Kubrick was kidding, right? Somebody was.
I saw in Trivia that Stanley Kubrick said that he wished he had paid attention to scientific laws or facts or something like that during filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey like they did in this movie.... It was added so Straight Faced, that I had to take a second look for some sort of ;) or nudge..
Hilarious!
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I have nothing to say... I've been such an arse already.