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Originally Posted by Lianachan
One thing that annoys me about 2001 is the elitist way in which those who do like it often assume that those of us who don't just don't understand it, or are in some way simple or defective. They are the true sci-fi fans, because, well, they are capable of appreciating 2001.
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I don't feel you are any worse of a person because you don't like 2001. To be blunt, I don't really care if you or anyone else likes it or not.
I wonder if the age of the person is a factor. As Vonstadt said, I was 10 when I first saw it (in fact, it was an early birthday present to go see it). And even though I didn't understand all of it at the time, it absolutely blew me away. It was by far the most amazing, realistic space science fiction I had ever seen. And though I knew it was fiction, I also thought that this might be what the future would be like.
Remember, this was 1968... we were still a year away from landing on the moon. It seemed possible that 33 years in the future (which, to a 10 year old is a LONG time), that we would have space stations and Pan Am shuttles and a base on the moon.
This was also 10 years before Star Wars and Close Encounters and modern CGI.
So, the film made a huge permanent impression on a space-happy 10 year old. For that alone, it will always have a place in my heart.