What was the deal with the monolith?

Automatic evolution machine, just add pre-sapient life.

>>86254280
it's the aliens

>>86254280
It shows itself in every evolution of people. When the monkey started using a bone as a tool that was an evolution. When the man transcended space and time and such that was an evolution.

>>86254280
external element

>>86254280
The monolith is a phallus. Notice the evolved monkey was tightly gripping a tool, his "bone." Kubrick is implying that men are ultimately the driving force behind all human evolution.

read the book

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>>86254280
there's more than one monolith

>>86254280
it was an alarm, set to go off when intelligent life discovered it on the moon. a signal for the monolith building aliens to mobilize their fleet and destroy humanity.

>>86254316
Wow, just like the black goo.

Really makes me think.

the cinema screen or something

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We have a deal with the monolith!

The monolith gets to be a enigmatic cinematic symbol that inspires countless academic essays and in return we get to call Kubrick a pretentious hack!

You're breaking the deal!!!

THE MONOLITH
DESTROY THAT AND THIS IS OVER