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**Anorion** · 20-10-2008, 07:23 PM

HI

this is from reading the books (2001, 2010 and the third one) and watching the first movie. Another one was made, but I cannot find it. Anyway,

1. How did that Monolith got placed on moon ? Was there two copies buried one on moon and one on earth by aliens ?
The aliens go through all the planets on all the solar systems of all the stars in the universe, and select planets where life has a potential to develop. They send the monoliths to the planet to teach the beings the use of tools to kickstart evolution (that's the chimps beating things and using bones). Then they hide the monolith on the moon so that once they discover space travel, the species is ready to make contact. The monolith on the moon of jupiter is a sort of celestial swiss knife, able to do a lot of things together, and basically transmits a signal to them that mankind has arrived. There is no copy buried on the earth, it disappears, only one on the moon and one on titan I think, one of the moons of Jupiter anyway.

2. When Dr Flloyd touches the monolith on moon while filming their stunt, does all the crew dies ?
No. It releases a very strong signal that disrupts the radio in their helmets. They just go crazy for a while.

3. What is the epidemic spread on Clavius moon base ? Is it due to monolith ??
There is no epidemic. That's a smokescreen so that people on earth are not made aware of the alien artefact. They make it look like all the hullabaloo is because of an epidemic. There is no epidemic.

4. What happens to the astronomer who goes after Astro no 1 repairing AE35 unit? does HAL throw him out ?
HAL does not throw him out, he kills him. HAL does this because he has conflicting instructions given to him, and the computer goes schizo. I think his name was Poole. He does not die, he floats around in space, gets cryogenically frozen, and comes back to life in the third book.

5. What does child signify in the end ?
The "child" is a child of the stars. Bowman becomes a tool/watchdog of the aliens. He is sent back to earth so that the aliens can go through the human species and see how they are coming along. He becomes a spirit/a being of light like the aliens themselves.

20-10-2008, 07:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
Anorion <Sparkling Pwnies> Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 955	Re: 2001 A Space Odessey (1968 movie by Kubrick) any explanation ?? HI this is from reading the books (2001, 2010 and the third one) and watching the first movie. Another one was made, but I cannot find it. Anyway, 1. How did that Monolith got placed on moon ? Was there two copies buried one on moon and one on earth by aliens ? The aliens go through all the planets on all the solar systems of all the stars in the universe, and select planets where life has a potential to develop. They send the monoliths to the planet to teach the beings the use of tools to kickstart evolution (that's the chimps beating things and using bones). Then they hide the monolith on the moon so that once they discover space travel, the species is ready to make contact. The monolith on the moon of jupiter is a sort of celestial swiss knife, able to do a lot of things together, and basically transmits a signal to them that mankind has arrived. There is no copy buried on the earth, it disappears, only one on the moon and one on titan I think, one of the moons of Jupiter anyway. 2. When Dr Flloyd touches the monolith on moon while filming their stunt, does all the crew dies ? No. It releases a very strong signal that disrupts the radio in their helmets. They just go crazy for a while. 3. What is the epidemic spread on Clavius moon base ? Is it due to monolith ?? There is no epidemic. That's a smokescreen so that people on earth are not made aware of the alien artefact. They make it look like all the hullabaloo is because of an epidemic. There is no epidemic. 4. What happens to the astronomer who goes after Astro no 1 repairing AE35 unit? does HAL throw him out ? HAL does not throw him out, he kills him. HAL does this because he has conflicting instructions given to him, and the computer goes schizo. I think his name was Poole. He does not die, he floats around in space, gets cryogenically frozen, and comes back to life in the third book. 5. What does child signify in the end ? The "child" is a child of the stars. Bowman becomes a tool/watchdog of the aliens. He is sent back to earth so that the aliens can go through the human species and see how they are coming along. He becomes a spirit/a being of light like the aliens themselves.