2001: A Species Odyssey

Publicity still from 2001: A Species Odyssey.

2001: A Species Odyssey is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship.

History

The film was inspired by the short story "The Cold Equations", and has been called "the most thoughtful and engaging study of criminal behavior since In Cold Blood."

In the News

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  2001: A Cain Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction religion film about a farmer (Cain) who rises up and slays his brother (Abel), leading up to a tense showdown between man and God that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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  Tantrum is a 1979 shopping fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott 1.1 and written by [REDACTED] which follows an ensemble case of shoppers aboard the commercial space shopping mall Nostromo who encounter the eponymous Tantrum, an aggressive and deafening child set loose on the ship.

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  The Jassman Factor is a documentary film directed by [REDACTED] about time-traveling comedy duo Tesla and Frye.

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  2001: A Bacon Odyssey is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover a hybrid alien-bacon organism stowed away on their spaceship.

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  2001: A Wafer Odyssey is a short industry training film produced by the Interplanetary Cookie Marketing Group.

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  2001: A 70's Odyssey is a short documentary film about the unofficial privacy, health, and hygiene issues faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when a rift in the space-time continuum drastically raises dress hemlines in the workplace.

Fiction cross-reference

• 2001: A 70's Odyssey
• 2001: A Bacon Odyssey
• 2001: A Cain Odyssey
• 2001: A Wafer Odyssey
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• HAL 9000 and the Trolley Car Problem
• Tantrum (film)
• The Jassman Factor

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Documentary film (nonfiction)

External links

• Species (film) @ Wikipedia
• The Cold Equations @ Wikipedia
• In Cold Blood @ Wikipedia

• Species (1/11) Movie CLIP - The End of the Experiment (1995) @ YouTube

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (29 December 2022)
• Post @ Twitter (24 October 2021)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) @ Wikipedia
• The Dawn of Man @ YouTube
• Ape Learning @ YouTube
• The bone as a weapon @ YouTube
• Greatest Fight Scene @ YouTube
• HAL 9000 Introduction from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) @ YouTube
• 'The Blue Danube' (waltz) scene @ YouTube
• Videophone Sequence @ YouTube
• HAL 9000 Introduction @ YouTube - "The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information" ... "so I am constantly occupied. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."
• A conversation with HAL @ YouTube
• The Monolith At The Moon @ YouTube
• Hal Reads Lips Scene (2/6) | Movieclips @ YouTube
• Hal's Watching @ YouTube
• Frank Poole is Killed @ YouTube
• Open the Pod bay doors, please, HAL. @ YouTube
• Explosive bolts @ YouTube
• Take a stress pill and think things over @ YouTube
• The Shutdown Of Hal @ YouTube
• I'm afraid @ YouTube
• Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite Part I @ YouTube
• Ending @ YouTube
• Star Child Scene @ YouTube
• Star Child Scene @ YouTube

• Food in Movies: 2001 A Space Odyssey
• 2001: A Space Odyssey in tweets @ Twitter