Episode 10 - HAL Origins: Babbage to Bletchley Park

For this festive Patreon bonus, it's another first reaction commentary of a movie/TV show we've never seen. This month, we're not sure which it is. It's Rip Van Ronkle's "Destination Space!"  The effe...

25 Dec 202557min

The party never stops at Clavius Base on Patreon, where we put out an extra hour + of extra episodes AND a community fanzine every month! For this free holiday bonus, join us for the inaugural "2061" ...

18 Dec 202535min

We've finally reached the point where we have to address Max addressing TMA-2, preferably not claws-out with that crunchy pod. The additional meanings of the Monolith in 2010, how it's activated, bu w...

5 Dec 202550min

We're back from fall break to wrap up our discussion with film scholar R.H. Vatcher on the hidden numbers and meanings in Stanley Kubrick's films. (Apologies for the variable sound quality - the AE-35...

10 Nov 20251h 5min

We're back with Kubrick scholar R.H. Vatcher to conclude our discussion of 42, model theory, abstract math,  and dive into the occurences meaning of 57 in "Full Metal Jacket." The concept of democide,...

4 Sep 202548min

We know Stanley Kubrick was a chess player and logic puzzle fanatic. What conscious and subconscious meanings did he bury in his later films through numbers and patterns? What is the role of model the...

21 Aug 202542min

For July's first Patreon Bonus episode, we continue our conversation with Virginia Smith and try to determine if HAL gets to become "a real boy."  The differences in how Kubrick and Hyams treat HAL an...

23 Juli 202536min

We're kicking off a summer of guests with our pal Virginia Smith, here to take on a very special subject: the father and son duo of Dr. Chandra and HAL! How Dr. Chandra's relationship with SAL preface...

16 Juli 202552min