Every time I watch 2001: A Space Odyssey, I catch something new.
Last night's realization: there is a distinct symmetry between the way Dave disposed of HAL (slowly, deliberately destroying HAL's mind while HAL observed, afraid, powerless, and unable to do anything about it) and Dave's own protracted, disoriented death in a bizarre, non-chronolinear environment he was powerless to affect or even comprehend.
Last night's realization: there is a distinct symmetry between the way Dave disposed of HAL (slowly, deliberately destroying HAL's mind while HAL observed, afraid, powerless, and unable to do anything about it) and Dave's own protracted, disoriented death in a bizarre, non-chronolinear environment he was powerless to affect or even comprehend.