The fury of those ape-men kinda remind me of the protests against the construction of the U.S. Steel building in San Francisco in the '70s. Same undirected fury.
READ THE BOOK! It tells this first part (The Dawn of Man) from the perspective of one of the apes (Moon-Watcher is what he is called in the book), the first one to pick up a tool and use it. What was really cool to me was how in the book it describes the transformation in the ape's thought process, caused by the monolith. Even if you dont want to take the time to read the entire book (which really isnt that long), definitely take the time to read part 1
@SimonCowellAI Freud and Eastern philosophies, some things just don't mix. You could do better by saying it's a structuring symbol of the Self. It's not phalic, it's flat, square and represents the rigidity of the thinking process, therefore it's a numinous artifact that inspired those beings to develop their rational processes.
Actually this is supposed to symbolize Adam and Eve's eating of the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. You'll notice in the next scene man learns to use tools and as a result of gaining that knowledge an animal dies (as shown when a man plays with the bones). Since satanists made this movie, they see the eating of the forbidden fruit as something good.
@livingstranger I havent read the book but it seems to me that it doesnt symbolize adam and eve, but rather it represents the emergence of the intelligence that the adam and eve STORY symbolizes. Replace fruit with monolyth in other words. And i would say the monolyth is a better representation of the insertion of human intelligence into history because it's unknown, uncategorized. And we really don't know WHAT led to our higher thinking so that some dark unknown object fits.
@EltBerserker And you are the profane sheep who is too blind to see it. You are easily manipulated. It sounds like you have no idea who Stanley Kurbick really was. Why don't you get raped, nuff' said butthead.
It is an obvious allegory of the usual unintelligent human response to that which has been designed or which breaks the unorganized pattern of things. I think it's a satire on stupidity.
@oscaringolilingo Unintelligent response? Learning to use tools allowed the apes to hunt food and thrive. Of course at the same time, it allowed them to kill and dominate other apes. The cut to 4 Million Years Later shows that same duality. The orbiting satellite represents man's intelligence (we're in space, with complex ships and structures), yet the satellilte is allegedly a nuclear missile launching site.
@oscaringolilingo What a sad world you must inhabit, if all you see is people being stupid and other people mocking them for being stupid.
Plenty of debates have been had about the meaning of 2001 (or lack thereof), but one hypothesis we can rule out is that Kubrick was the 1960s equivalent of a sneering internet troll.
@AlephNeil and, yeah, perhaps it was not intended that way by the artist, but I think it does emphasize that part of the human nature, albeit, perhaps unknowingly.
2001: A space Odyssey is one the greatest and most stunning movies of all time ! btw, I love Tim Burton's explanation on how the monolith got there : it's a Willy Wonka candy bar XD
@PanicAttackRelief The monoliths were seeded throughout space by an alien race intent on forcing evolution in creatures with great potential. They put one on Earth to evolve the primates they found there.
@wynternight777 I've always wondered what it was actually supposed to *do*, though. Honestly, if this actually happened, it would've just been one giant WTF moment and the apes would've moved on.
as man breaks free from the bonds of ignorance , only to be left in awe of materialism and capitalistic values. If you do not understand this movie intro maybe you should join the mass sheep in line for your new ipad.
Apes wake up, see the monolith, go all ZOMG WTF!!!!1!! It turns out, this is kind of the thing that gets the human race going, because it gave them that one spark of intelligence and such. Oh, and actually, in the 4th book, they actually find the monolith in Olduvai Gorge, surrounded by offerings, so it turns out that it pretty much was the origin of religion.
Rather than religion, you could say the slab represents the usual catalyst for progress: Seeing things differently, only it's externalised in the film. It's something so strikingly different from what they've ever seen before that it changes the way they see the world. It opens their minds, so to speak. In the book, the monolith is like a huge, morphing computer that teaches them specific things, but the passive, monolith of "otherness" is more effective to me.
worshipped by dumb humans [read apes] with satanic music
chklitttle 2 weeks ago
UN building
chklitttle 2 weeks ago
Residents of Detroit react to the construction of a new skyscraper.
bulkforce5 3 weeks ago
Iran discovers the downed US drone...
Cevink 2 months ago
The fury of those ape-men kinda remind me of the protests against the construction of the U.S. Steel building in San Francisco in the '70s. Same undirected fury.
Diamachaerus 2 months ago
SI LO VEN BIEN , DICE " SEELE , 01 . SOUND ONLY "
para mi q se copiaron esa parte de los monolitos de evangelion
ya q evangelion salio mas antes que esta pelicula o no !!
ramiroxxampa 3 months ago
la différence entre l'homme et l'animal?..L'ART...Génial Kubrick.
crazybonscott06 3 months ago
This movie made nooooooooooo sense period.
MrSomeidiot13 4 months ago
Alien: "I have seriously got to stop losing track of this damn coffee table"
apocalypse123 5 months ago
Return the slab, or suffer my curse!
michaliskebab 5 months ago
this reminds me of spongebob: "You must BE the marble!"
FoxTheZombieSlayer 6 months ago
@gothix114
Nope
livingstranger 6 months ago
Psilocybin
cassimf 7 months ago
READ THE BOOK! It tells this first part (The Dawn of Man) from the perspective of one of the apes (Moon-Watcher is what he is called in the book), the first one to pick up a tool and use it. What was really cool to me was how in the book it describes the transformation in the ape's thought process, caused by the monolith. Even if you dont want to take the time to read the entire book (which really isnt that long), definitely take the time to read part 1
UngratefulLiving420 7 months ago
@UngratefulLiving420 it's a phallic symbol, they are all excited by their penis, and begin using tools, because they are channeling kundalini.
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@SimonCowellAI Freud and Eastern philosophies, some things just don't mix. You could do better by saying it's a structuring symbol of the Self. It's not phalic, it's flat, square and represents the rigidity of the thinking process, therefore it's a numinous artifact that inspired those beings to develop their rational processes.
ImpagliazzoBR 5 months ago
Hmmm, looks like an iPhone. About the same affect on the users too...
TriadX1 7 months ago
Actually this is supposed to symbolize Adam and Eve's eating of the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. You'll notice in the next scene man learns to use tools and as a result of gaining that knowledge an animal dies (as shown when a man plays with the bones). Since satanists made this movie, they see the eating of the forbidden fruit as something good.
livingstranger 7 months ago
@livingstranger Satanists? Get real.
The eating of the forbidden fruit is something *human*.
ChemicalBagel 7 months ago
@livingstranger Ahaha cause theyre not cheristian you call them satanists...
gothix114 6 months ago
@livingstranger christian*
gothix114 6 months ago
@livingstranger I havent read the book but it seems to me that it doesnt symbolize adam and eve, but rather it represents the emergence of the intelligence that the adam and eve STORY symbolizes. Replace fruit with monolyth in other words. And i would say the monolyth is a better representation of the insertion of human intelligence into history because it's unknown, uncategorized. And we really don't know WHAT led to our higher thinking so that some dark unknown object fits.
funnyjones 4 months ago
@livingstranger you are as dumb as the shit that spewed out of god's ass
EltBerserker 2 months ago
@EltBerserker And you are the profane sheep who is too blind to see it. You are easily manipulated. It sounds like you have no idea who Stanley Kurbick really was. Why don't you get raped, nuff' said butthead.
livingstranger 1 month ago
It's a Wonka chocolate bar.
acejammer888 8 months ago
That scene from the Caveman episode of Spongebob Squarepants finally makes sense...
Levitz9 10 months ago
Thank fucking god!! I was waiting for a barrage of racist comments!!
ganjaguy800 11 months ago
That would be a Monolith
UberSlebert 1 year ago
Watson the IBM Computer on Jeopardy!
IWannabeJew 1 year ago
that monolith is an Israelite
SeriousHardMan 1 year ago
It is an I-pad!!!
fjrgimeno 1 year ago
A large black slab? SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING.
MolotovCTail 1 year ago 3
aside from the monkey howls what is the background music for this scene?
omigalpha 1 year ago
Ok guys aside from the monkeys going ballistic what is the background music here? does anyone know? I need that tune.
omigalpha 1 year ago
@omigalpha It´s a composition by composer Georgy Ligeti called, Requiem.
randomuserguy 1 year ago
Mini-me, stop humping the tall slab!
robbycan 1 year ago 2
this scene sums up the islamic religion.
GhostfaceKillahCryx 1 year ago
It is an obvious allegory of the usual unintelligent human response to that which has been designed or which breaks the unorganized pattern of things. I think it's a satire on stupidity.
oscaringolilingo 1 year ago
@oscaringolilingo Unintelligent response? Learning to use tools allowed the apes to hunt food and thrive. Of course at the same time, it allowed them to kill and dominate other apes. The cut to 4 Million Years Later shows that same duality. The orbiting satellite represents man's intelligence (we're in space, with complex ships and structures), yet the satellilte is allegedly a nuclear missile launching site.
peterp21 9 months ago
@oscaringolilingo What a sad world you must inhabit, if all you see is people being stupid and other people mocking them for being stupid.
Plenty of debates have been had about the meaning of 2001 (or lack thereof), but one hypothesis we can rule out is that Kubrick was the 1960s equivalent of a sneering internet troll.
AlephNeil 3 months ago
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@AlephNeil "people being stupid and other people mocking them for being stupid." - isn't this what our dear capitalism is all about?
oscaringoliling0 3 months ago
@AlephNeil and, yeah, perhaps it was not intended that way by the artist, but I think it does emphasize that part of the human nature, albeit, perhaps unknowingly.
oscaringoliling0 3 months ago
2001: A space Odyssey is one the greatest and most stunning movies of all time ! btw, I love Tim Burton's explanation on how the monolith got there : it's a Willy Wonka candy bar XD
FemmeChocolat1 1 year ago 2
stomp the yard 2 trailer
HypHawp 1 year ago
What was this slab all about? How did it get there?
PanicAttackRelief 1 year ago
@PanicAttackRelief The monoliths were seeded throughout space by an alien race intent on forcing evolution in creatures with great potential. They put one on Earth to evolve the primates they found there.
wynternight777 1 year ago
@wynternight777 I've always wondered what it was actually supposed to *do*, though. Honestly, if this actually happened, it would've just been one giant WTF moment and the apes would've moved on.
Arkanj3l 1 year ago
as man breaks free from the bonds of ignorance , only to be left in awe of materialism and capitalistic values. If you do not understand this movie intro maybe you should join the mass sheep in line for your new ipad.
freshmeatz 1 year ago
@freshmeatz lol shutup you fucking hipster
breastmilkdabestmilk 1 year ago
Me got idea!!! Me make Zune!!!
oodoodanoo 1 year ago
whats the point of that slab?
animallover2047 1 year ago
It's the HTC EVO 4G!!! Bow down!!!
mswashu 1 year ago
Reaction at the introduction of the iPad. Always exciting. Always evolutionary. But a share price of 272 for AAPL? Whoa! The market's going ape!
joew12 1 year ago 2
Looks like the new iPad is here!
TheANBUweasel 1 year ago 48
@TheANBUweasel LOL! I'd love to do a parody of this vid and replace the slab with an iPad :D
riacharda 1 year ago 14
@riacharda You mean do the LG smartphone ad that's been running for over a year now?
jakatak 1 year ago
@riacharda Please do. And change the tune will you're at it, because this one is down right creepy...
HammerHeadScott 6 months ago
@TheANBUweasel LOL I love you!
silvanusslaughter 6 months ago
Looks like the new iPad is here!
TheANBUweasel 1 year ago
Looks like the new iPad is here!
TheANBUweasel 1 year ago
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TheANBUweasel 1 year ago
goosebumps mutherfuckes, i GOT THEM!!1
ThisIsCleverUsername 1 year ago
Basically, what happens is this:
Apes wake up, see the monolith, go all ZOMG WTF!!!!1!! It turns out, this is kind of the thing that gets the human race going, because it gave them that one spark of intelligence and such. Oh, and actually, in the 4th book, they actually find the monolith in Olduvai Gorge, surrounded by offerings, so it turns out that it pretty much was the origin of religion.
itak365 2 years ago
@itak365 Only explain this - how the hell did that monolith get there? Or it's just an allegory or something?
PanicAttackRelief 1 year ago
monkey see a tall slab
timmchap35 2 years ago
soo creepy tho :O
byoz111 2 years ago 2
are they krumping??
Jrod311 2 years ago 2
you didn`t wached the movie!:(
wizardrowsy 2 years ago
The title was a fucking win! "Monkeys see a tall slab" ahhahaha
MrTSquared 2 years ago 32
My teacher said the block represent wonder and religion, which is why it fascinates the apes.
ACDCJCUSMC 2 years ago
their main purpose was to affect human evolution.
nykel007 2 years ago
Your mom fascinates apes...
PuudaMaggui 2 years ago
Rather than religion, you could say the slab represents the usual catalyst for progress: Seeing things differently, only it's externalised in the film. It's something so strikingly different from what they've ever seen before that it changes the way they see the world. It opens their minds, so to speak. In the book, the monolith is like a huge, morphing computer that teaches them specific things, but the passive, monolith of "otherness" is more effective to me.
Magnulus 2 years ago
they parodied this on wily wonka and teh chocolate factory(new one)
AngelSilasTV 2 years ago
no they didnt u idiot this is from "2001: A Space Oddysey" and it was made in the sixties
lequaie1234 2 years ago
@lequaie1234 they invented krumping and didnt even know it XD
1787dude 1 year ago
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!
man4Sam 2 years ago
Don't ever let those things get ahold of an airplane again! ROFL =D
MrNeo2001 2 years ago
be fuuny if it fell over and cruched an ape and they were like fuck this and man stayed apes
talleyho12 2 years ago
haha... they're apes damn it lol... the guy that posted this is a monkey lol
monkey1monk 2 years ago
If you wanna get technical, they're man-apes.
BenjaminLee 2 years ago
If you want to get technical humans are just a species of ape.
binkey 2 years ago
Your mom's a man-ape...
PuudaMaggui 2 years ago
birth of rationality?
cystmaker 3 years ago
front projection
katfield09 3 years ago
APES....Monkeys have tails./
PAULLONDEN 3 years ago 2