![]() When it was loose, he lifted the helmet a fraction of an inch, cracked the seal and took a cautious sniff. Without further hesitation, he walked back into the bedroom and began to undo the clamp of his helmet. If this is some kind of intelligence test, I've probably failed already. I am almost certainly being watched, and I must look an idiot wearing this suit. "But this is ridiculous, Bowman told himself. There are clothes in the closet, which are a bit out of date for Dave's time.ĭave decides to trust the enviroment. Apart from its odd color, it looked quite appetizing." He explores more and finds the refridgerator, where there is a variety of packaged food, but it is all "blue substance, of about the weight and texture of bread pudding. He sees the telephone and telephone book, but the phone doesn't work and the telephone book is blank. ![]() The monolith creates an environment for Dave to exist in that would not harm him in any way, makes it look like a hotel room, filling it with familiar items to assuage any fear and appear welcoming.ĭave can't believe what he sees, but leaves the pod and explores the room in his suit. In the book, Clarke expertly shows that the Power behind the monolith does not want to hurt Dave in anyway. Some theories even say that the screen itself is a monolith, where the audience is drawn to. You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film In other words, the room is a place where Dave can observe our planet and play God in order to further advance the human race. Dave is now the film's version of God sent back to advance his race further than they ever could have by themselves. In the last 30 minutes of the film Dave is given all the knowledge of the universe and has been transformed into an immortal, all knowing being. ![]() The reason the Starchild was sent back to Earth is because the monolith has completed its duty of advancing human life to its evolutionary limits so it sent the Starchild back to continue its work. After this scene Dave is sent back to Earth by the monolith and the film ends as Dave, now the Starchild, looks on at our planet. The psychedelic light show before that represents the vast knowledge being given to him by the monolith, which our minds can't even comprehend (and also, possibly, him being transported across enormous oceans of time and space).Īfter Dave points to the monolith he is transformed into the Starchild which is a glowing, fetus like being but also has the appearance of a man in the face. Next, the one on the moon pointed us farther out into space, toward Jupiter (and may have given us the ability to create artificial intelligence i.e., HAL, which was another massive leap in technology).įinally, Dave reaches the third monolith and is transformed into the next stage of human evolution, the Star Child seen in the final shot. ![]() The first encounter with a monolith gave our ancient ancestors the knowledge of how to use tools. The black monolith you saw in the beginning of the film, and the one found buried on the moon, were placed there by a supremely advanced alien race as a way to nudge along the evolution of humanity. The one based on the book goes like this: The ending is largely symbolic, and reading the book helps with its interpretation. ![]()
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