Tim: >> Read the book, it's much more comprehensive than the film (which was >> shortened, significantly). There's a lot more to that part of the plot >> than the film conveys. Joe Zeff: > ROTFLMAO! The film was based on a short story, *The Sentinal,* By > Arthur C. Clark, I know, and there's several quite similar stories. Like a lot of authors, he seemed to do several variations on a theme. > who later wrote a novel *based on* the film. Supposedly, the film and the novel were worked on concurrently. > Naturally, in that novelization, he had room to add considerable > back-story and detail that wasn't in the film. Supposedly, the first cut of the film was many hours long. It's one of my favourites, but I have to be in a fairly lethargic mood to sit still and watch it uninterrupted. -- All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
