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From 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 a
by acheron 5y ago
From 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.