I would not think this would be a continuity error. Remember that when the first
EVA took place, they had to take an AE-35 unit out of storage, then went EVA,
pulled out the old unit and replaced it with the backup unit, returning the
original to the pod bay test bench. Once they discussed the idea of testing HAL,
they would have then had to take the old unit from the test bench, go EVA,
remove the backup unit, then replace it with the original to see if HAL's
prediction of failure would come true. In the end, they would also most likely
replace the backup AE-35 to its original spot in storage, unless and until it
was needed.

Michelle

--- In 2001aspaceodyssey@yahoogroups.com, "Collin R. Skocik" <collinskocik@...>
wrote:
>
> No, this shot isn't in the film -- I know, the entire film is impressed onto
my brain in precise detail -- but I suspect in was in the footage that was
deleted (and probably no longer exists). I know there was footage of Bowman
going into the storage area and retracting the replacement AE-35 (I've seen
photos of it), and I also have heard that originally Poole's EVA was a perfect,
shot-for-shot duplicate of Bowman's, until he's killed, so it stands to reason
that the same shot of Bowman retrieving the AE-35 was duplicated by Poole.
>
> If so, this would have been a continuity error, since Poole was putting back
the AE-35 that Bowman had retreived, and that unit was on the workbench in the
pod bay, not in the storage area. I've always been curious to see the original
cut, but from what I've heard, the final version is an improvement.
>
> Collin