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: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Portland , Oregon talk OF DEATH 2001 : A Space Thriller I have no reason to post this , other than it made me laugh : a trailer for the classic movie 2001 : A Space Odyssey as if it were made . today Being pretty familiar with the movie , it was funny to see how these scenes were used out of context . Of course , doing this you can make any kids’ movie into a scary one and any scary movie into a romantic comedy Share July 30th , 2012 12:15 PM Tags : 2001 : A Space Odyssey by Phil Plait in Geekery Humor SciFi TV Movies 25 comments RSS feed Trackback 25 Responses to 2001 : A
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