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>The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin.. Sounds like an inspiration from 2001: A space Odyssey. Only
by max_ 5y ago
>The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin..
Sounds like an inspiration from 2001: A space Odyssey.
Only that in 2001 it was a cuboid instead of a sphere
and the color was black instead red
- lapnitnelav 5y agoThe other way around as C. Clarke's work is younger than this one. Also reminds me of Barjavel's 'The ice people' which has a large golden sphere buried deep under the ice in Antarctica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_People_(Barjavel_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_People_(Barjavel_novel...
- acheron 5y agoFrom what I remember, the monolith part of 2001 came from Clarke’s earlier story The Sentinal, in which IIRC it was a transparent tetrahedron. Since the story and movie of 2001 were made simultaneously, I think Clarke/Kubrick ended up switching to black so it would look better on screen.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoThe books state that the monolith had the same proportions in more than three dimensions, making it impossible to understand from our limited perspective. A remaster with current CGI could make the monolith look even more otherworldly.