OT-2001 ASO (includes spoiler)

[Randallw]

I just finished watching 2001 again after not seeing it for awhile. I have only one thing to say ,
I was hoping I would get it this time, but it still eludes me. I get the monoliths. I get HAL. What I don't get is the end. Dave reaches Saturn, he goes through hyperspace, then he is in a room seeing his older self from time to time, which I suppose means he is in the alien room the rest of his life. Why the Heck does he turn into a space baby at the end?.

ps. I am going to assume everyone realises HAL is IBM shifted backwards, HAL even says at the end he was created at HAL labs. Was Kubrick or Clarke unable to get IBM's permission?.

[ June 13, 2004, 14:12: Message edited by: Randallw ]