News Summary

• In 1984, a big-budget feature film adaptation of "Odyssey Two" titled, you guessed it, "2010: The Year We Make Contact" The movie was a bit of a financial disappointment, which may have discouraged studios from adapting Clarke's other "2001" sequel novels.
• It didn't help that "2010" lacks the awe, mystery, and psychedelic nature of Kubrick's "2001," focusing more on plot and practical matters.
• Its visual effects are cool, though.
• "2010," on the other hand, is very literal, and it only begins to tip into the abstract near the end.