Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies ~

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:13:03 -0700, "Frank R.A.J. Maloney"
<frajm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Franklin Hummel wrote:
>> "Derek Lyons" <fairwater@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:47e5a115.2014202140@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Franklin Hummel" <hummel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> I remember reading an article where Clarke said that in the book 
>>>> the
>>>> space****p went to a moon of Saturday, while in the script this was
>> 
>> ....Saturn...
>> 
>>>> changed to a moon of Jupiter, for special effects reasons.  This
>>>> seems to me that the book might have come first -- or at least been
>>>> how Clarke *wanted* the story and the film is a variation of this.
>>> -
>>> You might try reading the various works on this very topic - they
>>> spell out quite clearly how wrong you are.
>> 
>> 
>> Ever read THE MAKING OF 2001?  Good book.

I'll never be able to see the famous jump-cut scene again without
imagining Doctor Floyd saying, "Excuse me stewardess, but I think an
ape just threw a bone at this spacecraft", after seeing the MAD
Magazine parody reprinted in it.

>Clarke's own "The Lost Worlds of 2001" is also helpful.

Clarke's earlier versions of the story featured a friendly humanoid
alien who comes to earth in the Dawn of Man section to teach
Moonwatcher how to use tools, and then turns up again at the end to
greet Dave Bowman after his trip Beyond the Infinite, instead of the
enigmatic monolith.

I like to think of this as the version that Spielberg would have made
had he been the director (although AFAIK he would have still been a
student at the time) instead of Kubrick. I also got the impression
that it was Kubrick's contribution that the monoliths be the _only_
evidence or representation of alien technology in the film (instead of
just the versions buried in Tycho and in orbit round Jupiter) .

Jerry Brown
-- 
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

<http://www.jwbrown.co.uk>