Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 1917 the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke was born. Clark is best
known for presenting paranormal t.v series and being the writer of 2001: A Space
Odyssey. The film of 2001 is perhaps the most over-rated film ever made as it
is, unlike the book which is quite good, a pretentious piece of art-house tosh
which Kubrick should have been ashamed to put his name to (but then Kubrick only
ever made 2 and a half genuinely good films, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and
the first half of Full Metal Jacket, the rest being unremarkable at best). If
you don't share my opinion then consider this: The first cut Kubrick released of
2001 had 11 minutes of jogging in the spaceship on a loop to convey how boring
long distant flights were, a scene which led to Clarke storming out of the movie
theatre in tears at the première. The Star Wars Holiday special is a better
sci-fi film then 2001 in my opinion because at least that has Boba Fett in
it.
And now
the news:
According to the compilation album “Now That's
What I Call Christmas” this is a Christmas song, I really don't see it but it
ties in quite well with the original cut of 2001:
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