The Astrodome is vacant, but still standing.

I’ve had 2010 in my player for the last few months—yes, it is a good film—and it gets played, at least partially, about once a fortnight. The cast is terrific.

And, obviously, the actual year 2010 is almost upon us, so there’s probably a special edition coming soon.

You chide 2010 for thinking that the Astrodome and Yankee Stadium would still be in business, but let the whole Soviet Union thing slide?
I love that movie, too, though. It’s a whole different breed from 2001, but that’s OK. I like that 2010 had a sense of humor: like using Kubrick’s picture as the Soviet Premier on the Time magazine the nurse was reading, and the cameo of Arthur C. Clarke sitting by the White House feeding birds.

Royce is right, read the books. Start with the original short story “The Sentinel.” That inspired the movie, which led to the book.
But read the later books with caution: 2061 was fair, 3001 stank. They demolished some of my considerable respect for Clarke.

Haven’t seen it in awhile, but I like 2010 very much, too, not least of all for the presence of Helen Mirren.

Sadly, the “SciFi” Network has gone the way of so much of pop culture and decided to intentionally mispell its name, so now it’s “SyFy.”  Monumentally lame.

Greg - They apparently couldn’t copyright “SciFi”. With “SyFy”, they can.

Though really, if they’re going to be honest they should call it “Cheap-Ass Giant Monster Movie Network”.

Anyone remember where the title “2001” came from?
Yes, that’s right, 2001 is the 1st year of the third millenia, NOT 2000…damn that aggravates me…
Actually, what I thought was amusing was the thought of Mark C as a baseball owner in Lakertown, donchaknow there’s gonna be some conflicted people if that happens.

With bjones about the Chandra casting, Yates dropped the ball on that big time. ACC was way ahead of his time regarding racial/ cultural diversity in the tech field. Did love the sense of humor in 2010—most SF treatments seem to lack a sense of humor by design and consequently take themselves waaayyyy too seriously.