JamesD sez: "The scene that looks great, but, for me, doesn't quite fit with the established themes of 2001 is the sequence of Bowman traveling through the Monolith"

Perhaps it's a quick tour through the universe, consciousness, and the next plane of existence that Bowman is experiencing in order to advance to the next stage of evolution.

When the hominid at the beginning came into contact with the monolith, something happened in his mind to give him the idea to use weapons. The trip at the end of the movie when Bowman comes into contact with the monolith could be what he is experiencing that will lead him to the next step.

Or not.

Last Edited By: cjh5801 Jan 22 11 9:06 PM. Edited 1 times.