Yeah, I draw the line at talking trees.

I am always more interested in real human beings. I have problems relating to Machines,alien objects and fatasy characters (e.g. I can't take the characters in the Lord of Rings seriously).

I knew HAL would kill and was concerned about the lives of the people aboard. But when it came to the mysterious black stone, to be honest, I am not too enthusiatic.

Sorry you didn't care for it.