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*** Yes, but Clarke didn't reveal that the computer was named SAL until ''2010''.
== ''Contact'' (at least, the [[Contact (
The mysterious aliens who built the [[Portal Network]] in the Vegan System are the creators of the Monoliths. The aliens who made contact with Earth are one of the many alien races that have evolved due to the Monoliths.
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* Over the course of the human race's evolution, we have become more infantile in proportions (neoteny is the technical term; chibi is the otaku term), which would explain the enormous space-''fetus'' part. Tying into Clarke's Third Law is that people will become absurdly powerful by modern standards, explaining why it's an ''enormous'' space fetus. And, since the Monolith caused the first jump, it would also cause the second one, natch. Probably the most boring explanation for the ending ever, but meh. Also, read the book before you watch the movie: that way, the end is a hell of a lot less Mind-Screwy.
== ''[[
GERTY is essentionly a ''nice'' version of HAL-9000. The cloning and technology seem similar as well.
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== HAL's murder of the astronauts was prompted not because he was trying to cover for a mistake he had made, but because the people running the mission had specifically programmed him to do so under certain circumstances. ==
This was a theory put forward by
* But if Mission Control's top priority was maintaining HAL's authority over the crew, they wouldn't have told Dave and Frank that HAL was in error predicting the fault of the AE-35 unit.
** . Bowman, by checking the replaced AE-35 unit and seeing that it was functional, already knew that HAL was in error. HAL's control over Bowman was lost at that point, regardless of what Mission Control would have said.
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"My God!" isn't used as an exclamation; it's used to identify the pronoun "it" in "My God- it's full of stars!" (For a not-so-serious example: "My chocolate- It's full of peanut butter!")
== The Aliens are [[Magic:
And the monolith are devices that allows the ignition of the Spark without the person dying.
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