I think it's implied that it happens again at the moon, but then we jump 18 months ahead (because reasons?) to a different group doing a seemingly unrelated mission.Ĭorrect. The monoliths are present at distinct moments of a species development. Honestly I have only the vaguest idea of what this thing is about.Ĭlearly the monolith gave the apes some kind of knowledge.īingo. Open to interpretation here, but I see the final scenes as a mice in a science lab, with the aliens seeing if he can evolve into the next phase which clearly surprasses both time and space, where he becomes “reborn” and comes back to Earth to what purpose, who the hell knows.Īnyhoo…hope that helps! Giver another view someday, it gets better with each watch (and creepier - in my older age, I’m finding it a scarier flick than the damn Shining). Last astronaut enters the new monolith, at Jupiter. HAL fucks up, last astronaut standing eventually finds out purpose of the mission. The HAL crew are sent out secretly (if memory serves) to investigate the location of where the monolith sent it’s signal. Eventually it relays a signal to either the aliens, or just another monolith designed to be humanity’s next phase/step. Waaaay later, in 2001, they find the monolith. They also plant one under the surface of the moon as sort of a test, seeing how long it’ll take us to reach that next milestone - and if we do, can we do the next one? On repeat viewings it’s actually a pretty linear, clear cut storyline…until that awesome trippy-ball-fuck ending of course haha.Īliens plant a monolith to grant apes knowledge and speed up evolution, thereby creating “us” in a way. I just have no idea what the story or commentary are supposed to be. There were some really impressive effects for it's time and the audio was definitely the star of the show. Dave sees his future self (I guess?) then becomes him, then sees his elderly self, becomes him, then another monolith appears, then SPACE BABY, because reasons, then back to earth as space baby. That scene lasts all of 2 minutes before thrusting you into a 10 minute I'm going to call it a hyperspace transition.
HAL9000 does what HAL do and then we jump to the next monolith. This is where the famous HAL9000 comes in. I think it's implied that it happens again at the moon, but then we jump 18 months ahead (because reasons?) to a different group doing a seemingly unrelated mission. Honestly I have only the vaguest idea of what this thing is about.Ĭlearly the monolith gave the apes some kind of knowledge. Spoilers ahead for anyone who's still holding out on this 1969 film.
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