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Post by pathfinder on Sept 17, 2023 2:14:06 GMT
were the evolvers of humans then who were the evolvers of the monolith creators? That why 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lousy story and Author C Clark is a totally over rated writer.
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Post by blizzmanb on Sept 17, 2023 2:22:34 GMT
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Post by bartlesby on Sept 17, 2023 2:24:04 GMT
were the evolvers of humans then who were the evolvers of the monolith creators? That why 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lousy story and Author C Clark is a totally over rated writer.
I think it's pretty well established that the monoliths were devices made by the Firstborn to promote evolution, not the invention of evolution. So that's not a plot hole. |
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Post by pathfinder on Sept 17, 2023 2:39:28 GMT
were the evolvers of humans then who were the evolvers of the monolith creators? That why 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lousy story and Author C Clark is a totally over rated writer.
I think it's pretty well established that the monoliths were devices made by the Firstborn to promote evolution, not the invention of evolution. So that's not a plot hole. Who in the hell were the Firstborn? I don't recall them being referred to by any other name other than monolith builders. And who set their evolution in motion? |
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Post by bartlesby on Sept 17, 2023 2:44:55 GMT
I think it's pretty well established that the monoliths were devices made by the Firstborn to promote evolution, not the invention of evolution. So that's not a plot hole. Who in the hell were the Firstborn? I don't recall them being referred to by any other name other than monolith builders. And who set their evolution in motion? They were the first to discover interstellar travel. But this was only explained in later novels in the series. Their own evolution is never explained. It's only explained that they wanted to accelerate evolution in other species. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Sept 17, 2023 3:07:13 GMT
Who in the hell were the Firstborn? I don't recall them being referred to by any other name other than monolith builders. And who set their evolution in motion? They were the first to discover interstellar travel. But this was only explained in later novels in the series. Their own evolution is never explained. It's only explained that they wanted to accelerate evolution in other species. I never read beyond the first book. I know the original story was Clarke’s 1948 short story, The Sentinel. Wikipedia The story is set in 1996 (at the time of writing, several decades in the future). The narrator, Wilson, is a veteran selenologist on an expedition to explore the lunar surface. He comes across a mysterious pyramidal structure, surrounded by an "invisible shield" which blocks all attempts to approach. The structure is found to have been placed on the Moon several billion years earlier, and it is not the product of any terrestrial or lunar civilization.
Twenty years pass before the invisible shield is successfully breached, using atomic energy. The structure is destroyed in the process, and its fragments are found to be incomprehensible, being far more advanced than any human technology. Wilson realizes that the structure was created and placed on the Moon by technologically-advanced aliens from outside the solar system.Wilson presents his guess as to the structure's purpose: it was a "sentinel" which for billions of years had been transmitting signals into space. The sentinel's destruction - which humans could only accomplish by mastering space travel and atomic energy - will have caused its signals to cease, thereby alerting its creators to intelligent life having discovered it. Wilson expresses his belief that the aliens will soon be "turning their gaze upon the Earth". |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Sept 17, 2023 3:08:22 GMT
were the evolvers of humans then who were the evolvers of the monolith creators? That why 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lousy story and Author C Clark is a totally over rated writer.
You never read the book. |
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Post by pathfinder on Sept 17, 2023 3:10:02 GMT
Who in the hell were the Firstborn? I don't recall them being referred to by any other name other than monolith builders. And who set their evolution in motion? They were the first to discover interstellar travel. But this was only explained in later novels in the series. Their own evolution is never explained. It's only explained that they wanted to accelerate evolution in other species. Then stick to the first novel. It never once was said about there being an entire series of books based on the first book.
In 2001 Space Odyssey. The monolith builders were left as a mystery. Almost GOD like. And what's purpose of the Star Child? I never could figure that one out.
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Post by pathfinder on Sept 17, 2023 3:16:35 GMT
were the evolvers of humans then who were the evolvers of the monolith creators? That why 2001: A Space Odyssey is a lousy story and Author C Clark is a totally over rated writer.
You never read the book. When I was 16 I read the stupid book. Didn't like then. Don't like it now. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Sept 17, 2023 3:21:56 GMT
When I was 16 I read the stupid book. Didn't like then. Don't like it now. You’re right, it’s stupid. It should be banned. It’s a piece of shit. The movie should be banned too. It’s ending is real stupid. No one knows who created the stupid aliens. Was it God? How stupid. |
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Post by pathfinder on Sept 17, 2023 3:34:12 GMT
When I was 16 I read the stupid book. Didn't like then. Don't like it now. You’re right, it’s stupid. It should be banned. It’s a piece of shit. The movie should be banned too. It’s ending is real stupid. No one knows who created the stupid aliens. Was it God? How stupid. It shouldn't be banned but it is a stupid story. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Sept 17, 2023 3:36:03 GMT
You’re right, it’s stupid. It should be banned. It’s a piece of shit. The movie should be banned too. It’s ending is real stupid. No one knows who created the stupid aliens. Was it God? How stupid. It shouldn't be banned but it is a stupid story. I did want it banned, but since you don't, then I don't either. |
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