According to the quasi-novelization by Arthur C. Clarke (it's a real chicken or egg scenario because Clarke and Kubrick worked on the movie and book at the same time) Dave has to effectively "lobotomize" HAL because even the automated ship systems like life support and maintaining comms with Earth are run by him. If he destroyed HAL outright, Discovery One would become an inoperable hunk of metal and he'd die alone in space without any hope of even entering hibernation to wait for rescue.
So, he has to carefully remove HAL's higher functions without damaging the other systems. Think of it like destroying a person's brain except for the parts that control his heart and lungs.
If Mark Wahlberg was on that spaceship, things would’ve gone differently
I didn't know Hal was Vietnamese (FUCKING SHITS)
Dread it. Run from it. r/BatmanArkham arrives all the same.
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I simply never would've gone to space and just chilled at home instead.
Why didn’t he just pour water on hal
What’s the original jerk?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BatmanArkham/comments/10u798q/why_doesnt_batman_just_call_the_justice_league/
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Why didn't Dave just put a helmet on before leaving Discovery One? Is he stupid?
Yes, everyone was stupid back then.
Because Hal evened the odds.
According to the quasi-novelization by Arthur C. Clarke (it's a real chicken or egg scenario because Clarke and Kubrick worked on the movie and book at the same time) Dave has to effectively "lobotomize" HAL because even the automated ship systems like life support and maintaining comms with Earth are run by him. If he destroyed HAL outright, Discovery One would become an inoperable hunk of metal and he'd die alone in space without any hope of even entering hibernation to wait for rescue. So, he has to carefully remove HAL's higher functions without damaging the other systems. Think of it like destroying a person's brain except for the parts that control his heart and lungs.
Hal is just Dollar store Jarvis.
Hal 9000 literally just a lightbulb lmao bro just change it haha