In Reply to: Fresh Musings on Kubrick’s Monument for the Ages: 2001 posted by halfnote on May 10, 2008 at 21:52:06:
And Clarke was in on it.
Recently revealed data, photographic and otherwise, show that more was going on, on the moon, than NASA has ever admitted. Their role (and they never were the "civilian" agency they pretended to be) was to conceal, rather than to reveal.
But anyone who might have said so would have been ridiculed, ridicule being a major weapon wielded by the settled establishment, so the authors resorted to that most excellent subterfuge -- telling the truth, as fiction. That way it sinks more deeply into everyones' minds.
Reflect on how the movie opens, with the apes (ourselves?) roaming around, how they got here being unknown. Then the scene shifts to the Moon and these mysterious panels that are thought to have preceded us all, ape and man alike, and maybe have in a sense caused us.
And now we find on the Moon, as possibly on Mars, artifactual evidence of structures of astounding majesty. Only, they've been erased from the photographic record, and other shots substituted. Only, copies were made before the "anomalies" were noticed, and these copies remain in circulation.
But NASA has no interest in the new field of extraterrestial archeology; their mission is to deny, deny, deny. Just like the men in the movie. The men, in lots of movies!
clark
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Follow Ups
- And there are those who tell us that the film is an unmasking of NASA malpractice and malevolence. - clarkjohnsen 10:54:05 05/12/08 (19)
- Here's the tip of the iceburg if you are interested - Brian A 12:23:15 05/13/08 (12)
- Hey Brian, drop me a line, I'd like to discuss this -- rationally, with you. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:54:03 05/15/08 (0)
- Doods, please.... - rditmars 16:01:25 05/14/08 (2)
- RE: Doods, please.... - mpathus 00:15:08 05/15/08 (1)
- "Fun and eye-opening." Interesting observation. But that's not what the know-nothings care about. - clarkjohnsen 08:18:37 05/15/08 (0)
- RE: Here's the tip of the iceburg if you are interested - Analog Scott 15:48:32 05/14/08 (0)
- Buddy, you gotta be nuts, or an idiot! (See below.) - clarkjohnsen 13:46:13 05/13/08 (6)
- OMG! The "Brookings Report" begins with "DEAR MR. JOHNSON"!!!! - rditmars 16:14:58 05/14/08 (3)
- NY Times, Dec. 15, 1960: Mankind is Warned to Prepare For Discovery of Life in Space - clarkjohnsen 08:14:30 05/15/08 (2)
- Giordano Bruno, Galileo, Spinoza, Clarkjohnsen (aka Empty Troll, aka Miss Manners)... (nt) - orejones 10:03:45 05/15/08 (0)
- "Discover of life in space" ain't necesarily artifacts on the moon. - rditmars 08:22:39 05/15/08 (0)
- Interesting stuff, thanks for the link. ~t - mpathus 21:19:30 05/13/08 (1)
- You betcha! Another idiot/nut signs in. What's happened to our accusers? C'mon, boys! Don't hide. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:15:56 05/14/08 (0)
- Interesting, how the dupes of the government/media complex will always bleat and scream... - clarkjohnsen 08:23:37 05/13/08 (3)
- Either you are an idiot, or you are nuts: why not let a qualified physician decide? (nt) - orejones 08:55:16 05/13/08 (2)
- Clark's last alien probing showed a 9% mentality - down from 11%- and that he should cut down on sweets - Bambi B 09:12:57 05/14/08 (1)
- It's a shame you should say that. Why? - clarkjohnsen 08:45:00 05/15/08 (0)
- Great parody - Analog Scott 14:03:12 05/12/08 (0)
- Pffftttttt....!!!! (nt) - orejones 11:30:30 05/12/08 (0)