Philosophy
John Sisson wrote...
I never thought of 2001 as a children's film, but it did make an impression on me when I saw it as a child. While incomprehensible in some ways (especially the ending) it did show a grand scheme for my future in space.
Howard Johnsons was actually aboard the 2001 space station in a brief product placement. They also issued a children's menu which highlighted the movie (and their placement) but gave the story of the movie in a slightly different way than I remember.
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Philosophy
Howard Johnson's Children's Menu..."2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968]
John Sisson wrote...
I never thought of 2001 as a children's film, but it did make an impression on me when I saw it as a child. While incomprehensible in some ways (especially the ending) it did show a grand scheme for my future in space.
Howard Johnsons was actually aboard the 2001 space station in a brief product placement. They also issued a children's menu which highlighted the movie (and their placement) but gave the story of the movie in a slightly different way than I remember.
For more interesting goodies, see Dreams of Space--Books and Ephemera .
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At dinner last night, the less short of the short people claimed that while the Percy Jackson movie was significantly worse than the book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was, in fact, better. The explanation, I hold, is that one is a children's...
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