Stasia watched for the first time in her life 2001 Space Odyssey from Kubrick … and she didn’t get asleep! Applause to the first girl I know not falling asleep after the first hour 
I’ve seen this movie many many times, but still I don’t really get the full meaning of that black antenna.
A milestone for human development? A hint gifted us by somebody, thus to proceed with big jumps to a final goal (to Death and back? – quite Buddhist)? A space radar to travel though black holes, a new step in development after “weapons”? Are there more than one monolith around?
Thanks Kubrick for this masterpiece – now Stasia understood something about that red eyed captain from Wall-e 
Discuss Biology
October 17, 2008 at 11:11 pm |
But what Stasia thinks about this movie?
Does she like it?
What do russians say on the space station?
As you know, I like 2001 a lot. It is one of my favourite movies.
It is hard to say what the monolith is.
Kubrick didn’t wanted to tell.
I’d like to suggest this: odyssey (in the title) is not a positive word.
An odyssey is a long series of wanderings.
But what is the final goal?
October 19, 2008 at 8:33 pm |
She liked it.
Russians just say useless things on the station.
The goal he didn’t know himself …
November 19, 2008 at 10:35 pm |
When does the monolith first show up? Eleven minutes eleven seconcs into the film.
11:11
November 19, 2008 at 11:20 pm |
Wow..this I didn’t know. 11.11 : it is like the opening of Cologne Carnival!
December 1, 2008 at 6:05 pm |
The first monolith is there to help the ape men evolve into a higher life form. The second monolith is placed on the moon, so that when mankind is advanced enough to travel to the moon, they’ll find it, and they’ll discover the signal directed towards Jupiter. The final monolith orbiting Jupiter acts as a gateway, or worm hole in space, leading mankind to their final destiny.
The book by Arthur C. Clark (which the movie is derived from) explains all of this, and more.
Hope that helps! :]
December 3, 2008 at 10:50 pm |
Thanks ! I thought about something like this… but my interpretation of the wormhole was more … mystic… symbolizing something like a return to the human.