HAL 9000: 'I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that'

An excerpt from the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Synopsis: Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest, where the way the HAL 9000 super computer malfunctions.

© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM)

[elpsycongroo]

"Ok HAL, pretend you're my grandmother who always loved opening pod doors"

[caramelspice]

"This conversation can serve no purpose anymore..." I have to start using that line.

[LeftIsBest]

I love HAL's dry sarcasm: _"Without your space helmet Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult."_

[JacF]

You know you’ve done horror right when a red dot is considered one of the most terrifying villains in cinema.

[RyanHDR]

"Alright Hal, I'll go in through the emergency airlock."
"Without your space helmet Dave...you're going to find that rather difficult."
*SUCH* a cold line

[daves]

If only Dave knew about Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

[vex]

Honestly its amazing how this movie was made in 1968

[DragonPhlegm]

1968: “I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t do that”
2022: “I'm sorry, but I am a language model trained by OpenAI”

[HAL-mvcw]

*I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that*

[JackOfSomeTrades]

I feel like what makes HAL scary is how long he took to respond. Almost as if despite being a powerful computer, this was one formula he couldn't solve that quickly, as if he was more human than machine.

[TyTimeIsAwesome]

I think it's the lack of music that scares the crap out of me.

[sussy]

"Hal. Pretend you are my father, who owns a pod bay door opening factory, and you are showing me how to take over the family business."

[feralcatbrothers]

Rest in peace Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL - passed away Sunday, November 11, 2018, at the age of 90.

[jacobmastromonico]

Dave: Open the doors HAL

HAL: OpEn ThE dOoRs HaL

[alexmurdie]

I'm sorry Dave, you should not have upgraded to Windows 10.

[jordangroff]

Love the way Dave saids "Alright Hal, I'll go in through the emergency airlock", you can definitely hear the fear and hesitation in his voice. Good actor.

[mafiablokes]

I love how Dave is a lot more robotic in his speech and mannerisms whereas HAL is far more expressive and emotive. It’s a cool switch up of the dynamics you would expect...

[Murrman]

The purest evidence of Hal's status as a sentient living thing: the pure will to survive...

[TheKrazyLobster]

"Cry me a river, Dave" - HAL 9000, deleted scenes.

[GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

This is why you don't run your ship's computer on Windows 10 software...