour.

You can also add 2001: A Space Odyssey to the list of influences, with the crew squabbles with the onboard AI, as well as the more surreal elements that come into play late in the film.

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To put that into perspective, in the same year, 2001: A Space Odyssey's budget was $ 10.5 M and Planet of the Apes spent just $ 5.8 M.

After that the story turns into a sort of blend between 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon and The Matrix, with a little bit of GLaDOS from Portal thrown in.

When the end credits started rolling on Alex Garland's brain - twisting «Annihilation,» the first thought that popped into my head was: If Stanley Kubrick tried to make «2001: A Space Odyssey» today, would a risk - averse, marketing - dependent studio have backed him?

Though the second - row seats don't fold away into the floor, the Odyssey's strength, like the Toyota Sienna's, is space and storage, combined with steering precision and a smooth, reliable drivetrain.

· A new edition of the first book in Evan Currie's popular military space opera Odyssey series will be published in March 2012, now entitled «Into the Black: Odyssey One.»

The other color options (like «Lunar White» and «Human Flesh» «Sand») make some of the tablet's details pop a little bit more, but if you're into 2001: A Space Odyssey - style monoliths, the Indigo Black is the way to go.

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Together, along with a psychopathic sadist called Albedo, these characters were drawn into a wide - ranging intergalactic conspiracy that took inspiration from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Neon Genesis Evangelion and the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Into the Far Beyond was a dance play, developed out of the after school arts program, which showcased local youth in a space odyssey that incorporated dance, text, and sets that evoked -LSB-...]

And he saw them not solely as an odyssey, but as a different kind of journey altogether — into the space of memory.