#the monolith

[worblewobble]

heaven help us now

#first finished piece of 2024 babyyyyy #this is based on the album cover for uh-oh by david byrne btw #david bowman #hal 9000 #2001 a space odyssey #2001 aso #the monolith #<- tagging this for fun. the monolith and its duplicates are my best friends ok? ok

[carp3tpasta]

Idek

#computers #scifi #five pebbles #looks to the moon #rain world #hal 9000 #2001 space odyssey #ihnmaims #ihnmaims am #the monolith #slugcats #ai #the rot consumes #2001 a space odyssey #iterator #sliver of straw #allied mastercomputer

[glazeliights]

I am sooo soso normal about them. blinks innocently at you

#listened to daisy bell while making this so needless to say Im feeling very fine and cool #2001 a space odyssey #2001 aso #dave bowman #david bowman #hal 9000 #halman #the monolith #?does that count as a character

[fihas]

fuck it all. monolith fancam

#she really is such a bad bitch though im so serious #2001 aso #2001 a space odyssey #2010 the year we make contact #the monolith

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Gustav Vigeland (Norwegian, 1869-1943) Monolith Of People, ca.1924 Vigeland Park, Oslo, Norway

#Reminds me of the human tower competitions in spain #norway #Gustav Vigeland #western civilization #monolith of people #the monolith oslo #the monolith #vigeland park #sculpture #art #fine art #fine arts #european art #classical art #europe #european #europa #Norwegians #Norwegian #Norwegian art

[starbucks-with-a-twist]

Would it distort this reality to order a black coffee?

#2001 a space odyssey #david bowman #dave bowman #2001 aso #the monolith #is that a tag ? whatever idk #TMA-1.mod #Orders #the Horrors.png

[stuckasmain]

An interesting note about the movie is the way it approaches violence, there’s a bunch of interpretations already and I’m by no means the first. However, what I’ve noticed in my last few rewatches was how the film seems to take violence as a learned thing rather than an inherent human trait. (A much more common interpretation broadly).

In the book it’s much more clearly laid out but the group of man apes we follow are on the brink of dying out. They’re starved and a bit behind, the land they rely on to forage is bleak and picked through. They’re weak from starvation and overall very passive as even herbivores seem to knock them about and do better. There’s no memory, no thought really— they can’t go far even if the thought occurred to them. It is only through the monoliths influence that they begin to pick up tools, to hunt and fight and truly live instead of barely surviving. Now, violence was not introduced by the monolith - we see clearly the world around them is full of it— nor would tools be never used if not for its influence. It merely sped along the process, utilizing the time these man apes did not have. As the natural evolutionary time it would take them to realize this wouldn’t be met this group would starve before hand.

On the discovery we see a similar case of passivity, this time in the modern evolved man. This time the world surrounding them is not nearly as harsh and dangerous— in fact it’s coddling! While the nature of space travel is a incredible risk we see their world is comfortable and abundant. They have all the food, water, air, shelter they would need— in fact this world could operate very well on its own without them at all. Their position, unknown to them- or perhaps known deep down- is arbitrary. Hal is sort of like an all encompassing mother- their provider and world. They have no need for violence, though they know of it and are capable of it. In this case it is not the monolith’s influence but own instinct. This time man has the proper drive for survival and the tools to ensure that it lives.

On the discovery violence is influenced by circumstance- self preservation. Both from Hal (with additional influence of illness) and Frank and Dave. Interesting both the human and computer sides have the same goal: preservation of the mission and preservation of the self.

However evolved it shows there’s still a sense of primitive nature to the species as when a problem arises violence quickly becomes the only solution. Like with the ape men Dave and Frank must quickly abandon passivity when the land around them begins to fail (Hal, their world malfunctions. Just as the land around the apes is dead). They can no longer be a dependent. You can’t leave mother so you must kill her in this case.

To tie this back to- something- I was going somewhere initially. I think it shows a part of both the monolith’s plan but also a general lesson. To evolve past violence you must first know it.

There’s nuance to this, especially when comparing these examples of violence for survival vs. the more irrational type (war, countries fighting) examples we see later on. However I want to keep this brief so I can remain writing something coherent but the eventual idea is that humanity will evolve even past necessary violence into something like Dave becomes (again book has a whole thing on the alien theory. Strictly 2001 speaking)

#2001 a space odyssey #2001 aso #dave bowman #frank poole #hal 9000 #2001 meta #fandom essay #the monolith #metaphor #symbolism #interpretation #meta

[flagggermus]

#butch #lesbian #deep blue #the monolith #ihnmaims am #me

[withoutalice]

POV: You're Dave Bowman in the Monolith

#yeah its blue jello #2001 aso #2001 a space odyssey #dave bowman #david bowman #the monolith #shitpost

[projectmoon-smash-or-pass]

propaganda:

✅ "Multipurpose"

✅ "the monolith is probably one of carmen’s sex toys"

#limbus company #the monolith

[cantsayidont]

January 1976. Jack Kirby takes Dave Bowman through the Stargate in this spectacular sequence from Kirby's tabloid-size adaptation of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Another one that could really stand a proper remastered reprint (with flat colors, thank you), if the undoubtedly complicated rights issues could be sorted out.

#comics #2001 a space odyssey #marvel treasury edition special #jack kirby #frank giacoia #arthur c clarke #stanley kubrick #dave bowman #the monolith

[definedoctrrchandra]

Ever since I saw the monolith in person I've wanted one as a paper weight

#in character #dr chandra #2001 a space odyssey #2010 the year we make contact #the monolith #chandra 2001

[limbobilbo]

The monolith.

uh I dont know what to describe this as exactly

So enjoy.

#196 #196 campfire #comics #webcomic #The Monolith #art #my art is shit

[favoriteginger]

This is how I beat art block

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft s9 #hc 9 #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo fanart #the monolith #hermitblr #mcyt #mcytblr #i wanna use funky color palettes more often #it’s fun #but next time I think I should add a contrasting color too lol #ginger arts

[meteor752]

The real question about to Vita Carnis universe is, could you eat a Monolith? I wanna taste it

#Me watching every new little horror monster they introduce: Cool can I eat it? #What would happen if I just started fucking chomping down on a Host #What then? #Would I die? yeah probs but like tasty tho #Fully bringing dishonor to Gary the Mimic by gnawing off his finger as he kills me #Like yeah I’m dead but he’s always gonna be knows as that one Mimic who lost their finger to a human who went fucking feral #vita carnis #the monolith #The Mimic #The Host

[millipedemountain]

Trying to build a chaotic smash or pass slideshow to subject my friends to, if anyone sees this, give me some suggestions, I’m struggling to think of more things to add.

To give you an idea of what I’m looking for, here’s a few options on the list:

-The Grinch (specifically the Jim Carrey version)

- Glamrock Freddy

-The monoliths from vita carnis

-A ford f-150

-The flower women in original Alice in wonderland

-John Kramer from saw

Be as weird or as normal as you want, I need a couple basic ones too to even things out.

#smash or pass #the grinch #jim carrey #glamrock freddy #fnaf #fnaf security breach #vita carnis #the monolith #analog horror #ford f 150 #alice in wonderland #john kramer #saw franchise #saw movies #saw #adding so many tags in the hope this reaches literally anyone