Call it cinematic blasphemy all you like, but you know, this scenario would’ve prevented nearly all of the bad stuff in 2001 from happening. And Vincent would’ve been in a better movie than The Black Hole.
(If you think that’s an unlikely crossover, download the spring issue of theLogBook ‘zine, jump straight to page 16, and be prepared to say “I never thought of that before!” 😆 )