2001 a space odyssey

the dawning of man and his upright strife

[@vention4wh]

LOL! Back in my first diesel shop, where I was an apprentice mechanic, One of my coworkers got a new tool box. It was tall and black. And after he unboxed it, all of my fellow mechanics gathered around it and started running their hands over it. It reminded me of this scene of 2001 so strongly that I physically couldn't stop laughing. I howled with laughter until my vision was blurred with tears. A couple of them asked me what was so funny but they had never seen 2001 so I couldn't explain. LOL

[@timsplanet2]

A little racist, though

[@napalmpudding]

​@@timsplanet2shut up

[@masonbricke4568]

The mysterious, otherworldly toolbox made them better mechanics. ;)

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Watched it as a 12-year-old kid back in the late 1980's. Even then I knew I was watching something epic and great. I can watch this over and over again and find something new in the film. Sign of a greatness.

[@DiskTuna]

I''m from 68 too and I can relate to your comment .. I can even remember it was on school firm festival .. There was practically no one to start with and during first 10-20 minutes most of those there left .. Like you I knew this was epic and I needed to stay and watch.

[@Marie579]

I had the vinyl album for the whole album, talk about sorting out the men from the boys with the speakers!

[@Miyavisgirl1540]

This is my dad's favorite movie. He had me sit down with him a watch it when I was a kid, and I was like "what is going on?". Watching it, now that I'm older, I appreciate it a lot more. It truly is a work of art! ^^!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Cinema space exploration and at time of americams a Russians in space

[@Cris1949]

This movie blew my mind away, back at the end of the 60's. I went to see it with my dad. I will always thank him for taking me to see it.

[@peterpeterson1882]

This movie was truly on to something; that humans evolved because of violence. A recently created simulation of humanity has predicted with ~60% accuracy where complex human civilizations would appear, using information about where violence/wars are most likely to break out and geographic information. This simulation supported the scientists hypothesis that complex human societies arose because of war.

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

Well, if you look throughout history, you'll note that technology has usually advanced a lot more quickly during war. Much more incentive to build a better club/sword/gun/bomb before the enemy does.

[@israelperez5419]

JJMizro bien.

[@kofola9145]

That is incorect. If it were only about violence then we would never evolve. It is about cooperation and violence. You need big enough society to make advance and somebody left over to use that advance. I mean, violence is a trait of live beings so that is a bit obvious. By the way, this is why sociology and so on should not be called science. How can complex human society arises because of war if war requires complex human society?

[@KneelB4Bacon]

In the book, the Monolith is deliberately tampering with the ape man's mind and DNA. That's why in the editing, it's switching back and forth between a shot of the monolith and the ape man puzzling over the bones around him. Kubrick is trying to show that connection. Earlier in the movie, we see that there are 2 tribes of ape men, fighting over the same watering hole. In the book, we learn that this is a stalemate that's been going on for a long time. One tribe only gains an advantage after they come into contact with the monolith and learn how to make weapons.

[@sid2112]

Competition. It's why capitalism is so effective. It removes the need for violence over competition. If we remove ourselves from nature we don't thrive. The smart play is to use our nature as a positive force. We are competitive, so let's compete in such a way that most people can end up over zero, and tempered with enough generosity to help those who need it.

[@Nextolic]

This is probably my favorite scene from the whole movie and still gives me goosebumps every time I see it. So much is said in this scene within a few minutes. The symbolic meaning of the monolith is so grand, it's something that needs to be felt rather than explained.

[@daveedslater]

Very strange. The scene where he uses the femur to attack and kill another primitive man has been removed. That was the whole point.

[@sid2112]

@paul w upvote for responding.

[@CrimsonNClova]

It was omitted, I suppose, because the clip contains the main science fiction plot point that, after contact with an alien object, man made the sudden creative leap forward in tool use, the imagining of how to bring down prey, and in thinking in an abstract and speculative sense about taming his environment.

[@arteallemedie781]

Crimson N. Clova sono d’accordo con te. Sicuramente si uccidevano anche prima di giungere al pensiero astratto...

[@azmanabdula]

@@CrimsonNClova Think about it though That first primate to swing something He must have had all the chicks Anyone dare question his authority Gets the first club

[@brianarbenz1329]

Dave - it can only be attributable to human error. I recommend we put the missing scene back and let it fail.

[@verapamil07]

This is the most epic scene in the history of film.

[@MartianCZ]

the ending of Planet of the Apes

[@raimundmuench4402]

I sign that.

[@brandonmassey6158]

It's about the dawn of man

[@swartsanager2]

One of the most amazing/significant scenes in cinema history. Its amazing to see that when the bone is hurled to the sky it cuts to a scene that pans the equivalent of nearly 5 million years. Genious.

[@CatCORViN]

R.I.P. dear Stanley Kubrick, you gave the world an amazing movie and point of view :-)

[@MarciCow]

The Australopithecines had moved away from the jungle and were starving. Like other apes, they were mainly nocturnal, and almost exclusive vegetarian. What the monolith did was turn them into omnivorous, capable of killing other animals. With that, they started using tools (the first ones, bones to hit their prey and kill it). Also, due to that change, they became diurnal, since they moved from prey to predator, and could defend themselves better with their newly-discovered tools.

[@MarciCow]

I guess in a subtle way, Clarke is positing that intelligence is a child of violence.

[@kwanfong3204]

MarciCow Can you elaborate on what you mean by "intelligence is a child of violence"?

[@MarciCow]

The background, in the book, is a confrontation between Moon-Watcher's tribe, and The Others. It's an equilibrated conflict, over one essential resource (water; the land has been in a drought for 10 million years). Moon-Watcher's tribe is trained by the monolith to create tools from stone and bone, but they don't know what to do with them. It's only in three events of conflict, situations of pure violence, that they finally find their use. The first is the killing of the warthogs, who trusted the proto-humans until then, since both species had been mainly herbivorous. But, once they had the tools, and Moon-Watcher had shown their usefulness in hurting other animals, the relationship changed to one of predator-prey. The second is when they strike at the leopard trying to enter their cave. The leopard falls and dies, and they eat him. The tools were not just to procure food, but also to defend their cave. The third, when Moon-Watcher kills the leader of The Others, finally ensuring ownership of the drinking spot for his tribe, and showing the tools good not only to hunt and strike back at predators, but also to win in conflict. It's only through those situations that the proto-humans learn the value of the tools the monolith taught them to create. All situations of violence. The fundamental use of these original tools was to kill.

[@tropicaoptica]

Interesting that the monolith looks like a smart phone

[@locustanon9676]

My grandma reacted similar when i tried teach her how to use a skype.

[@kurun1138]

Half the time, I get Skype running OK, but the other half, I either don't have my camera turned on, or my microphone.... So it takes an extra 30 seconds to get the call going. Also, if your Grandma is like me, let her know that you're going to call (text)... because clothing is appropriate.

[@forceaidan8]

This makes me feel a dark sort of emptiness. When they are all touching that monolith (God) and the music is at its highest I get all freaky deeky and then it goes so so quiet and I'm speechless.

[@whitedragoness23]

@JohnnyAppleseed I thought they were aliens?

[@ADBProductions_]

The audio is really what does it for me. Some of the most memorable soundwork I’ve ever heard

[@CrazyLegion]

I don't understand why people think this movie is bad at all. It's one of the most imaginative, well executed, sublime, brilliant, and deeply allegorical films ever made.

[@Rezxer]

6:07 I love this scene. It feels almost like all of human achievement originated from that one moment. Kind of funny that the usage of weaponry is that defining moment, though.

[@thegameranch5935]

@@TechAngelx we found plenty of animals who use tools

[@garf0001]

Damn 10 years ago

[@tmo4330]

@@TechAngelx Humans have a soul.

[@elyastoohey6621]

@@tmo4330 Are you saying only humans have a soul? Because either most living things have a soul, or nothing has a soul. Humans don't get some special exclusiveness to a soul.

[@tmo4330]

@@elyastoohey6621 Ecclesiastes 3:21.

[@TheSabessa]

This has to be the most memorable moment of cinema that I have ever witnessed in my life, the first time I saw it it brought tears to me eyes.

[@tj11112222]

One of the greatest scenes in movie history from 6:09 on

[@rocknrollforever10]

This movie was SO ahead of its time... I can't believe it was made in 1968. Definitely one of the best movies of all-time.

[@Shatamx]

@@TechAngelx Lol you’re high they rival Star Wars which came out ten years later.

[@danielbrown1159]

The way that I have always interpreted the movie is that this is the first step in human evolution: the paradigm shift that was the tool. Skip to 100,000 years or more later, human evolution has come to a standstill but our tools continue to evolve. The business with Hal and Dave is a fight to see who deserves to receive the reward that lives within the MONOLITH near Jupiter, humanity or our tools. The killing of Hal with a screwdriver (one of the most basic tools) reinforces our dominance.

[@Ichiboy900]

I just watched this movie again today after having had it listed as my favorite movie of all time for a few years now. It still is, and I notice something new every time I watch it. Like food, for instance. Every chapter has different ways of "humans" eating food. At the beginning all man-apes try and pursue is food, and by the end the human body is done away with as it enjoys it's last meal. I'm not 100% sure what it means, but it's profound nonetheless.

[@ralphpizirusso8420]

I saw this movie when it first came out , Then went back 5 more times. This was one of the best sci-fi movies ever made.

[@taffwob]

The powerful symbolism of this chapter is fantastic. the view at 4:25 of the obelisk from below with the sun at the top is no mistake. Kubrick knew what he as doing there.

[@geokaplan59]

I know. The visual impact still amazes. The difference is how calm the effects were. Long, patient takes. When Kubrick made "2001," the sfx were seen as, to coin a phrase, monolithic and revolutionary. Kubrick saw them as the best way to tell his story. No fast, MTV-style cuts. Velocity often diminishes awe. I'm just pointing out that "2001" was a high point in a dynamic decade for movies. Yet mind-boggling wonders continue back through "Metropolis" (1927) to Melies at the turn of the century.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

*giant black stone from space appears and messes with human evolution* Dead Space, anyone?

[@coleciervo8652]

Halcyon Industries This was way before Dead Space.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Cole Ciervo I know, if anything I was pointing out a likely inspiration for the game.

[@poslednisoud]

Halcyon Industries Also Mass Effect.

[@cloerenjackson3699]

Halcyon Industries Actually, I thought you were referring to Dead Space the 1991 film, which predates the video game by seventeen years.

[@TheStrmcliffae46]

this is the most awesome film in history, I went to the theater when it came out

[@walterfutterweit6476]

Stanley Kubrick's movie break trough with the initial scene of the dawning of life and the last part the appropriate music of Richard Strauss. Enjoy. Still cant forget the impact of the movie on me the first time I saw it. Walter Futterweit

[@Davakira]

The entire evolution of mankind in a single scene. Simply amazing. One of the most beautiful movie ever.

[@jacobbaird5378]

So basically a primordial soup to space-faring primates and beyond?

[@Shatamx]

@@TechAngelx Its how our ancestors moved from mainly sitting around consuming raw plantation. Fending off predators and "Others". To using tools for hunting and conflicts. Feasting on the meat afterward. (not shown)Then the next jump after the water hole fight would be the use of fire. Eventually learning to create it and keep it burning. Be it cooking and protection. This is when the evolution to human sapiens and Neanderthals(our sister relative) would happen. Our gut gets smaller from eating cooked food. Our brains get larger from absorbing different forms of nutrition. Very fascinating stuff.

[@cothinker680]

@@TechAngelx then what?

[@KnownAsGeramy]

Godzilla brought me here.

[@MondeDeTamriel]

Me too

[@TenguBE]

²

[@HUNTEROFPRIME]

I bet they use the monolith music in the trailer!

[@PaulKind3d]

Not all film is action packed and made for the A.D.D. crowd. Personally i find it slow, magical and has scenes (like this one) that has remained important and worthwhile. Also, at the time, the quality of artwork this film shows off was enough to keep people riveted. No one had ever done "space" convincingly. Kubrik effectively started the whole ball rolling with this one.

[@Sp00ksintheattic]

How my family reacts when I reboot the internet.

[@ripelivejam]

beautiful, frightening, and inspiring all at once. thank you, my favorite movie ever.

[@athina663]

the last few minutes of this scene always bring me chills. kubrick constructed a kind of modern mithology with 2001. also, from 6:57 to 6:58 = biggest time gap in the history of cinema.

[@sexytyper88]

slow - space is slow... evolution is slow and beyond our comprehension the pace of this movie is exactly right... This movie is genius and executed brilliantly - may I remind most of you that this was released in 1968.

[@beanbeanbeanbeanbean539]

They used this same sound in the Godzilla Halo Jump scene?

[@darkpaladin.]

bingo

[@monos70]

To Non-Humans this masterpiece was only created for.

[@ActiumFilms]

It's a really eerie classical piece, and two movies this year happened to use it: Godzilla and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

[@Pavletic111]

Actium Films Who actually wrote this eerie specific musical piece with all the male and female voices? It wasn't Strauss.

[@ActiumFilms]

No, it's Requiem by Ligeti.

[@RICKONORATO]

I love how old the comments are here. Reading them is like time traveling…

[@superporroman]

La evolución de la humanidad en única escena Es simplemente maravillosa

[@Guyherethere]

"Brazil Discovering the First Free-to-Play MMO"

[@poslednisoud]

6:55 Bone throwing to spaceship. Boy that escalated quickly.

[@terracottapie]

Yeah, just 10 million years. Nothing, really

[@jebsievers]

It's about the evolution of man, and the involvement of machines (artificial intelligence) in our lives, and the next steps in our evolution. I think. But it's all wrapped up in a good show. This movie was state-of-the-art in 1968, and still holds amazingly beautiful for today's standards. I saw it when I was 15 and liked it, but saw it again in my late twenties and loved it. Have a good day!

[@QuasiAstrology]

Utah USA is about to start dropping new discoveries soon.

[@arjunsanal7130]

www.complex.com/life/2020/11/utah-officials-discover-strange-monolith-in-remote-desert?

[@repelghosts]

Saw it when I was 10...When I met him in 1976 and I said i did not understand the 'monolith', Mr. Asimov said the remedy is ,"watch agin and repeat as often as is necessary'. True anecdote. Thanks for this...Gem

[@SaBiNuKi]

New iPhone's arrival hits the Earth.

[@liveforeverjr1]

i guess thats how we react when a new iphone comes out :)

[@satchvanjohnson41]

OMG. I kid you not, I just had that idea pop into my head at this late hour when I turned my computer on. I went straight to KZbin to post this comment about how an awesome internet meme/photo would be this scene but with the Monolith replaced with an iPhone haha. Touche Ma'am, you beat me to it. I guess I'm not that original :(

[@DoubleOBond]

Except with the arrival of the iPhone instead of major advancements in thinking and behavior we've gone down the pike of food pics and selfies.

[@TheTimeRocket]

"Coldness, darkness, obstruction, a Solid Without fluctuation, hard as adamant Black as marble of Egypt; impenetrable Bound in the fierce raging Immortal." -William Blake

[@ym8154]

まさかの本当に現れたとは...

[@countrybright6263]

やっといた日本人

[@petarswift5089]

I saw this as a schoolboy in the cinema in communist Yugoslavia and this film was a revelation for me. Greats now from Serbia.

[@tj11112222]

Way more plausible than "Invisible man created modern humanity in an instant!"

[@damirbabic7403]

The monolith... requiem...there are no words to express this scene

[@metalpsyche82]

best opening ever.... absolutely epic

[@MoonVision_1]

the greatest film ever made... kubrick was a 100 years ahead of his time... 99.9% of ppl watching this in the late 60's were like - wtf was that all about..? alas.. 99.8% of todays viewers are still asking the same question..

[@AmunExorbis]

The high order must have thought : "Ok this takes them to long, lets give them a hint" lol

[@MsMegadude64]

Oh, look. It's my boss showing off his new truck and all the higher-ups reacting in astonishment.

[@doncavazos8923]

It looks different or alien compared to their surroundings, thus sparking curiosity and imagination. The fact that it did not seem threatening allowed not only curiosity but also gave rise to imagination of the kind not fueled by fear. The human mind tries to fill in gaps in things we don't understand; our ancestors must have started this at some point. The power to imagine new things is what has allowed our species to advance to this point. By adapting to something alien mysteriously planted in their environment they were able to increase their intelligence.

[@TheInstallations]

Few Thousand hundred years of humanity condensed in a bone thrown in the air...leading to a space ship...simply amazing.

[@persilbran]

in one of the 2001 books it is revealed that this Monolith would later be found and put on Display.

[@The_Njitram]

Was watching Charlie In the Cocolate factory, and came to the TV room. When they looked into the TV I thought: Wait a minute....

[@JackIncongruente]

Quien diría que estoy viendo esto, por cuestiones académicas :)

[@mikedaddy666]

me alegra saber que somos no solo yo veo esto por razones académicas.. jaja

[@P0NKH0]

Yo merengues

[@quirojor]

jajajaj no crei que tendria que ver esto.

[@csrglez]

que cosas no ?!!!!

[@sandra24241]

jaja y nos seguimos sumando, exactamente por cuestiones academicas....

[@selvamartaperalta8321]

FASCINANTE. NO SÉ CUANTAS VECES LA VÍ NI CUÁNTAS VECES MÀS LA VERÉ. HICE QUE MIS AMADOS SOBRINOS LA VIERAN CONMIGO.... Y TANTAS MÁS DE CIENCIA FICCIÓN, MIS FAVORITAS. ABREN LA CABEZA Y HACEN PENSAR.

[@EternalHardDrive]

I watched the movie. I liked this scene very much, the rest of the movie was boring, slow, stupid conversation, i don't understand what all the fuss is about. And I'm a huge movie fan, i am open for everything, but this flick? damn..

[@Jh5kRadio]

Jashin Slayer I don't think (s)he was claiming to be intelligent or insightful. I think he was just giving his two-cents on the movie. ...and (s)he doesn't like it.

[@TheExiledTexan]

Jashin Slayer Exactly. This is a film for the philosophically minded, not for those looking for cheap and quick amusement.

[@EternalHardDrive]

I'm not looking for cheap and quick amusement, I watch every movie with an open mind especially one that people talk about and is well known like this one. But why this is so good? i'll never know

[@EternalHardDrive]

Jashin Slayer you sir are a troll..

[@EternalHardDrive]

Nelson Robert Willis i was also happy that i watched the movie because i love movies and now i kind of now what the fuss was all about, but i know i'll never watch it a 2nd time :)

[@epistemes]

Some times i feel like the monolith from 2001 a Space Odyssey. People around me still manufacturing tools.

[@bmwdallas82]

First NAACP meeting?

[@Angyali]

2:19 I think he's saying: "HEY! WAKE UP, EVERYONE! LOOK OVER THERE!"

[@fra2603]

MECCA ANYONE?? AHHAHAHA

[@Diakonov29]

Pyramids of Giza...

[@GnashMash]

Kubrick left so much up to interpretation. This film was more great art than a great movie. This film barely had a plot, it was more a series of provocative, well done special effects and images designed to make you think rather than it being an actual *film*.

[@asutification]

a black screen changed everything thousands years ago.. and now another black screen ( technology, telephone screens, computers etc.) changes everything.. that is ironic, and sad

[@geokaplan59]

I have vigorously mixed feelings about Kubrick, but the man had vision. He assembled the best special effects and makeup designers of that pre-CGI age and created what then were visual miracles in "2001." Do realize that the '60s was a decade of startling breakthroughs in filmmaking -- starting at least with "Psycho" rattling everyone's cage in 1960, through "Bonnie and Clyde," "Cool Hand Luke," "Midnight Cowboy," "The Wild Bunch," "The Graduate" and, of course, Stanley's "Dr. Strangelove."

[@anthonylees2874]

True, but even though I love this film I still can't lose the image of Homer Simpson in the dawn of man...

[@FredericaBimble]

@warringtonjonny - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss. If you look up "Thus Sprach Zarathustra" and if you can understand it, there is an explanation of the opening scene.

[@JoshSauceda]

Barbie recreated this scene beautifully.

[@ExplodingSoySauce]

This movie made me almost clinically depressed when I watched it as a kid. There are no words to describe how I feel about this movie now.

[@Staiduk]

Still one of the greatest dramatic scenes ever filmed.

[@DeathGhostX]

and this is how a comment gets my total respect for the person who wrote it.

[@geokaplan59]

Actually, that is not the space shuttle shown in the jump cut. It is an orbiting military nuclear device -- in short, a bomb in space. Humankind's first weapon has become its ultimate weapon. That makes the visual transition so concise and so brilliant. I have terribly mixed feelings about Kubrick's enigmatic film, but it remains a remarkable, provocative vision. How sad and damning: Clarke and Kubrick depict our first tool as one used for violence, not for building or connection.

[@juliusyeung0330]

most 40s, 50s, 60,s ... any movies with SFX before matrix didn't really have great effects. people say it's great because they appreciate the effects at that time but this, this movie have better effects than CGI. better than 3D Why? just look at it. just fucking look at the pictures. the scene where the dude is on a plane with no gravity? was that in CGI? no. that was real and the effects look friggin amazing. I have this movie in Blu Ray and it is astonishing and absolutely beautiful.

[@llamasarus1]

this is a classic movie. very artsy. Its just very slow moving and it gets alot of credit even though it is slowmoving. I like the ending. It was like an acid trip. this movie was probly mindblowing back when it came out because of the special affects. very revolutionary

[@TheTwelfthApostle]

that jump cut is absolutely awesome. if somethings worth doing its worth doing completely over the top.

[@dancarleton1893]

What Kubrick was saying is, that we should put Monoliths in the hood.

[@monos70]

or in Skid Row.

[@curcoaguado3522]

WHAT this is the scene from Barbie!!! 👀👀 Kubrick liked Barbie in his time

[@Wa2Ha]

personally i think this is the most exciting part of the movie

[@JimGardner]

The greatest cut scene in the history of story telling.

[@FabinhoFlapp]

Perfection. Simply perfection. PS: But WHY NOT THE ENTIRE SCENE?

[@repelghosts]

The author told me in 1973..."if you don't understand what the monolith is, read the book again,watch the movie again and repeat as necessary'...Lord we laughed and so did he...all best...Gemma

[@ridace]

The director did not mean the opening scene to portray human cruelty. The scene represents the slow evolution of our man. In the bone scene, we see the ape in what appears to be thought. The slow rate of the progression of the movie is a metaphor to represent the slowness of the mechanisms of evolution.

[@LawrenceBerkman-ep6zr]

Best movie ever made. Long live Clarke and Kubrick.

[@user-vf5jy6bp6x]

5:27 リヒャルト・シュトラウスの交響詩「ツァラトゥストラはかく語りき」 キューブリック監督は選曲が良い 7:03 ヨハン・シュトラウス「美しき青きドナウ」

[@admtech69]

The iPhone 14 makes it's first appearance...

[@philshaffer6219]

I met a veteran of the first pre-human war. His name was Hurhuraka.

[@GhonaSifilaids]

I was high the first time I saw this movie, by far the best experience ever.

[@phuturephunk]

For the longest time I just flat out did not like this movie. Then one day I watched it again years after seeing it the first time and I saw this scene again and then it all made sense..such crystal clear sense and I was filled with awe. Still am.

[@MrBlueRuin]

The greatest science fiction movie ever made. Period.

[@rochey1010]

Well apparently The Monoliths were built by a super advanced race of aliens who wanted to speed up evolution, and that's why the apes are able to use the tools...Also The Baby/foetus is supposed to be Dave...He's now become one of those highly evolved aliens...Anyone wanna drop some acid?

[@greglittle2477]

The flat screne is turned the wrong way up...I'm freaking out!

[@YDDES]

@ReneeNme Yes, I once had two dogs, an older male and a younger female. When he died, the female for several days searched in the neighbourhood, even at places she had never been before. Naturally, many animals have feelings, just like humans. The biggest difference between other animals and humans are our language. It allows us to learn that there has been something before we existed, and that we one day will disappear, but the world will go on. Other animals only know about the present.

[@Sebmagic2]

How the hell can a 1968 movie have such a wonderful photography ?

[@srv8056]

The early humans(monkeys) touching the Monolith, is one of the greatest movie scenes..according to me.

[@PaulSaether]

That jump cut...why not segue straight from turning bone to turning space station? I always used to think that that actually happened in the film and was surprised when I got the DVD.

[@BIG_AL_ONE]

Originally called "From Jupiter and Beyond," in the movie. The Alan Parson Project called it "Total Eclipse," from their 'I Robot' album.

[@pviola314]

"people are starting to think for themselves know, this is good."

[@swingdocta]

i think the best interpretation is that the ape with the bone, is the moon-watcher. he had correctly predicted the solar eclipse over the monolith, and becomes powerful among the fellow apes. the moonwatchers through human history eventually develop more advanced computing devices and weapons.

[@TheMisspelld]

2001 A Space Odyssey is the most boring yet best film of all time.