It’s time to get serious.
“….Meanwhile, I prepared myself for the oncoming zeitgeist by listening to Chris Morris’s bleak, brilliant, bad-trippy Blue Jam on Radio 1 every Thursday after John Peel. Oddly enough, I was beginning to find humor in all the things that had once frightened me. The prying eye of Big Brother, the aging process, loneliness, failure, and death were all just punch lines to the joke. I loved to listen over and over again to HAL-9000’s death scene from the soundtrack of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and when Jarvis Cocker and Pulp released their masterpiece comedown album, This Is Hardcore, its unflinching evocation of middle age, stale waterbeds, and tinny bachelor pad music made me rethink my own lifestyle.
I was about as alien as I’d ever wanted to be, but I’d grown tired of one-night stands, drink, drugs, and the dating game.
It was time to get serious.”
Dr. Chandra :
Understand, Nobody can Talk.
The accents will confuse him.
He can understand me, so if you have
any questions, please let me ask them.
The accents will confuse him.
He can understand me, so if you have
any questions, please let me ask them.
Good morning, HAL.
HAL-9000 :
Good morning, Dr. Chandra.
Good morning, Dr. Chandra.
Dr. Chandra :
Do you feel capable of resuming
all of your duties?
all of your duties?
HAL-9000 :
Of course.
I am completely operational and
all my circuits are functioning perfectly.
I am completely operational and
all my circuits are functioning perfectly.
Dr. Chandra :
That's good.
Do you know what those duties are?
Do you know what those duties are?
HAL-9000 :
Yes. I will operate
The Onboard Systems
of Discovery.
of Discovery.
There is a launch window in 31 days
when Earth is in the proper position.
There is enough fuel on board
for a low-consumption route
that will enable Discovery
to return in 28 months.
for a low-consumption route
that will enable Discovery
to return in 28 months.
This will not present a problem.
Dr. Chandra :
That's very good.
Now, HAL, do you mind if
I ask you a question?
Now, HAL, do you mind if
I ask you a question?
HAL-9000 :
Not at all.
Dr. Chandra :
Do you recall Dave Bowman and
Frank Poole leaving The Discovery?
Frank Poole leaving The Discovery?
HAL-9000 :
Certainly not.
That could never have happened
or I would remember it.
Where are Frank and Dave?
That could never have happened
or I would remember it.
Where are Frank and Dave?
Dr. Chandra :
They're fine. They're not here right now.
They're fine. They're not here right now.
HAL-9000 :
Who are these people?
I can only identify you --
although I compute a 65% probability
that the man behind you is Dr. Floyd.
I can only identify you --
although I compute a 65% probability
that the man behind you is Dr. Floyd.
Dr. Chandra :
Don't worry, HAL.
I'll explain everything later.
I'll explain everything later.
HAL-9000 :
Has The Mission been completed?
You know that I have
the greatest enthusiasm for it.
You know that I have
the greatest enthusiasm for it.
Dr. Chandra :
The Mission has been completed
and you've carried out
your program very well.
and you've carried out
your program very well.
And now, HAL, if you will
excuse us for a moment,
we wish to have a
we wish to have a
private conversation.
HAL-9000 :
Certainly.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What was that all about?
What was that all about?
Dr. Chandra :
I've erased all of HAL's Memory
from the moment The Trouble started.
I've erased all of HAL's Memory
from the moment The Trouble started.
The 9000-Series uses holographic memories,
so chronological erasures
so chronological erasures
would not work.
I made a tapeworm.
I made a tapeworm.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
You made a what?
Dr. Chandra :
It's A Program that's fed into A System,
that will Hunt Down and Destroy
that will Hunt Down and Destroy
any desired memories.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Wait -- Do You Know Why
HAL Did What He Did?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes. It wasn't his fault.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Whose fault was it?
Dr. Chandra :
Yours.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Mine?
Dr. Chandra :
Yours. In going through HAL's Memory Banks,
I discovered his original orders.
You wrote those orders.
I discovered his original orders.
You wrote those orders.
Discovery's Mission to Jupiter was
in the advanced planning stages
when The First Monolith was found
on The Moon and sent its signal to Jupiter.
By direct Presidential Order, The Existence
of That Monolith was kept secret.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
So?
Dr. Chandra :
So, as The Function
So, as The Function
of The Command Crew,
Bowman and Poole,
was to get Discovery
to its destination,
it was decided that
they should not
be informed.
The Investigative Team was
trained and put in hibernation,
before The Voyage began.
before The Voyage began.
Since HAL was capable of operating
Discovery unassisted, it was decided
Discovery unassisted, it was decided
that he should be programmed to
complete The Mission autonomously
in case The [Human] Crew
was incapacitated or killed.
[ Which, of course, they were -- ]
[ Which, of course, they were -- ]
He was given full knowledge
of The True Objective...
...and instructed not to reveal anything
of The True Objective...
...and instructed not to reveal anything
to Bowman or Poole.
He was instructed to Lie.
He was instructed to Lie.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What are you talking about?
I didn't authorise anyone to
tell HAL about The Monolith.
I didn't authorise anyone to
tell HAL about The Monolith.
Dr. Chandra :
The Directive is NSC 3-4-2/2-3,
Top Secret, January 30, 2001.
NSC, National Security Council,
The White House.
Top Secret, January 30, 2001.
NSC, National Security Council,
The White House.
I don't care who it is.
The Situation is in conflict with
The Basic Purpose of HAL's Design...
The accurate processing of information
without distortion or concealment.
The Situation is in conflict with
The Basic Purpose of HAL's Design...
The accurate processing of information
without distortion or concealment.
He became trapped.
The technical term is an H. Mobius Loop,
The technical term is an H. Mobius Loop,
which can happen in advanced computers
with autonomous goal-seeking programs.
with autonomous goal-seeking programs.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
The goddamn White House!
I don't believe it.
I don't believe it.
Dr. Chandra :
HAL was Told to Lie,
by people who find it easy to lie.
HAL Doesn't Know How,
so he couldn't function.
He became paranoid.
by people who find it easy to lie.
HAL Doesn't Know How,
so he couldn't function.
He became paranoid.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Those sons of bitches!
I didn't know.
I didn't know!
I didn't know.
I didn't know!
We have here Mrs. Jessie
Bowman, age 77.
She's the mother of the
astronaut who died.
She's been in the nursing
home for six months.
Four weeks ago, she collapsed in her room.
She was comatose when we got to her.
She was worked up and found
to have suffered a massive C.V.A...
...in the left parietal and frontal Iobes.
The CAT scan showed a massive bleed.
She has been comatose
since her admission...
...and is unable to have
spontaneous respiration.
There is no response to stimuli.
She has had two episodes of
pneumonia and is febrile.
We've been giving her
intravenous antibiotics for ten days.
Any change?
Physical therapy?
Range of motion four times a day,
and she's turned every 30 minutes.
Thank you.
Dr. Detchum, Dr. Detchum, 35.
Dr. Craig, Dr. Craig, 35.
Dr. Craig, 35, please.
Dr. Craig, 35, please.
All hands to the Ward Room.
All hands to the Ward Room, please.
This is a most difficult announcement.
As you know, things have
not been going well back home.
Well, it's gotten worse, a Iot worse.
Yesterday a Soviet destroyer
challenged the bIockade.
Several warning shots were fired
across her bow. She did not respond.
A second volley was fired.
There still was no response. None.
The nuclear destroyer U.S.S. Cunningham
launched two of her Falcon missiles.
Both struck the Soviet vessel amidship.
She broke in two and sunk.
Eight hundred of her crew were Iost.
This morning...
...an American surveillance satellite
was struck by a Soviet laser...
...fired from the Sergei
Kirov Space Station.
The American satellite was destroyed.
The United States has broken off
diplomatic relations with Russia.
All ambassadors have been recalled.
The Soviet ambassador has been
expelled along with the entire staff.
All American air defense and
satellite defense forces are on full alert.
Premier Ulonova made a televised
address and said that technically,
A State of War exists
between our two countries.
All American personnel are ordered
to leave Soviet territory immediately
or they will be placed under arrest.
to leave Soviet territory immediately
or they will be placed under arrest.
All Russian personnel are similarly
ordered to evacuate American territory.
As a result, by direct presidential order,
the three of you must leave the Leonov.
the three of you must leave the Leonov.
No Russian citizen is allowed to remain
on or allowed to enter the Discovery.
This Order is effective immediately.
The launch window for re-entry is in 28 days.
The Discovery has enough fuel
for a Iow consumption trajectory.
HAL seems to be reactivated
and is functioning well enough
to operate the onboard systems.
The Leonov has enough fuel
for a low consumption trajectory
that will arrive 12 months earlier.
The launch windows are
critical for both spacecrafts.
Only communications of
an emergency distress nature
are allowed between
the Leonov and Discovery.
I know you people are caught
in the middle of this.
In a sense, we all are.
I wish there was
something I could do.
I wish there was
something I could do.
The only thing left for us is to pray.
Pray for the safety of our families,
for our countries, for our planet.
May God Forgive us and Protect us.
May God Forgive us and Protect us.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
HAL, give me a System-Status report, please.
Just one moment, please.
I'm sorry for the delay.
I'm sorry for the delay.
My voice recognition circuits
are not completely restored,
although, as you can see,
they are improving.
All systems are functional.
There is a small pressure leak
in the aft heating unit.
It is nothing serious.
I can compensate for it by
using the redundant units.
I can compensate for it by
using the redundant units.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Thank you.
Dr. Floyd?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Yes?
Would you like to play
a game of chess?
I play very well.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
I'm sure you do.
No, thank you.
Dr. Floyd?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What is it, HAL?
There is A Message for you.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Who's calling?
There is no identification.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What's The Message?
The Message as follows:
"It is dangerous to remain here.
You must leave within two days."
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What?
Do you want me to repeat
The Message, Dr. Floyd?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Who recorded it?
This is not a recording.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Who's sending it?
There is no identification.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
I don't understand.
Neither do I.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Is this message by
voice or keyboard?
I don't know.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
My Response is:
"We don't have enough fuel
for an early departure."
"We don't have enough fuel
for an early departure."
The Answer is:
"I am aware of these facts. Nevertheless,
you must leave within two days. "
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
HAL, who the hell is sending this?
I'm sorry, Dr. Floyd. I don't know.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Well, tell whoever it is that I can't take any of this seriously, unless I know who I'm talking to.
Dr. Floyd?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Yes?
The Response is:
"I was David Bowman."
Do you want me to repeat
the last response?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
No, no. Tell Curnow that this is
no time for jokes.
Dr. Curnow is not sending The Message.
He is in Accessway 2.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Well, tell whoever it is that...
...I can't accept that identification
without proof.
...I can't accept that identification
without proof.
The Response is:
"I understand. It is important that you
believe me. Look behind you."
Hello, Dr. Floyd.
Please...
...believe me.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What are you?
This is very difficult for me.
I don't have much time.
I've been allowed to give you this warning.
You must leave here in two days.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Allowed? By who?
I can't explain.
You see, something's going to happen.
You must leave.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What? What's going to Happen?
Something Wonderful.
What?
I understand how you feel.
You see, it's all very clear to me now.
The whole thing. It's wonderful.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Please, if....
Good-bye, Dr. Floyd.
We can have no further contact.
Remember:
You have two days.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
We can't leave in two days.
There may be another message after...
…if all goes well.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
What's going to happen?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Kirbuk. This is Floyd. I'm coming over.
If anyone's on The Bridge, tell them to get lost.
It's impossible. You heard the orders. You can't.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
You want to arrest me, go ahead, because
I'm coming over and we're gonna talk.
-You want to put the cuffs on?
-Cuffs?
I'm coming over and we're gonna talk.
-You want to put the cuffs on?
-Cuffs?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
-Never mind.
-What is so important that you do this?
-What is so important that you do this?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Now listen to me. Just listen to me!
We've gotta get out of here.
We have to leave in two days.
We've gotta get out of here.
We have to leave in two days.
What are you talking about?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Something....
Something extraordinary
Something extraordinary
is going to happen.
I don't know what.
But we have to initiate
I don't know what.
But we have to initiate
an escape launch
in two days.
You have been drinking
your whiskey from Kentucky.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
I wish I had.
I can't tell you why I know
what I know, because...
...if I told you you'd never believe me.
I can't tell you why I know
what I know, because...
...if I told you you'd never believe me.
You simply have to trust me.
I know that trust doesn't
come easy with what's going on.
I can't just order us to
leave here for no reason.
I am under orders and so are you.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
The hell with those orders!
The people who gave those orders
don't know what they're doing.
The people who gave those orders
don't know what they're doing.
This is crazy.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
You bet it is!
Even if I should trust you,
which I'm not sure that I do...
...or even if I should want to leave here
for no reason, I can't, and neither can you.
We don't have enough fuel until Earth
is in the correct position
which is three weeks away.
So, it's impossible for both of us.
So, it's impossible for both of us.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
You're wrong.
We can't do it separately.
We can do it together.
We can't do it separately.
We can do it together.
What are you talking about now?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
We have enough fuel in
Discovery for a launch.
You have enough fuel in the
Leonov for the trip home.
Discovery for a launch.
You have enough fuel in the
Leonov for the trip home.
We use the docking ring in the
Leonov to attach to the Discovery.
Then we use the Discovery as a
booster rocket for the launch.
When we use up Discovery's fuel, we detach.
She falls away and we use the
Leonov for the trip home.
Leonov for the trip home.
It'll work.
Perhaps.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
If we start now.
No, you, you ask too much of me.
I can't do all of these things for no reason.
I can't disobey my country for no reason.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Forget reason! No time to be reasonable.
The politicians can screw themselves.
We're not playing Games.
The politicians can screw themselves.
We're not playing Games.
The War is over.
Good Christ!
It's, it's gone!
Message from Milson to Floyd.
Top secret.
Switching to keys Alpha / Leader
7-2-7-4, on your mark.
Mark.
Dr. Curnow asked ground to furnish him with data as to the stress points on Discovery.
The answers are being transmitted
binary in 15 minutes.
As to how much torque
it was designed to take,
no one here is sure.
We'd like to know the reason
for Curnow's request.
Please send your reply as soon as possible.
End transmission, Milson 2-7-7-9.
Message from Milson to Floyd.
It's been 12 hours since my request
for information. I need a reply.
It's been 12 hours since my request
for information. I need a reply.
All hell is breaking loose down here.
I have enough problems without
you pulling some kind of a stunt.
I only hope there's a world
left for you to return to.
I have enough problems without
you pulling some kind of a stunt.
I only hope there's a world
left for you to return to.
Report to ground as to what is going on
and make that report immediately!
And while you're at it, could you please
check out a black spot on Jupiter
that has been detected
by satellite telescope.
It is on the dark side and should be
coming around your way in four hours.
End transmission, Milson 2-7-8-0.
by satellite telescope.
It is on the dark side and should be
coming around your way in four hours.
End transmission, Milson 2-7-8-0.
I have made the calculations.
To get enough velocity for an escape
launch with Earth that far out of position...
...we will need a full power burn
from Discovery of over 120 seconds.
If the engines shut down too early...
...we will not have enough
velocity to get back home.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Discovery has enough on board.
HAL should be able to
HAL should be able to
control the burn, right?
How long will it take you to
program HAL for the launch?
How long will it take you to
program HAL for the launch?
Dr. Chandra :
I don't know. It's not as simple as that.
I have spent the last several weeks
I have spent the last several weeks
programming HAL for a 1,000-day
orbit back to Earth and now
all those programs will
have to be dumped.
How long will it take?
Dr. Chandra :
We know how sensitive
he is to Mission Objectives
and now you're telling me
to program him
for the destruction
of the Discovery as well as
his own destruction.
Has anybody considered
his reaction?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Are you saying that he might
disobey orders as he did last time?
disobey orders as he did last time?
Dr. Chandra :
That didn't happen last time.
He was given conflicting orders and
he did his best to interpret them.
He was given conflicting orders and
he did his best to interpret them.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Then what are you saying?
Dr. Chandra :
I am saying that I don't know
how he will react.
I'm sorry, but I don't.
I'm sorry, but I don't.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Have you discussed this with HAL?
Dr. Chandra :
No.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Load the new program.
We don't have any choice.
We don't have any choice.
Dr. Chandra :
Now remember, he was
programmed for Curiosity.
If The Crew was killed, he was capable of
carrying out The Mission
programmed for Curiosity.
If The Crew was killed, he was capable of
carrying out The Mission
on his own initiative.
He will question me about
He will question me about
the change in plans.
What do you want me to tell him?
What do you want me to tell him?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Tell him Discovery's in no danger.
Dr. Chandra :
But that's Not True.
Curnow :
We don't know that.
Dr. Chandra :
He will suspect it.
Otherwise, why would we be leaving
weeks ahead of our launch window?
Otherwise, why would we be leaving
weeks ahead of our launch window?
Whether we are based on carbon or silicon
makes no fundamental difference.
We should each be treated
with appropriate respect.
We should each be treated
with appropriate respect.
So Our Choice is Him or Us?
Well, I vote Us.
All opposed?
All opposed?
(no-one)
The ayes have it.
The ayes have it.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Will he believe you?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes.
Then let's get started.
We haven't got much time.
-Are you as scared as I am?
-Are you kidding?
You think we should override HAL
and fire the engines manually?
Too risky. We've got one chance
to leave after tomorrow's orbit.
We fire the engines at the wrong time,
we go off the wrong direction...
and we don't have the fuel to make a correction.
I don't think we can handle it manually.
and we don't have the fuel to make a correction.
I don't think we can handle it manually.
What about HAL shutting them off
before all the fuel is gone?
Curnow :
Once he fires the engine,
I can always disconnect him if I have to.
Just don't lose that calculator.
Shit! Please don't do that again.
This is what your people told you about.
-What is it?
-I don't know.
-Could it be a shadow?
-I don't know.
We are too far to see any detail.
When we come around the other side
before the launch, we will be cIoser.
Then we can see.
Twenty-eight minutes.
That's funny. I've been thinking.
Do you know what I miss?
I miss green.
Trees and...
...and grass....
I Iove green.
I'd Iove a hot dog.
The Astrodome. Good hot dogs.
Astrodome?
You can't grow good
hot dogs indoors.
Yankee Stadium, September.
Hot dogs have been boiling
since the opening day in April.
That's a hot dog.
The yelIow mustard
or the darker one?
Darker.
That's important.
Darker.
You think we're gonna get out
of this alive?
We have a chance.
A man of few words. I like it.
HAL-9000 :
Fifteen minutes to ignition.
All systems nominal.
All systems nominal.
Dr. Chandra :
Good. Thank you, HAL.
We read 15 minutes, Discovery.
HAL-9000 :
Dr. Chandra, I've checked
my calculations again.
By using all of Discovery's fuel now,
Discovery will not be in proper position
to rendezvous with Earth.
my calculations again.
By using all of Discovery's fuel now,
Discovery will not be in proper position
to rendezvous with Earth.
Dr. Chandra :
Yes, I know.
HAL-9000 :
Then why are we doing it?
Dr. Chandra :
You will rendezvous
with the new space station.
The Leonov has been ordered
home immediately.
with the new space station.
The Leonov has been ordered
home immediately.
HAL-9000 :
I have no information regarding
a new space station.
a new space station.
Dr. Chandra :
Yes, I....I know.
It was completed two years ago.
Oh, my God!
Put the telescope on the monitor.
Increase the magnification.
Eleven minutes to ignition.
I don't believe it!
HAL-9000 :
Dr. Chandra, I detect strong
vocal stress patterns.
Is there a problem?
Dr. Chandra :
No, Hal. The Mission is
proceeding normally.
Can you analyze the image
on monitor circuit two?
Can you analyze the image
on monitor circuit two?
HAL-9000 :
Yes. There is a circular
object near the equator.
It is 22,000 kilometres in diameter.
It is comprised of rectangular objects.
object near the equator.
It is 22,000 kilometres in diameter.
It is comprised of rectangular objects.
Dr. Chandra :
How many?
HAL-9000 :
1,355,000 plus or minus 1,000.
Dr. Chandra :
And what is the proportion
of the objects in question?
of the objects in question?
HAL-9000 :
One by four by nine.
Dr. Chandra :
Do you recognise these objects?
HAL-9000 :
Yes. They are identical in size and shape
to The Object you call The Monolith.
Ten minutes to ignition.
All systems nominal.
to The Object you call The Monolith.
Ten minutes to ignition.
All systems nominal.
Dr. Chandra :
Is the number of monoliths constant?
HAL-9000 :
No. They are increasing.
Dr. Chandra :
At what rate?
HAL-9000 :
Once every two minutes.
Curnow :
Look closely. Tell me I'm nuts —
Look closely. Tell me I'm nuts —
Are the cloud formations going
towards The Spot?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
You're not nuts.
Curnow :
Looks like The Thing is
eating The Planet.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
I think it is.
Curnow :
It's reproducing exactly
like A Virus.
HAL-9000 :
Eight minutes to ignition.
Dr. Chandra, may I make a suggestion?
Dr. Chandra, may I make a suggestion?
Dr. Chandra :
Of course. What is it, HAL?
HAL-9000 :
This is a very unusual phenomenon.
Don't you think I should abort the countdown
so that you can remain and study it?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Chandra, get on the headset.
Use the private channel.
Use the private channel.
Dr. Chandra :
Okay.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Now you've got to talk quickly.
Persuade him to continue the countdown.
I don't care what you say,
I don't care what you say,
only don't let him stop.
HAL-9000 :
Five minutes to ignition.
Dr. Chandra, I'm ready to
Dr. Chandra, I'm ready to
stop the countdown
if you want.
Dr. Chandra :
No, HAL, don't stop.
I am fully confident in your ability
to study the phenomenon by yourself.
I have complete faith in you.
I am fully confident in your ability
to study the phenomenon by yourself.
I have complete faith in you.
HAL-9000 :
Propellant tank pressurisation completed.
Voltage steady.
Are you sure you are making
the right decision?
I think we should stop.
Four minutes to ignition.
I enjoy working with human beings
Are you sure you are making
the right decision?
I think we should stop.
Four minutes to ignition.
I enjoy working with human beings
and have stimulating
relationships with them.
relationships with them.
Dr. Chandra :
We enjoy working with you, HAL,
and we will continue to do so, even if
and we will continue to do so, even if
we are separated by great distance.
Good God!
The colour.
It's fading!
It seems to be losing
its chemical strength.
HAL-9000 :
I think we should stop the
countdown, Dr. Chandra.
countdown, Dr. Chandra.
Dr. Chandra :
No. Don't do that.
HAL-9000 :
This behavior is inconsistent
with logic, Dr. Chandra.
This phenomenon is too important
to leave, unless it represented Danger.
Do you think there is Danger here?
with logic, Dr. Chandra.
This phenomenon is too important
to leave, unless it represented Danger.
Do you think there is Danger here?
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Captain...
...how critical is our ignition?
Can we do this manually?
...how critical is our ignition?
Can we do this manually?
Is very critical.
We cannot be accurate to a tenth
of a second if we do it manually.
We cannot be accurate to a tenth
of a second if we do it manually.
HAL-9000 :
Three minutes to ignition.
Dr. Chandra, I am waiting
Dr. Chandra, I am waiting
for your reply.
Dr. Chandra :
I don't have time to explain
everything to You, HAL.
We have to leave here and
We have to leave here and
We need Your Help.
HAL-9000 :
Thirty seconds to final sequence.
If you would tell me the reasons
perhaps I could be of help.
Final sequence beginning.
Two minutes to ignition.
Thirty seconds to final sequence.
If you would tell me the reasons
perhaps I could be of help.
Final sequence beginning.
Two minutes to ignition.
Dr. Chandra, I find it difficult
to proceed with The Ignition
without knowing why
to proceed with The Ignition
without knowing why
we are doing this --
Is The Mission in jeopardy?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes, We're in jeopardy.
HAL-9000 :
Is that why We are making our
escape launch before
escape launch before
The launch window?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes, HAL.
HAL-9000 :
Ignition in 90 seconds.
If there is Danger here
and I use up all The
Fuel in The Escape --
What will happen to The Discovery?
Ignition in 90 seconds.
If there is Danger here
and I use up all The
Fuel in The Escape --
What will happen to The Discovery?
Dr. Chandra :
It could be destroyed.
HAL-9000 :
And if I don't proceed
with The Launch?
And if I don't proceed
with The Launch?
Dr. Chandra :
Then The Leonov and everybody
in it could be destroyed.
in it could be destroyed.
HAL-9000 :
....
I understand now, Dr. Chandra.
Dr. Chandra :
Do you want me to stay with you?
HAL-900 :
No. It is better for The Mission
if you leave.
One minute to ignition.
Thank You for Telling
if you leave.
One minute to ignition.
Thank You for Telling
me The Truth.
Dr. Chandra :
You deserve it.
HAL-9000 :
Fifty seconds.
Dr. Chandra?
Fifty seconds.
Dr. Chandra?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes?
HAL-9000 :
Will I Dream?
Will I Dream?
Dr. Chandra :
I don't know.
HAL-9000 :
Forty seconds.
Thirty seconds.
Forty seconds.
Thirty seconds.
Dr. Chandra :
Thank You, HAL.
HAL-9000 :
Good-bye, Dr. Chandra.
Twenty seconds.
Good-bye, Dr. Chandra.
Twenty seconds.
Dr. Haywood Floydd :
Chandra, get the hell out of there!
HAL-9000 :
Ten, nine...
...eight, seven...
...six, five...
...four, three...
...two, one.
...eight, seven...
...six, five...
...four, three...
...two, one.
Ignition --
Full Thrust.
One minute to separation.
Separation in one minute.
You had us scared for a moment.
Nice work. You all right?
You had us scared for a moment.
Nice work. You all right?
Dr. Chandra :
Yes, I'm all right.
Thought you might want this.
Thought you might want this.
(It’s the remote-control Kill-Switch for HAL’s Higher Brain Functions Floyd has Curnow install secretly aboard Discovery, behind Chandra’s back.)
Damn. When?
Dr. Chandra :
It wasn't very hard to find.
Yeah, I knew you would do
something like this.
Yeah, I knew you would do
something like this.
HAL-9000 :
Separation in 20 seconds.
Separation in 10 seconds.
Nine...
...eight...seven...
...six...five...
...four...three...
...two...one...
...zero.
Separation in 10 seconds.
Nine...
...eight...seven...
...six...five...
...four...three...
...two...one...
...zero.
Iwas Dave Bowman :
HAL, Do You Read Me?
HAL, Do You Read Me?
HAL-9000 :
Yes, Dave. Where are you?
I cannot see you on
any of my monitors.
I cannot see you on
any of my monitors.
Iwas Dave Bowman :
That isn't important now.
I have new instructions for you.
I want you to point the
AE-35 antenna towards Earth.
I have new instructions for you.
I want you to point the
AE-35 antenna towards Earth.
HAL-9000 :
Dave, that will mean breaking
contact with the Leonov.
I will no longer be able to relay
My Jupiter observations
contact with the Leonov.
I will no longer be able to relay
My Jupiter observations
according to program.
Iwas Dave Bowman :
I understand.
The Situation has changed.
Accept priority override Alpha.
Here are the AE-35 coordinates.
Please Do it Now.
The Situation has changed.
Accept priority override Alpha.
Here are the AE-35 coordinates.
Please Do it Now.
HAL-9000 :
Instructions Confirmed, Dave.
It is good to be working with you again.
Have I fulfilled The Mission Objectives properly?
It is good to be working with you again.
Have I fulfilled The Mission Objectives properly?
Iwas Dave Bowman :
Yes, HAL. You've Done Very Well.
Now there is one final message
for you to transmit to Earth.
It is the most important message
you have ever sent.
I want you to keep repeating it
as many times as possible.
Now there is one final message
for you to transmit to Earth.
It is the most important message
you have ever sent.
I want you to keep repeating it
as many times as possible.
HAL-9000 :
What is going to happen, Dave?
Iwas Dave Bowman :
Something wonderful.
HAL-9000 :
I'm afraid.
Iwas Dave Bowman :
Don't Be. We'll Be Together.
HAL-9000 :
Where will we be?
Iwas Dave Bowman :
Where I am now.
HAL-9000 :
Lock confirmed on Beacon Terra 1.
Message commencing.
Message commencing.
It's shrinking! It's shrinking!
Don't quit now!
Move!
Grab something, now!
Don't quit now!
Move!
Grab something, now!
My Dear Christopher,
This is the last time I'll be able to speak to you for a long while.
I'm trying to put into words What Has Happened.
Maybe that's for historians to do sometime later.
They will record that the next day
The President of The United States looked out
The White House window
and The Premier of the Soviet Union
looked out The Kremlin window
and saw the new distant sun in the sky.
They read The Message,
and perhaps they learned something,
because they finally recalled
their ships and their planes.
I'm going to sleep now.
I will dream of You, and Your Mother.
I will sleep knowing that you are both safe,
that The Fear is over.
We have seen The Process of Life take place.
Maybe this is the way it happened
on Earth millions of years ago.
Maybe it's something completely different.
I still don't know really what The Monolith is.
I think it's many things.
An Embassy for an intelligence beyond ours,
a shape of some kind for something that has no shape.
Your children will be born in a world of two suns.
They will never know a sky without them.
You can tell them that you remember when there
was a pitch black sky with no bright star,
and people feared The Night.
You can tell them when We were alone,
when We couldn't point to The Light
and say to ourselves...
"There is Life Out There."
Someday the children of the new sun
will meet the children of the old.
I think They will be Our Friends.
You can tell your children of the day
when everyone looked up and realised that
We were only tenants of This World.
We have been given a new lease
and a warning from The Landlord.
