The 1969 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” was a landmark science-fiction film, in many ways far ahead of its time. With the recent release of a 1080p Blu-Ray video version, home viewers can enjoy nearly the same stunning level of graphics and visual effects of the original big-screen theater release. Forty-three years later, in the wake of films like Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien and Avatar, and with full-time SciFi channels on cable/satellite TV, it is easy to underestimate the impact that “2001” made when it was first released. Steven Spielberg called it his film generation’s “big bang,” while in

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