“Open the pod bay doors, HAL,” Commander Dave Bowman requests. But the HAL 9000 computer is perfect; too perfect to allow humanity’s imperfections to interrupt this important mission to Jupiter. An epic of awe-inspiring visuals and a thundering symphonic soundtrack, 2001 is a pilgrimage into humanity’s nature, with human ingenuity and technology clamoring for the future of evolutionary progress. There are no physical roads on this journey, only galactic and evolutionary paths, deeply spiritual, inviting us to contemplate our origins, our principles, and where perfection truly lies. – Joel Mayward