There Are Screaming Ape-Men on My TV

I've been pretty happy with CDex in the past, but it's the 21st century and you never know when your favorite freeware program will go away. I recently tried Exact Audio Copy because it's the 21st century and I should branch out, and the five or six classical CDs I ripped with it sound skin-crawlingly lossy. (Also, it absolutely refused to work on the laptop, so major, major thumbs-down.) So I'm installing CDex on the desktop, beating the ports with a permission stick, re-ripping those CDs, and telling everyone: don't mess with success.

This message brought to you by me messing with two PCs and the library copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have been alternately underwhelmed and baffled by the first 20 minutes, so I'm wondering if what I'm seeing on the screen is what Kubrick meant to put there. At all. Fortunately, I read the book first, so I know the plot. Which is moving at a glacial pace. (Not melting ones.)

...oh, for a side of datedness: the "jet liner of THE FUTURE" has one person taking the Earth-to-LEO flight. Remember, kids: 1968 predated the first oil/fuel crisis.

ETA Also, remember: no matter how awesome your effects budget us, in 30 years false-color Earthscapes will be super-passe.

ETA #2 Oh Em Gee GIANT STARBABY OF DUBIOUS INTENTIONS. That is a sight I could've done without.

Conclusion: Kubrick, whatever you were trying, I'm parsing this through the filter of having read the book first.