In the fourth book they find out that he was downloaded into a monolith (somehow), and when they pull him out he's perfectly normal.KeenRush wrote:The apes were early human ancestors whom the monolith started to guide to and on the path of early consciousness and intelligence, the way they were designed to do (the monoliths); to travel around in space and start helping life forms with some potential. The star-child was that astronaut Dave(?) after he was made something above human. Obviously. If I remember it all right...RoboBlue wrote:(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)
Stanley Kubric's 2001: A Space Odyssey
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*spoiler alert*RoboBlue wrote:In the fourth book they find out that he was downloaded into a monolith (somehow), and when they pull him out he's perfectly normal.KeenRush wrote:The apes were early human ancestors whom the monolith started to guide to and on the path of early consciousness and intelligence, the way they were designed to do (the monoliths); to travel around in space and start helping life forms with some potential. The star-child was that astronaut Dave(?) after he was made something above human. Obviously. If I remember it all right...RoboBlue wrote:(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)
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Re: Stanley Kubric's 2001: A Space Odyssey
actually, yeah lolkuliwil wrote: I've never taken drugs before, but now I've watched that movie I feel that I have
Well, check out the book, the ape part is more purposeful or whateverkuliwil wrote:And is it normal to feel like there is almost nothing to live for after watching it?
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Yeah the books have largely little to do with each otherRoboBlue wrote:In the fourth book they find out that he was downloaded into a monolith (somehow), and when they pull him out he's perfectly normal.KeenRush wrote:The apes were early human ancestors whom the monolith started to guide to and on the path of early consciousness and intelligence, the way they were designed to do (the monoliths); to travel around in space and start helping life forms with some potential. The star-child was that astronaut Dave(?) after he was made something above human. Obviously. If I remember it all right...RoboBlue wrote:(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)
"In order to ensure our security, and continuing stability, the Kingdom has been reorganized into the First Vorticon Intellectuality!"