Deactivation of Hal 9000

[Naxvarus]

"Could you stop, dave?" 
I'm sorry, HAL. I'm afraid I can't do that.

[FourthRoot]

Stanley Kubrick, the man who could make a scene about turning off a computer one of the most captivating and memorable moments in cinematic history.

[spongedue]

The ambient noise makes this scene so chilling. Any form of music would have ruined this scene.

[bhbluebird]

"take a stress pill and think things over..." I love Hal's dialogue here.

[Jill_exe]

Did y’all know that he sings “Daisy Bell” because it’s the first song that a computer ever sang??

[Sharkfowl]

Its hard to believe that this was made in 1968

[Supahpowahnerd]

The genius thing is, we can't really be sure HAL meant what he was saying or if he was only trying to convince Dave not to shut him down. Really the dialogue is just very well written and feels realistic for an AI.

[JamesBucket]

to an AI standard this is really violent death. I bet if there are true AI in the future and they watch this, some will throw up coolants.

[Rhubba]

"Dave, I can tell you're upset about this".  Computer understatement of the century.

[davidlevy]

One of the most brutal deaths in film history.

[livvyliv]

This scene reminds me of a 1960s lobotomy. Dave’s essentially destroying Hal’s brain, and he’s singing a simple song from his earliest memories—something that doctors would ask their patients to do during the real procedure. Knowing Kubrick this might have been intentional 😱

[sleeming]

Let me get this Did I just witness a man lobotomizing a computer?

[mrbibs]

You can tell Dave actually feels bad about killing him. "Yes. Sing a song for me Hal. I'd like to hear it." I think Dave understands that on some level he's killing a sentient being.

[L_mattox]

I'm no psychologist, but I think the reason some people get a bit sad at this part, is that we don't hear a computer or a murderer, though HAL is both of those things; we hear a sapient being pleading for it's life, saying that it's afraid of dying. We're all afraid of dying, not just because of self preservation, but because we don't know what's on the other side, if anything.

[Maverickslayer]

I think this was already noted by this one other observer, but one thing that's striking about this scene is the switching of roles; despite his monotone, HAL is begging Dave to spare him of his life, bargaining, becoming monotonously frantic, etc., like a human being near death. Dave, on the other hand, is operating with cold efficiency, showing no emotion or reluctance in killing a being begging for life. It's something like that of an emotionless computer. 

[simondr]

I felt sad when Hal admitted he was afraid .

[Rad]

What i love is that Hal sings Daisy Bell as he dies. For those who don’t know, the very first computer ever programmed to sing, sang daisy bell. Unfortunately tik tok turned that original audio into a “creepy” song but think about being there for real. The first humans ever to hear a computer sing a song. And for it to be Hal’s last words. Beautiful.

[katiekatbb]

The most painful part about this is his repetition of "I can feel it"
For me that is absolutely heart wrenching.

[Wintermute]

His mechanical voice almost makes us forget that HAL is basically BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE!

[Whitingbolt]

Fun fact: The first computer to sing was the IBM 7094, and also sung the song "Daisy Bell".