Did I Miss Something... Why Is Europa Off-Limits?
Thank you for your answers.
People are their principles.
Because the monolith aliens want new life to evolve there (which it does in Odyssey Three).
shareThank you; but would somebody know that without reading the books (like me)? I'm just wondering if I missed something from the movie.
People are their principles.
I haven't actually read the books, though I know what happens in them. It's made clear in the film of 2010 what's going on though. The Leonov finds traces of chlorophyll on Europa and Floyd states "there's some kind of new life there, underneath all that ice." Then at the end of the film, we see Europa in the future where it has turned from a seemingly frozen, barren world into a lush humid place covered by plant life (because of the warming effect of Jupiter becoming a mini sun) and a monolith is standing there waiting for the first intelligent life there to find it, just like one did on Earth millions of years earlier.
sharea monolith is standing there waiting for the first intelligent life there to find it, just like one did on Earth millions of years earlier
Nice post, but just a qualm - of course, the protohuman Moongazer and his group did not find the monolith. It appeared overnight in a familiar and previously unoccupied spot, and apparently disappeared some time later.
The monolith that was waiting for humans to find it was the one that had been buried on the moon.
I guess this is 2001 quetion but did the monkeys find the monolith or did it suddebly appear. They did not appear to be migrating.
shareI guess this is 2001 quetion but did the monkeys find the monolith or did it suddebly appear. They did not appear to be migrating.
You replied to the specific post that had just answered your question. Wow...
Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm gonna blow him right to Mars. share
In the case of Europa, the monolith is there from the start to watch over the evolution of life there & protect it from any human intrusion or interference. The intelligence behind the monolith clearly wants European life to have its chance to develop unimpeded or threatened by another (our) life form/
shareUntil they pulled the plug in 3001
shareThere is that ... but I prefer to end Clarke's 2001 at 2010; the subsequent books weren't anywhere near as good to me. And the novel 2010 does have that 20,001 epilog on Europa, which is far more satisfying … again, to me.
shareI havent read the series in years. But what owlwise says sounds accurate to my recollection
shareThank you MuMu2525! That answered my question too!
shareAre you kidding me? Did you miss the entire probe scene? It was one of the most obvious plot points of the film.
sharewhats that one called?
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