LynxRunner (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I've never seen this film. :(I really want to, though.

ardiar2011 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

CGI could do this just as well, albeit not better. It's just that contemporary directors (*cough*georgelucas*cough*) get caught up with all of the pyrotechnical possibilities.I just say that as a pre-emptive defence in case a great science fiction film ever comes along that features CGI (it is cheaper than models, after all). Nonetheless, 2001 is without a doubt the best sf film to date.

asdfsdf2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes but you have a certain mount of O2 already in your blood. When you run out of that then you suffocate. And your blood doesn't boil, its kept pressurized by your skin. Your eyes and nostrils boil though.

internetaccount122 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They don't explode. You can escape intact if you don't have air in your lungs. You will probably suffocate.

TargetRender (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The ultimate face-off between man and machine, What an incredible scene. The tension and anxiety Dave exhibits knowing he may not survive the exposure to raw space. Oh, does anyone notice besides me that they used the same warning siren sounds for ALIEN when Ripley initiated the self destruct countdown? I thought that was cool. Really neat sound.

kalisz1974 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Instead of talking nonsense go google the actual info. Body *does not* explode nor freeze immediately (vacuum thermal conductivity is not big). Even wikipedia has info about that.

captainkeoni (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The crushing weight of a mile of water? Talk about implode! Conversely-in a 0 atmoshpere the partial pressure of the cell itself could not withstand the pull of the vacuum. It will deconstruct on an atomic level. You will explode. But you will freeze instantly. So I suppose you get what you wish for; the frozen image of your loved one at the moment of cellular disruption. Mazel Tov.

dunguinha (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Actually, the russian cosmonauts that died weren't exposed to a vacume at once, but during a decompression process. If you are are exposed to it without decompression the pressure difference would be so big that your blood may evaporate ... don't know how true it is , but there is physical embasement

ghostbirdofprey (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I ask myself that question everytim I HEAR sound in space movies

ghostbirdofprey (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That would be because you don't explode. We know this because Russian Cosmonauts were exposed to a vacume. THey were quite dead when they hit the ground, but also quite intact. The only incident where people exploded from decompression happened with a deep sea dive team, but they were at 20 atmospheres when their decompression chamber ruptured.