2001: A Space Thriller

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Jul 30, 2012 9:15 PMNov 20, 2019 5:01 AM

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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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