Halle Berry would have to eat a lot of butter sticks to look like Orson Welles. Oh wait — you meant... nevermind.

Very true. Also responsible for the concept of embassies and diplomatic immunity. They standardized currency, weights, & measures across the empire, and as you mention encouraged religion amongst their subjects. This here is a very good read on the subject: [www.amazon.com]

@GrimKiller46: Oh, the horror. How do you live?

Said society would be rather short-lived, I imagine. Lotsa sleeping in & once the prepared & canned foods run out, time to turn out the lights.

Oh, what production values. This looks like it was filmed in a dentist's office on the weekend.

Okay everybody, what would YOUR fragrance smell like?

On a related note, last time I went to Pizza Hut I was asked if I wanted "Beef Topping" on my 'za.

@OMG! British Dinosaur!: I take your points, and I admit that I am generalizing somewhat. This is mainly due to Jesus' previous posts and his pro-Apple bias.

I'm actually afraid to comment for fear of being banned for just disagreeing with Jesus or showing any kind of non-Apple sentiment.

Great, now I've got Sex Bomb by Tom Jones running thru my head.

Dear Patti et al,

I personally have never seen a Twilight movie or read a Twilight book.

So we will all shit toner?

Note to self if self ever gets to the point self needs to start robbing businesses, especially restaurants in Connecticut: Don't fuck with the Northern Indian restaurant.

@Bandark: I heartily second this. Offensive and not cool at all.

Britannia: Fuck Yeah!

Dave: Open the pod-bay doors HAL, please.

@Nivenus: The book was published concurrently with the movie, and is really just a novelization of the screenplay. 2001 started life as a movie, not a book.

@Straussberg: Toronto — TIFF thru Jan 4th...

Didn't have time to post this earlier but the TIFF is showing 2001 in 70 mm thru Jan 4th or thereabouts.