I like the Nostalgia Critic, but I personally think that calling Hal-9000 a great performance is not just disingenuous, but actually kind of insulting to actors who do real performances. You can call Hal a great [i]villain[/i], and you'd be right. As a malevolent force in the film HAL is formidable and creepy. However, there's no way a static shot of a button and a dubbed voice can equal the complex human quality of great performances by actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Christopher Lee, etc. Heck, I think Darth Vader is arguably the greatest villain of all time, but is it a great performance? I would say not.