Synopsis:

Watch 2010 as a more faithful sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. A classic score and space is silent!

Intentions:

While nowhere near the groundbreaking movie that 2001: A Space Odyssey was, 2010: The Year We Make Contact is still a nice little 80s space adventure. Now that adventure is brought more in line with the classic Kubrick film by removing the conventional 80s aspects of 2010. The cold war is downplayed and the music score has been almost entirely eliminated and recreated from classic music. All space scenes have been silenced and all voice overs have been removed as has dialogue where characters are describing what they're doing. Title cards have been created based on the fonts and positioning from 2001. A brand new scene with Heywood Floydd leaving earth has also been created using Interstellar, Solaris, Ad Astra, and a repositioned scene from the end of 2010.

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The idea was to find a way to make this movie feel like a true successor to 2001: A Space Odyssey. All of the space scenes have been silenced and I've relied a lot on the breathing sound effect from 2001's space walk scenes. The musical score has been almost completely removed (even though I am a fan of the synth score, to be honest) and replaced with a more appropriate classic score. All of the voice overs have been removed and references to Central America have been reduced. It's impossible to remove the cold war aspect entirely but it was a part of the book and I've kept it inline with the book as best as I can. As soon as the ship leaves earth, we never go back there until the end of the movie, just like in 2001. There are some additions as well! David Bowman approaching the large Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey has been added in to the beginning of this edit. It stops just as he enters the wormhole and his final message has been added. Several shots from Jupiter Ascending and Ad Astra have been added so I could create title cards for the movie. An additional "waltz" scene where the American crew rendezvous with the Russians has also been created using footage from Interstellar and Solaris.

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