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2001: A Space Odyssey commission for 
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This painting was...a challenge lol. Still was fun to paint and I think I learned some stuff.
Thanks Dougal.
dougaljacobsThis painting was...a challenge lol. Still was fun to paint and I think I learned some stuff.
Thanks Dougal.
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
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They did something similar in "Mission to Mars" too. I liked the idea behind it. It is unfortunate that what we have learned since then makes the Discovery and Mars 2 not exactly work in this regard. The ring is just too small. The Hermes in "The Martian" does fix that though.
Oh my God, I'm so excited to see this.
You don't always ... ok, you pretty much NEVER see any anthro reworks of old sci-fi things, particularly not 2001. This is awesome.
Would love to see more, hopefully dougaljacobs commissions more from you. Would love to see the floating away tray scene, or the "white rooms."
Oh Jesus, what am I saying, I personally just want to see the full movie redone with anthro characters, imagining the odd space baby, Hal Furthousand trying to decode moving wolf/cat lips, and the "busy" centrifugal station at the beginning.
You don't always ... ok, you pretty much NEVER see any anthro reworks of old sci-fi things, particularly not 2001. This is awesome.
Would love to see more, hopefully dougaljacobs commissions more from you. Would love to see the floating away tray scene, or the "white rooms."
Oh Jesus, what am I saying, I personally just want to see the full movie redone with anthro characters, imagining the odd space baby, Hal Furthousand trying to decode moving wolf/cat lips, and the "busy" centrifugal station at the beginning.
Instant fave. I was age 8 when 2001 was in theaters. I was so blown away that I watched it twice, back-to-back.
For all the fans out there: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23122026/
For all the fans out there: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23122026/
The idea of the centrifugal generation of gravity is a good one, though what we have learned since then shows that what we see here on the Discovery (as well as Mars 2 in "Mission to Mars") would not work. The ring section is just too small. If you were to bend down or kneel, the difference in gravity you would feel would play hell with your equilibrium. You would need a ring at least 100 meters in diameter. Babylon 5 definitely works in this regard.
Totally agree. 2010 has always been one of my favorites too.
I think the problem is, 2001 was trying to be more of a "film", while 2010 remained more contemporary and modern, which made it a bit easier for the general audience to handle.
It is a shame they cheated gravity on the Leonov (even though hinted at there being no gravity on the central body of the ship, but other scenes broke that). Plus,... the sets don't fit within the ship structure, lol
I think the problem is, 2001 was trying to be more of a "film", while 2010 remained more contemporary and modern, which made it a bit easier for the general audience to handle.
It is a shame they cheated gravity on the Leonov (even though hinted at there being no gravity on the central body of the ship, but other scenes broke that). Plus,... the sets don't fit within the ship structure, lol
I would also recommend Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (otherwise known as "Save the Whales"), just a straight-up fun sci-fi adventure with no "bad guy", and every cast member given a chance to shine (instead of just sitting in their chair saying "course laid in" or "hailing frequencies open").
To address your questions, look at the design of the Leonov. You have a stationary central structure, with a rotating section in the middle. However, you only see the characters in the central ship structure, and yet they are walking as if there is gravity. Even if they do the science-breaking cheat explanation of "the spinning ring creates a kind of gravity field that generates a downward force inside the ship", there is another problem. You clearly see the forward windows and can compare the size to the inside shots of Kirbuk at her commander's chair, so we get a sense of scale showing the structure is maybe about 20 meters wide at most,... but then as we follow other scenes inside the ship, corridors move sideways at least 50 meters in each direction, then curve back around. Where are they curving to, and where do they fit within the ship? Further, we can compare the size of Dr. Curnow and Max with the Pod that was going to be taken to the Monolith,... we see the pod exiting the Leonov, its size compared to the ship does not remotely match up with the cavernous launch bay it was in during the internal shots. Its as if the Leonov was a TARDIS,... bigger on the inside.
These are only a few examples, but they are important ones.
Now don't confuse any of this with me saying it was a bad movie. I always have, and always will love it, as it was also my first of the two. I would actually love to see a remake, for no other reason than to be closer to the book, and add some more visual wonder to the Jovian system (even though 2010 had already given us some of the most spectacular visuals of the powerful giant of any movie one could name), and include the segment of the Chinese "Tsien" spacecraft, missing from the film. It would make more sense, as today China is our closest rival in spaceflight. Just to keep the title from being confusing and dated, we can simply call it "Odyssey Two".
Look up RobCaswell on DeviantArt. He does an amazing re-imagining of the Alexei Leonov to be more in line with how it was described in the book, and I love this design and intent very much.
To address your questions, look at the design of the Leonov. You have a stationary central structure, with a rotating section in the middle. However, you only see the characters in the central ship structure, and yet they are walking as if there is gravity. Even if they do the science-breaking cheat explanation of "the spinning ring creates a kind of gravity field that generates a downward force inside the ship", there is another problem. You clearly see the forward windows and can compare the size to the inside shots of Kirbuk at her commander's chair, so we get a sense of scale showing the structure is maybe about 20 meters wide at most,... but then as we follow other scenes inside the ship, corridors move sideways at least 50 meters in each direction, then curve back around. Where are they curving to, and where do they fit within the ship? Further, we can compare the size of Dr. Curnow and Max with the Pod that was going to be taken to the Monolith,... we see the pod exiting the Leonov, its size compared to the ship does not remotely match up with the cavernous launch bay it was in during the internal shots. Its as if the Leonov was a TARDIS,... bigger on the inside.
These are only a few examples, but they are important ones.
Now don't confuse any of this with me saying it was a bad movie. I always have, and always will love it, as it was also my first of the two. I would actually love to see a remake, for no other reason than to be closer to the book, and add some more visual wonder to the Jovian system (even though 2010 had already given us some of the most spectacular visuals of the powerful giant of any movie one could name), and include the segment of the Chinese "Tsien" spacecraft, missing from the film. It would make more sense, as today China is our closest rival in spaceflight. Just to keep the title from being confusing and dated, we can simply call it "Odyssey Two".
Look up RobCaswell on DeviantArt. He does an amazing re-imagining of the Alexei Leonov to be more in line with how it was described in the book, and I love this design and intent very much.
I love that piece!
Funny thing, when I watched Aliens with my dad it sounded like the music at the opening used the same portion of Gayane as a motif! 1:01 here: https://youtu.be/wnPJRJbVEIg?t=61
Funny thing, when I watched Aliens with my dad it sounded like the music at the opening used the same portion of Gayane as a motif! 1:01 here: https://youtu.be/wnPJRJbVEIg?t=61
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