With our class getting done with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Mr. Inloes thought it would be interesting and enjoyable to show how key aspects from Kubrick’s film is very influencial in many shows and commercials today. We watched an episode of the Simpsons that had many scenes in it that were practically the same as kubrick's movie. For example, the Itchy and Scratchy episode where Itchy is out in space and then takes Scratchy's helmet off. This was quite similar to the actual movie, because Dave tries saving his friend in space with the space pod, but his friend was already died because his has vent was thorn apart. Moreover, when Homer opened the bag of potato chips, which led to Homer floating in the space craft and eating the chips with the heroic music in the background. That was quite similar due to the no dialog just heroic music scenes in 2001.
Krubrick's movie actually influences many other things of TV. Just last year, there was a commercial with a guy who just bought his wife a new pendent from Jared Jewelry. The guy gets back in his car to go home and tries to plug in his destination into his GPS, but his GPS (which has a female voice) doesn't want to cooperate. As a result, the only way for the guy to get home is if he put the pendant on the GPS. This is just like the A Space Odyssey, where Hal (the space shuttle's core intelligence system which has feelings) takes over the ship by trying to killing everyone. Similarly, the GPS won't cooperate with the guy unless she gets the pendant (due to the GPS has feelings).
In conclusion, even thought I didn't love 2001: A Space Odyssey, it is interesting to know and realize how influential that movie is.
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