Attempts to glamorize or humanize male energy in a space station, et alia, turns on the humans who supplied the energy in technology. Plodding technique suggests inevitable nihilism; this is a red herring. Self-tweaking HAL is rather a piece (later seen in one of the "Terminator" films) of the iron maid Rosie/Rosey from TV's "The Jetsons" cartoon, who sported red eyes. Classical music fitting in space further lends hope to human survival despite our errors.