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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1039267 United Kingdom 07/20/2010 05:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow.. Incredible synchronicity!!! My last post on before I reloaded the GLP main page and saw this thread was: "I've seen more realistic space images on that movie.. What was it called? Oh yeah! 2001: A Space Odyssey." On this thread: Thread: Moon Hoax Apollo 11 : Astronaut Neil says -One Giant Leap For Walt Disney Bullshit |
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Butt Ugly Toad User ID: 1042889 United States 07/20/2010 09:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2001 is epic, Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10425312010 is normal SciFi... Has anyone ever figured our WHY they are named as such? The two different dates? It's now 2010! Ribbit "To pee or not to pee, that is the question!" - Old Toad Proverb “Unbeknownst to most, Kindness is not a STD, so pass it on!” – Old Toad Proverb Old Toad Proverbs: Thread: Old Toad Proverbs |
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CleverMoniker User ID: 15254278 Canada 05/06/2012 11:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The monoliths were placed by aliens to spurn spontaneous evolution by influencing minds, they were essentially 'broadcasting' ideas and intellectual evolution. When the monkeys encountered the first one it was broadcasting the idea to use tools. That one single event triggered the entire rise of man. When man found the monolith on the moon, it activated the Jupiter monolith, as man was now ready for it's final evolution. During the space mission, HAL began to go crazy because as they approached the Jupiter monolith, it's broadcast began to affect him. It was designed for a human/organic intelligence, not HAL, but since he had rudimentary intelligence it affected him as well, with bad results. In the book, the Jupiter monolith was actually a stargate, that sent Dave to an alien world to meet the makers of the monoliths. In Kubrick's version however, when Dave reached the Jupiter monolith, it evolved him to a higher life form, to meet the higher dimensional beings who created the monolith. The crazy light show we see is Kubrick's way of visually illustrating Dave's mind being evolved, his perception of dimension and reality shifting drastically, and his mind struggling to comprehend it. The final mindfuck scenes, are Dave existing in the higher dimension, dying and letting go of his earthly body and who he thought he was, at which point he is reborn as a new being. It couldn't be more meaningful, and awesome. I'm sorry there weren't wookies and spaceships blowing up, but if you watch it in the right frame of mind, it's a pretty meaningful film. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1328522 Canada 05/07/2012 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2001 had plenty of meaning. Quoting: CleverMoniker 15254278 The monoliths were placed by aliens to spurn spontaneous evolution by influencing minds, they were essentially 'broadcasting' ideas and intellectual evolution. When the monkeys encountered the first one it was broadcasting the idea to use tools. That one single event triggered the entire rise of man. When man found the monolith on the moon, it activated the Jupiter monolith, as man was now ready for it's final evolution. During the space mission, HAL began to go crazy because as they approached the Jupiter monolith, it's broadcast began to affect him. It was designed for a human/organic intelligence, not HAL, but since he had rudimentary intelligence it affected him as well, with bad results. In the book, the Jupiter monolith was actually a stargate, that sent Dave to an alien world to meet the makers of the monoliths. In Kubrick's version however, when Dave reached the Jupiter monolith, it evolved him to a higher life form, to meet the higher dimensional beings who created the monolith. The crazy light show we see is Kubrick's way of visually illustrating Dave's mind being evolved, his perception of dimension and reality shifting drastically, and his mind struggling to comprehend it. The final mindfuck scenes, are Dave existing in the higher dimension, dying and letting go of his earthly body and who he thought he was, at which point he is reborn as a new being. It couldn't be more meaningful, and awesome. I'm sorry there weren't wookies and spaceships blowing up, but if you watch it in the right frame of mind, it's a pretty meaningful film. |
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