2001: A Space Thriller

Laugh out loud at the new take on the 2001: A Space Odyssey trailer as a modern classic movie trailer. Watch now!

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I have no reason to post this, other than it made me laugh: a trailer for the classic movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" as if it were made today.

[embed width="610"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSGsh9so_dA[/embed]

Being pretty familiar with the movie, it was funny to see how these scenes were used out of context. Of course, doing this you can make any kids' movie into a scary one

, and any scary movie into a romantic comedy

.

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