Monolith (Space Odyssey) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Great Wall Monolith is described as being two kilometers long in the 2061 novel but 20 kilometers long in the 3001 novel. Monoliths may be able to assume any size, because in 2010: Odyssey Two, the Star Child, created from the astronaut Dave Bowman, cryptically notes that the Monolith is actually one size – "as large as necessary".
2001: A Space Odyssey - Wikipedia
WEBIn a prehistoric veld, a tribe of hominins is driven away from its water hole by a rival tribe. The next day, they find an alien monolith has appeared in their midst. The tribe then learn how to use a bone as a weapon and, after their first …
2001: A Space Odyssey explained - Film Colossus
WEBMay 24, 2024 · The second monolith, the one on the moon, serves as a set of directions, telling humans to head to Jupiter. That’s where they find the third monolith, the Star Gate. Then the last monolith also serves as a gate and …
Monolith - 2001: A Space Odyssey Wiki
WEBA monolith is a mysterious black slab, discovered throughout the Solar System in various sizes, but all of them maintaining a 1:4:9 dimensional ratio in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. The monoliths were created by an unseen alien race, known only as the "Firstborn."
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ explained: What is the monolith?
WEBFeb 4, 2024 · The monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey is a huge black cuboid structure that seems to appear at the key moments of human evolution. It’s present when pre-historic apes discover the use of tools at the beginning of the film and also shows up during humanity’s most vital spacefaring missions.
2001: A Space Odyssey Ending Explained - Screen Rant
WEBOct 19, 2023 · It’s easy for an interpretation of the 2001: A Space Odyssey ending to get lost in the specifics of how the monolith opened the Star Gate and what turned Dave into the Star Child.
2001 A Space Odyssey Ending Explained – Repeat Replay
WEBThe monoliths possess the power to awaken dormant potential within humans, ultimately leading to their transformation. 3. Dave Bowman’s Transcendence: Becoming the Star Child. In the film’s climactic scene, Dave Bowman is reborn as the Star Child, a celestial being floating in space.
50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark - NPR
WEBApr 3, 2018 · Near the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a big black monolith appears in an African desert, leaving a group of prehistoric ape-men standing there baffled. And that was...
Jovian Monolith | 2001: A Space Odyssey Wiki | Fandom
WEBThe Jovian Monolith, better known as Jupiter Monolith (also Star Gate monolith; Big Brother; and designated TMA-2), is a larger monolith that was found in the Jovian system in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and its film adaption.
The Monolith Symbol in 2001: A Space Odyssey - LitCharts
WEBThe monolith, or monoliths, symbolize humanity’s evolutionary journey. Arriving at key moments in human history, the monoliths offer humanity a guiding hand, first saving the man-apes from extinction by teaching them the use of tools, then creating the Star-Child to save humanity from nuclear destruction.