On 3/21/2021 1:06 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 5:18:05 AM UTC-10, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-03-21 8:48 a.m., US Janet wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:21:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 6:27:51 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 02:00:02 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 7:57:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:11:59 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:37:21 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In Australia, a damper is a type of bread.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You might want to describe that better, eh?
>>>>>>>> It's already been done for me:
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damper_(food)>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a large, simple, biscuit baked in a primitive way - not that there's
>>>>>>> anything wrong with that. Well, excepting maybe that your country
>>>>>>> has been nuked and you've got a hankering for bread - any kind of
>>>>>>> bread in the worst way!
>>>>>>> To the Brits, a damper is what the Americans call a "shock absorbed" in a car.
>>>>>>> To the Americans, "damper" is what you call a pile of clothes
>>>>>>> that is not as dry as another pile of clothes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The absence of any kind of textual clue forces me to assume you're not making a joke.
>>>>> You talk like a robot.
>>>>
>>>> The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy HAL
>>>
>>> I won't watch that movie again because HAL is the creepiest. That
>>> voice - shudder.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> I saw that movie when it first came out. I still regret spending that
>> admission money. What a lousy, over-rated film!
>
> I saw it when it came out too. I didn't spend nothing because my mom took me to see it. I can't say if she took me to it because she wanted to see it or if she wanted me to see it. We did not discuss the movie afterwards but I sure wish I got to spend more time with her these days.

The book was actually good but the movie was a big letdown. It did win a
"visual effects" award though.

I read the book first so I knew the story. Someone that first watched
the movie probably didn't know the story behind the movie.