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2010: Year We Make Contact [DVD] [1984] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Staring: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea
Director: Peter Hyams
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Product Details
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569505322
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Running Time: 116
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1984-12-07

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Editorial Review
Amazon.co.uk Review
No director could ever have hoped to repeat the artistic achievement of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and nobody knew that better than Peter Hyams, who made this much more conventional film from the first of three sequel novels by Arthur C Clarke. Whereas Kubrick made a poetic film of mind-expanding ideas and metaphysical mysteries, Hyams shouldn't be blamed for taking a more practical, crowd-pleasing approach. In revealing much of what Kubrick deliberately left unexplained, 2010 lacks the enigmatic awe of its predecessor, but it's still a riveting tale of space exploration and extraterrestrial contact, beginning when a joint American-Soviet mission embarks to determine the cause of failure of the derelict spaceship Discovery. Having arrived at Discovery near the planet Jupiter, the American mission leader (Roy Scheider) and his Russian counterpart (Helen Mirren) must investigate the apparent failure of the ship's infamous onboard computer, HAL 9000, as well as the meaning of countless mysterious black monoliths amassing on Jupiter's surface (an interpretation Kubrick originally left up to his viewers). Meanwhile, Earth is on the brink of nuclear war, and an apparition of astronaut David Bowman (Keir Dullea) appears repeatedly to promise that "something wonderful" is about to happen. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews

Blu-Ray Picture Quality Fine!!!, 2010-05-29
I'm not reviewing the film here. A 26 year old sci-fi sequel is not going to gain many (if any) new fans on blu-ray. This is one for original fans. However, if you've never seen it, it's well worth watching along with 2001.

No, this review is in defence of the blu-ray picture quality. Several other reviewers have complained about the picture quality on this disc, saying that it is grainy, blurry, worse than their DVD's, and doing the interior sets a disservice. THEY ARE SO WRONG!!! I don't understand what they are complaining about! This is not a modern movie shot on hi-def digital cameras with digital special effects, able to produce a crystal clear picture when transferred to blu-ray. This is now a 26 year old film shot on celluloid film stocks of varying speed with varying grain due to variable light conditions, with a mixture of optical effects and very early digital effects. The print used for the conversion appears to have been cleaned very well, with very few visible dirt or dust marks popping up to distract the viewer. The HD scan of the print has been done well, being sharp and in focus the whole time (subject to focussing flaws of the original film). This film could not have been reproduced better without an expensive remastering process happening, such as with Bladerunner, which is never going to happen. Anyone who thinks that this 16:9 anamorphic HD 1080p Blu-Ray is no better than the previous version (i.e. the fuzzy 4:3 letterboxed DVD) must be suffering serious brain damage! The film has never looked better at home!

What does let the disc down is simply the minimal extras, comprising of a brief 9 minute original behind-the-scenes featurette and the trailer, both of which are in standard definition and have not been cleaned up. Some sort of retrospective feature and/or commentary would have been a nice extra, but is sadly missed (as are of course the late Arthur C Clarke and Roy Scheider).

A present, 2010-01-04
Can't comment on the dvd as it was a present for somebody else. It arrived promptly and in excellent condition and the receiver was pleased with the gift.

2010 the year we died of boredom !!!!, 2010-06-08
2010, very disapointed with this film, long boring dialoge not relivant to the story line. I'm sorry I wasted my time watching it and my money buying it.

Makes 2001 an even better movie!, 2010-06-13
Let me start by saying that I adore Kubrick's 2001... I'm a science fiction nut and that is one of my most cherished movies of all time, up there with Blade Runner, Alien and Aliens. But as wonderful as 2001 is, it really needs 2010 to make the story complete. And for those who haven't read Clarke's 2001 book, 2010 goes a long way to helping you understand the first movie.

The two movies are worlds apart as far as pace goes. 2001 is slow moving, but in that wonderful, surreal way that makes it so special in the hearts of its fans. 2010 is much faster paced, has a lot more dialogue and is very much more straight forward and conventional in its story telling. However, very much like 2001, it is pure, unadulterated sci-fi in its purest form. I won't spoil it for you by going into the story, but just take the word of a fellow fan... if you love 2001, 2010 is the cherry on the top. You will not regret buying it.

All I will advise is that you don't make the mistake I did - buy the Blu-Ray version instead! I'm not sure if the BD has any extras (the DVD doesn't), but it is presented in a true anamorphic widescreen format. The DVD is presented in one of the most awkward letterboxed fake widescreen ratios I've ever encountered. Now I have watched it a couple of times and got my money's worth, it is going straight on eBay...and I shall buy the BD version the moment it is sold. Although 2010 hasn't received the same kind of loving restoration that its predecessor has, and likely never will, reviews of the BD version say that the picture is clear and detailed, if a little grainy and old looking (but that can be a good sign that they never went crazy with DNR overkill). Even upscaling DVD players won't reveal the details in the DVD...owing to the ridiculous amounts of zoom you have to put on it to get to the widescreen ratio. On an modern flat panel TV, by the time you've zoomed the ratio to fit your screen, the DVD looks pretty poor indeed. The second time I watched it I used an old CRT TV we still have...the zoomed out standard definition print looked much better on that. There'll be no such issues if you get it on Blu-Ray.

Contact, 2010-06-04
For a sequel to the ground breaking Space Odyssey this was a pleasant surprise. The origional Odyssey was so perplexing, and asked more questions than answers. This is far more mainstream with a delightfull & gripping sci-fi story line which never gets boring(which the origional can be guilty of at times). Although this is now quite an old film, the special effects and acting are all excellent. For the price, you have to have this gem in your collection if you enjoy thought provoking Sci-fi.