Does 2001: A Space Odyssey end with the destruction of the human

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 01:34:49 Post No. [Report]

Does 2001: A Space Odyssey end with the destruction of the human race?

>He put forth his will, and the circling megatons flowered in a silent detonation that brought a brief, false dawn to half the sleeping globe. Then he waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next.

>But he would think of something.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 01:39:06 Post No.8488378
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 01:39:06 Post No.8488378 [Report]

>>8488367
We have a containment thread for genre plebs

Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:04:13 Post No.8488435
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:04:13 Post No.8488435 [Report]

>>8488367
Well, there was a sequel so...

Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:06:32 Post No.8488443
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:06:32 Post No.8488443 [Report]

He was just one person.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:07:33 Post No.8488448
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:07:33 Post No.8488448 [Report]

>>8488378
Please realise in posting with such attitudes you are contributing more to the destruction of this board than any discussion facilitated by the influx of 'genre-fiction' readers. Be responsible in your posting if you wish /lit/ to be the place it once was, thank you.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:16:46 Post No.8488490
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:16:46 Post No.8488490 [Report]

>>8488367
I was under the impression that the nukes were launched at him and he detonated the warheads in their trajectory

Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:31:58 Post No.8488558
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 02:31:58 Post No.8488558 [Report]

>>8488435
Yes, but then again the whole 2001 series is convoluted in terms of continuity. Some of the retcons in 2010 were so big that Arthur C. Clark had to explain them by saying that each book/movie might take place in an alternate universe or timeline. So by that logic (which is a pretty annoying cop out when you think about it), one novel could end with the end of humanity while the next involves a timeline where that didn't happen.

>>8488378
Every piece of literature has a genre. Why not treat them on their own merits instead of throwing around your elitist garbage?

Anonymous 2016-09-09 05:56:57 Post No.8488973
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 05:56:57 Post No.8488973 [Report]

>deconstruction

Anonymous 2016-09-09 17:35:20 Post No.8490328
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 17:35:20 Post No.8490328 [Report]

>>8488367
>>8488378
>>8488435
>>8488558
>thinking Clarke was even remotely the brains in 2001
>treating his money-grabbing meme (in a bad way) sequel as part of the canon

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>>8488367
Actually, the movie ends with Apple inventing time travel and becoming HAL 9000, a Skynet type of botnet.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 17:46:28 Post No.8490367
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>>8490363
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9woRJ7-mD7Y

Anonymous 2016-09-09 17:55:03 Post No.8490396
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 17:55:03 Post No.8490396 [Report]

>>8490367
Well gosh golly, they sure look like a bunch of cheery Apple hoarders, don't they?

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