What Is The Theme Of 2001 A Space Odyssey

The Alien is a science fiction horror movie. Its setting in space and the presence of technology and artificial intelligence empathizes on its science fiction genre. Moreover, the presence of the Alien and the fact that it is a threat to human lives reflects it is also a horror film. The movie revolves around seven human beings that have the mission to return to earth from the space.

‘The Dawn of Man’ sequence is based in a prehistoric time period and the most important theme of this sequence is nature. Kubrick shows the two stages of nature before showing us as the audience how humans evolved as a species. The various shots of land are staged in altered settings within different time zones, which express the Earth as a large place. With no characters and no type of dialogue, the non-diegetic sound of birds chirping is a representation of nature. The sound of the birds in this sequence created a natural atmosphere and made it believable for the viewer.

     The following paper will analyze the movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick” and “The Centinel” by Arthur C. Clarke. Although there are many themes present between the story and the film, the following are the most dominant. I will be discussing Scientific themes, Religious and Moral Themes, and Clarke’s development of the short story into a full-length film.

The novel 2001: A Space Odyssey written by Arthur C. Clarke applies many literary devices and stylistic features to humanise one of the main characters, Hal. Some examples of the literary devices and stylistic features used in the novel are the atmosphere and mood, characterisation, dialogue and diction, repetition, analogy, the point of view and the overall plot of the story. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a story of evolution, the future of mankind, space exploration and the thirst for knowledge, technology and Utopian society. The novel was originally written as a film script, however in the 1960s it was adapted into a novel.

Why is Xenia such an important theme in the Odyssey? Explain your views and support them with details from the poem. (45 marks)

Around the time when space exploration was on the rise and just about everyone was doing something to aid in space exploration research, a father/scientist named Jeremy, is on the verge of making history. He is a single dad with a five year old daughter named Mary. His life is his family and his career but at the time was becoming too busy. Being so occupied with work he hired a nanny to take care of his daughter at home while he was in the lab. Eventually to fill the emotional void from not having a mother, Jeremy adopted a mid aged cat and named it Celeste. Mary and Celeste began to grow inseparable from each other very quickly. They did everything together. They were never apart. They were so attached

Recently, our class read the book and watched the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The book is written by Arthur C. Clarke and the movie was directed by Stanley Kubrick. The book was written as a framework for the movie, so the two are mostly the same. But, while there were similarities, there were also some major differences.

The Dawn of Man. Four simple words introduced what is remarked as one of the greatest films of all time. There is no spoken dialogue within the first 25 minutes and the last 23 minutes of the film. “2001: A Space Odyssey” is an ambiguous film. The broad range of audience captures various interpretations of the film. The main theme seems to be about the evolutionary process of mankind interwoven with elements of a higher or extraterrestrial entity guiding this evolution. There are some film theories that suggest this movie was all propaganda used in conjunction with the space race that occurred during World War 2. Some even go as far as to say that the same set used in “2001: A Space Odyssey” was used to fake the moon landing of 1969. However, theories with more evidence suggest that the iconic monolith doesn’t represent aliens or “God”, but instead represents the cinema screen of which we are viewing. The artistic importance of “2001: A Space Odyssey” is derived from its ability procure various conclusions.

In the science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The director, Stanley Kubrick, portray his masterpiece in an ambiguous understanding where he examines topics such as extraterrestrial life, the dealings with technology and the human evolution. Throughout the movie, Kubrick depicts the facade, monolith as an instrument in awakening intelligence. Moreover, the protagonists go through a drastic change of struggle to explore on the idea of technology and extraterrestrial life.

As we begin to reap the environmental effects of our industrial habits, we are beginning to realize that in the distant future, the human species will depend upon the research and ingenuity of previous generations. What exactly does that entail? A large population of scientific minds and science fiction nerds believe that this entails a push towards inter-planetary colonization. This endeavor tends to generate a bit of heat from skeptics who criticize the pursuit of life among the cosmos while we have yet to conquer sustainable living on our own planet. This skepticism will be addressed later on in this paper. For now, let’s get down to

One of humanity’s defining sentiments is a belief that our species is the culmination of millions of years of universe expansion and evolution, the epitome of intelligent life. As we begin to explore our own galaxy, how would humanity react if our findings were to indicate something to the contrary? In his stories “The Sentinel” (1951) and “Crusade” (1968), Arthur C. Clarke shares his viewpoint on this issue. Clarke illustrates his belief that when extraterrestrial intelligence is discovered, it will occur outside of the so-called ‘circumstellar habitable zone,’ that this discovery will forever change humanity’s view of our place in the universe, and that extraterrestrial intelligence will

I1 (done) : Now, with the earth being packed to the brim, we must journey into space, to find a new home, in another galaxy. However, it will be fraught with danger, so we must take every precaution. We believe we have found a suitable host for our species, homo sapiens. Although it's over four million years away, we believe we are very close to a breakthrough on near lightspeed travel. Soon, the human race will be able to fly among the stars, and turn the new world into a reservoir of human talent, to be drawn upon to further our universes knowledge.

Throughout my life, movies about extraterrestrial life and outer space have always seemed to entertain me. I know I’m not alone when it comes to this fascination because there are many who find joy, excitement, and mystery in many of these movies. Some people even take their interest to a completely other level by believing that these other forms of life actually exist. Although they might, others still go to the extreme by dressing up as them in science fiction conventions such as We Heart Nerds Con, Mysticon , Atomacon, Necronomicon (“Convention Scene”) and obsessing over the idea of one day finding them. I believe that people enjoy watching these movies because they like the mystery of the fact that there might be other forms of life other than us, the coming together of the human species to take down an extraterrestrial enemy, or maybe they just like to think about how far we as humans will come along in space travel in the future.

“Interstellar” (Obst, Thomas & Nolan, 2014) a terrific science fiction story with various elements. A story about love, family, and friends, but there happens to be a villain whose actions result in shocking consequences for the other characters. There’s a great amount of emotion expressed by each character, which makes a great impact on how the film’s viewed. Escorting us through wormholes, into planets in other galaxies, and black holes. The characters keep colliding into the properties of relativity, which thoroughly clarified in numerous scenarios. The movie proceeds sometime in the future where the Earth is slowly becoming uninhabitable for the reason of a global crop plague, in addition to a second dust bowl occurring. The science fiction movie “Interstellar” (Obst, Thomas & Nolan, 2014) does an excellent job portraying advancements in technology, astrophysics and real-life issues that could eventually happen, such as food scarcity and catastrophic natural disasters.

With these words, HAL, the artificial intelligence in 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968), challenged the protagonist’s will. It was one of the first films to portray a dystopic future where machines can challenge human judgement and wish. However, Hollywood was predated by a French philosopher and theologian, Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), who in his 1954 work, The Technological Society (Ellul, The Technological Society, 1964), had argued that technology had taken a life of its own that had escaped our control (Hill, 2012). Indeed, Ellul was ahead of his times in more than one ways; for example, in his Propaganda (Ellul, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, 1965) he anticipated the famous Kruger-Dunning paper that was published three decades later. In this work, Ellul argued that the average citizen is not only unable to understand political issues, but is also incapable of accepting this reality; in short, the average citizen is unskilled and unaware in things political. Such an example would be the typical restaurant employee who has hard time operating a dish washer but fancies he can solve all the political ills of his era in a day.