Stanley Kubric's 2001: A Space Odyssey

[RoboBlue]

(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)

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...

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.

[kuliwil]

(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)

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...

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.

*spoiler alert*

[KeenEmpire]

I've never taken drugs before, but now I've watched that movie I feel that I have

actually, yeah lol

And is it normal to feel like there is almost nothing to live for after watching it?

Well, check out the book, the ape part is more purposeful or whatever

[KeenEmpire]

(what did the apes and the star-child have to do with anything?)

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...

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.

Yeah the books have largely little to do with each other