In Reply to: what IS the monolith? posted by NuWave on August 11, 2005 at 22:55:16:
Most of the time in movies alien encounters are vey straight forward and all questions are answered. it's like the aliens are basically human with a different look and we can fully relate to them and visa versa. I think Clarke gets the idea across that an encounter with an alien entity would almost certainly be incredibly wierd and leave us with more questions than answers. just consider the time and effort that goes into understanding the comunications and social orders of other animals here on earth then consider how much more difficult it would be ti understand and relate to advanced beings that evolved in an entirely different envirement. i hink all we are supposed to understand about the monolith is it is of an alien entity.
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Follow Ups
- The mystery is part of the point. - Analog Scott 23:26:25 08/11/05 (2)
- I thought it was pretty straight forward at first ..... - JDK 04:17:23 08/12/05 (1)
- Re: I thought it was pretty straight forward at first ..... - Analog Scott 08:46:41 08/12/05 (0)