tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post2945606213488940637..comments2010-08-01T22:27:49.049-07:00Creative Enginenoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-85906715437931969072010-08-01T22:27:49.049-07:002010-08-01T22:27:49.049-07:00

The idea &quot;humanity is advancing&quot; is not a scientific one. Science says no such thing; though some scientists have, notably Darwin himself. (Which should come as no surprise--he was a Victorian, after all, and an aristocratic one at that.)<br /><br />The vain, anthropocentric view that places humans at creation&#39;s pinnacle comes not from science, but from humanity&#39;s inflated sense

elucifyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926171322604361156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-91629248843606237172009-01-31T13:28:00.000-08:002009-01-31T13:28:00.000-08:00

The real issue is good old Clarke can't tell a story to save his life. Trust me, his books are just as bad.

Mythophilehttp://mythopia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-86545005637664069662008-12-23T04:50:00.000-08:002008-12-23T04:50:00.000-08:00

I agree with Indiana Mike - this is probably my second-favorite movie and one that held me rapt with attention the first time I saw it. Lucky for me, it happened to be in a big movie theater, which is easily the best way to view this one. Sure, the cinematic elements are great to view that way, but because the movie is so slow, being "held captive" for its duration makes the time pass so much

Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14989379631083901130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-4283818771620832702008-10-26T02:54:00.000-07:002008-10-26T02:54:00.000-07:00

790 -- good observation... keep in mind though, as i said, i was writing about my initial reaction to the film... this was the chain of thought that this particular scene in the movie triggered; this is not a comprehensive rundown of everything in 2001: Space Odyssey

Patrick Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-86060151923182602012008-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

(Cool site!)<BR/>^<BR/>The Monolith in the film 2001 is a alien probe left behind by what some ppl call God or The Creator...<BR/>^<BR/> In the film you can clearly see that the first Monolith-Probe altered the apes (over time) into Man,,, <BR/> (The film skips over that part btw, the films long enough, lol)...<BR/>^<BR/>Anyway,,,<BR/>over time mankinds intelligence, and technology develop to a

790http://www.movieguys.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-33635079897992574692008-08-15T20:12:00.000-07:002008-08-15T20:12:00.000-07:00

As someone who loved Space Odyssey in 1979, that 'tenacious attention span' was chemically induced. I bet you're right about Genesis and perfect in-breeding.<BR/><BR/>My take on humans comes from something I think I read in Robert Ardrey's African Genesis. Humans evolved while ecosystems changed too rapidly for efficient natural selection. (If polar regions switched to tropical regions and

Canaanhttp://art-equals-smart.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-34652530104953779032008-07-22T15:43:00.000-07:002008-07-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hmmm.... that's really interesting. I never really considered how our DNA got the issues it has now a days. Also liked the point about how we aren't necessarily getting better in each generation. It seems as if every other news articles shows a bright, gleaming, future, and the articles in-between say we'll all be dead from nukes/global warming (Which is now more of a religion than a science

twilightspathhttp://collegelife101.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-85099649556776287522008-07-21T22:21:00.000-07:002008-07-21T22:21:00.000-07:00

You really need to see all of this movie, if for anything because of its massive impact on the cinematic arts. Plus it gets more interesting once they're headed for Jupiter ;)

indianamikehttp://michaelsmoviereviews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-63732008169965738092008-07-21T08:37:00.000-07:002008-07-21T08:37:00.000-07:00

Joshua, thx for the input, but it seems you were distracted by my mentioning the E-word... i'm not talking about evolution primarily, but rather the way we assume that humanity is advancing... our points of reference for "development" are not based in spiritual realities (i.e. are we spiritually free?) therefore our technological innovations don't mean much in the long run.

Patrick Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-39823949494771260792008-07-20T22:14:00.000-07:002008-07-20T22:14:00.000-07:00

<I>They say this place has changed<BR/>But strip away all of the technology<BR/>And you will see<BR/>That we all are hunters <BR/>Hunting for something <BR/>That will make us okay.</I><BR/>-"Needle and Thread", Sleeping At Last<BR/><BR/>I think human advancement is generally "proven" by trumpeting the advancements of science and technology. But all our advancement is usually driven by finding

threehundredwordshttp://threehundredwords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-60652013786100683372008-07-17T23:37:00.000-07:002008-07-17T23:37:00.000-07:00

Patrick, my friend, I believe you're actually missing the whole point of the "Ape Scene." This scene has nothing at all to do with evolution, at least as we secular folks think of it. The apes are not "evolving" into tool-using creatures, they are being turned into tool users by the Monolith. The Monolith isn't God, of course, but it stands in for God -- even if the film isn't terribly

Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197640406885293301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-29089124088341743352008-06-06T03:53:00.000-07:002008-06-06T03:53:00.000-07:00

Patrick, I love the tone of your posts. <BR/>Please do rent and watch Andrei Tarkovsky's films. Especially Stalker and The Mirror. Such honesty and truth laid threadbare before us. Those are real spirtual and emotional experiences. <BR/><BR/>And I suggest watching them in the silence of the night, and in total solitude. Experiences mate, that is what I call them.

man in the iron maskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430507934390595828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-1405565178742408082008-05-20T13:17:00.000-07:002008-05-20T13:17:00.000-07:00

When I saw it in 68, I knew I was watching Something Important, so it was okay that it was incredibly tedious. At least, thats what I thought at the time. Ditto the stiff dialogue, which, good lord, I can still remember.<BR/><BR/>Now I think: Get to the freakin' POINT already!

Cerulean Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01212953653794261332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-7451600515350180962008-05-14T21:04:00.000-07:002008-05-14T21:04:00.000-07:00

I fell asleep in 1968 too.

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