10: In 2001 the Movie they had a marvelous spaceship named Discovery - Today in 2001 we have the New Volkswagen Beetle...

9: In 2001 the Movie they took an amazing and dangerous trip to Jupiter - Today in 2001 we make amazing and dangerous commutes to work on the Freeway...

8: In 2001 the Movie: everything moved to the relaxing strains of Strauss waltzes... In 2001 the Millennium we commute to "Yell Radio"...

7: In 2001 they had a beautiful graceful Space Wheel - Today in 2001 we have Mir... Eh, excuse me, did I just hear a big splash..??

6: In 2001 they had product placement everywhere - Today in 2001 we have... Ummmm... product placement everywhere...

5: In 2001 we learned that it could be fun to clonk others on the head with a big bone - today in 2001 we prefer to use Saturday Night Specials...

4: In 2001 the movie we had a bunch of shambling apes leaping frantically around, making hooting noises and beating on each other for the sake of water -- today in 2001 we have "Reality TV"...

3: In 2001 the Movie we had a mysterious, silent Obelisk that turned up anytime something important was going to happen -- today in 2001 we have CNN, that won't shut up even when nothing is happening...

2: In 2001 the Movie we had a long surrealistic light show followed by a phantasmagoric sequence of obscure and incomprehensible events, with a finale that apparently didn't make any sense at all - today in 2000-2001 we had the presidential non-election...

and the Number one similarity between 2001 the Movie & 2001 the Millennium: in 2001 they had a soft spoken psychopathic murderous computer named HAL - Today in 2001 we have GW...