tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32234652.post3114987211230471108..comments2023-10-31T10:52:42.959-04:00Comments on - PERSPECTIVE -: Arthur C Clarke dies at 90Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32234652.post-66615797384973295962008-03-18T21:18:00.000-04:002008-03-18T21:18:00.000-04:00Even though I had not read the book beforehand I t...Even though I had not read the book beforehand I too understood the end of the movie to mean that "Man" was dying as a human and being "Reborn" as a "Child of the Universe." (Our next evolutionary step) I didn't know what all the confusion was about!Allan W Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32234652.post-43967348892480457662008-03-18T21:16:00.000-04:002008-03-18T21:16:00.000-04:00Arthur was one of the best in the 20th century. (I...Arthur was one of the best in the 20th century. (I mean that in several contexts.) I discovered his writings as a teen and enjoyed them for years. I was one of the few people who read 2001 a space odessey long before the movie came out and was, therefore, aware of what was going on in those last scenes. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com