The Cyclops Project

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Although kids who grew up through the 80's may not make the connection, Cyclops is clearly based on the H.A.L. 9000 computer from "2001: a space odyssey (1968)." This is evident in a key piece of dialogue between General Ross and Cyclops. Ross says, "Can't anyone hear me? " Cyclops responds, "Affirmative General Ross, I hear you." In 2001, when Dave is outside the Discovery, he says, "Do you read me H.A.L.?" The response is, "Affirmative Dave, I read you." Unlike H.A.L. ,Cyclop's malfunction is caused by a mouse severing a wire, where as H.A.L. malfunctioned based on contradictory directives in his programming. Banner deactivates Cyclops by removing components connected to his memory, and Dave deactivated H.A.L. the same way.