2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[Hooltra]

Release date: April 27th, 2015
Purchase link: Zavvi.com (Live at 9 am GMT Sat 2/28)
Price: £14.99

Note: Limited to 2000 copies

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[Doctor]

I contacted Zavvi about the dent in my steelbook. The packaging was fine so this happened prior to shipping. Instead of a replacement they offered me a 10% refund.. What is wrong with this company?

They always offer a discount first. Then, when you reject that, they offer a refund or (if still available) a replacement.

When I challenged them about it, they said that some people are prepared to accept a partial refund rather than return the item, but still doesn't represent good customer service in my opinion.

 

[C.C. 95]

I just got back from seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey at the CINERAMA DOME in L.A. in 70MM!!!
Wow! How special that was. Seeing a 70MM Cinerama movie where it premiered all those years ago!
There are some movies where you can truthfully say: "if you haven't seen it on the big screen- you haven't really seen it!"
Glorious!!! (And NO DIGITAL DCP can match the resolution of that 70MM film print!)

 

[Sigill]

Sounds awesome @C.C. 95!

 

[C.C. 95]

Sounds awesome @C.C. 95!

Well, @Sigill it was amazingly cool (not a perfect presentation- the sound was wanting). I wish everyone could see it! Pure cinema love!
Didn't you guys JUST get a new revival print shown in theaters recently in the UK?!!! I know you did, cuz I saw the trailer about it. (And was supremely jealous)!

 

[Sigill]

Well, @Sigill it was amazingly cool (not a perfect presentation- the sound was wanting). I wish everyone could see it! Pure cinema love!
Didn't you guys JUST get a new revival print shown in theaters recently in the UK?!!! I know you did, cuz I saw the trailer about it. (And was supremely jealous)!

Yeah i do remember it was showing a while back. It was a new transfer so it would have looked good. I didn't get chance to see it but I bet it is a great experience on the big screen!

 

[bojee]

Anyone know if this has the same transfer as in the 2001 Canadian steelbook?

 

[dan8885]

I just got back from seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey at the CINERAMA DOME in L.A. in 70MM!!!
Wow! How special that was. Seeing a 70MM Cinerama movie where it premiered all those years ago!
There are some movies where you can truthfully say: "if you haven't seen it on the big screen- you haven't really seen it!"
Glorious!!! (And NO DIGITAL DCP can match the resolution of that 70MM film print!)
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Wow that sounds so awesome buddy!!
Theres no 70MM no IMAX no nothing over here. Just normal Cinema. You got it real nice oversea
They do the classics from time to time like old Hitchcocks or old SciFi but not 70mm ... so jealous!!

 

[paulboland]

Anyone know if this has the same transfer as in the 2001 Canadian steelbook?

The Blu-ray Disc the same
Its the same Blu-ray that's was previously available in USA and Canada and UK
Warner Disc Region Free

 

[halliwell]

One of the finest films ever made, I am always amazed how good it looks in HD going by its age.

 

[BS. Park]

I have this steelbook

 

[George Pearce]

I still find this movie overrated, has some nice scenes but as a whole I don't understand the fuss, mind you I'm in the Mark Kermode camp in so far as I think Silent Runnings is a better movie

 

[dfoles]

I still find this movie overrated, has some nice scenes but as a whole I don't understand the fuss, mind you I'm in the Mark Kermode camp in so far as I think Silent Runnings is a better movie

It's mainly all the amazing things he was able to do with the limited technology at the time. It's definitely an "artsy" film, in the same vain as Citizen Kane, which I find to be a terribly boring movie. But it was the first time they used makeup to age an actor rather than just hiring an older person to play the older character. At the time, it was extraordinary.

I also love how the last 23 minutes of 2001 sync up perfectly to Pink Floyd's song Echoes:

 

[ChrisIW]

I have this steelbook

Congrats on reaching 20 posts

 

[Doctor]

I would have to agree - I love Silent Running. One of my all time favourites.

I still find this movie overrated, has some nice scenes but as a whole I don't understand the fuss, mind you I'm in the Mark Kermode camp in so far as I think Silent Runnings is a better movie

 

[Geek Tragedy]

I first saw Silent Running on HBO the first night my parents got cable TV in the house. Blew my mind.

 

[C.C. 95]

I still find this movie overrated, has some nice scenes but as a whole I don't understand the fuss, mind you I'm in the Mark Kermode camp in so far as I think Silent Runnings is a better movie

Because it INVENTED things you enjoy in movies today.
"Why is that shot special? I don't get it?"
Because it had never been done before in the history of cinema.
No 2001, no Jurassic Park. No 2001 no ILM, no WETA. If you can't respect those who invent the things you enjoy, you have a wacked view.
It's like saying you don't get the big deal about Edison's light bulb beacause "Rave Party Lights" are so much cooler.
Technological feats aside, it is a one of a kind cinema experience. There is no equal to 2001.

 

[halliwell]

Can't compare 2001 and Silent Running,which I love, I find it astounding 2001 was released before the Moon landings, it's realism is of the highest order. Kubrick was a genius.

 

[C.C. 95]

Can't compare 2001 and Silent Running,which I love, I find it astounding 2001 was released before the Moon landings, it's realism is of the highest order. Kubrick was a genius.

One of my cinema heroes, Douglas Trumbull, did the special effects for 2001, and directed Silent Running.
(Of course went on to pioneer more sfx in Close Encounters and Blade Runner. He is back in the business with a new High Def process that is 10 times what has been done before. He has had meetings with Cameron about the next Avatars being done with this new process).
I saw 2001 at the Cineramadome in L.A. about 8 months ago. Everything holds up like it was done today. The special effects are stunning. Makes CGI look like cartoons. The very next night I saw Fury Road there, too!
Ironic, because Fury Road was telling the same story: REAL EFFECTS not CGI!!
Two amazing nights of cinema for me.

 

[George Pearce]

Because it INVENTED things you enjoy in movies today.
"Why is that shot special? I don't get it?"
Because it had never been done before in the history of cinema.
No 2001, no Jurassic Park. No 2001 no ILM, no WETA. If you can't respect those who invent the things you enjoy, you have a wacked view.
It's like saying you don't get the big deal about Edison's light bulb beacause "Rave Party Lights" are so much cooler.
Technological feats aside, it is a one of a kind cinema experience. There is no equal to 2001.

Enjoyed reading your rant....................I don't like the movie much, terribly sorry

 

[C.C. 95]

Enjoyed reading your rant....................I don't like the movie much, terribly sorry

To say you don't like it is fine.
But you said it was overrated and you don't understand all the fuss.
There is a very good reason it is considered one of the greatest movies of all time. You can not enjoy a movie, and still appreciate why it has a very special place in cinema and is revered.
If you don't know 'why' all the fuss- then you are willfully ignoring a milestone event in cinema.