How many people understand the end of 2010?

Laverne 2021-12-23 08:01:03

Compared with the previous work in 2001, this film has a slight shortcoming. The shortcoming is that there is no explanation or suspense in the previous work, which is still not explained in this work, which makes the audience feel very uncomfortable. For example, although the beginning of this work quoted Bob’s last sentence in the previous work, "God, the sky is full of stars!", but then there is no explanation about this, which is really regrettable. As an ordinary viewer, I think the biggest question after watching the previous game 2001 is where exactly David went and what mysterious things he experienced afterwards. None of these were mentioned in 2010. Perhaps the director himself has difficulty giving answers to this question, but as an ordinary audience, if he does not see what he is expecting, he will feel disappointed.
However, in the final ending of this work, the director also took a moment to think about it. I don't know if everyone really understands it. It was the last Jupiter explosion that gave birth to a second sun. You may think that this is the end, or you may still feel a little puzzled-after a long time, two suns are created. What do you want to explain? Does it have anything to do with the previous game? Yes, the first time I saw this, I also felt that the ending was set a bit inexplicable. But when I watched it for the second time, I found that at the end David ordered HAL to send the message to the earth:

All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there. All these worlds are yours except Europa.
Don’t try to land. There.

Then at the end of the film, there is a scene of a frozen planet and then trees and a lake slowly appear, with a stone monument standing in the lake. In fact, this place is Callisto! The surface of Callisto is indeed covered by ice, which gradually warmed due to the birth of the second sun and gave birth to new life. Think back to the long passage at the end of the film, in which there is something like this: one day in the future, the children growing under the new sun will meet the children growing under the old sun... which means that Callisto will produce new wisdom. life. I wonder who created this new sun? David Bob? Or is it some mysterious power?

Perhaps this is the sci-fi moral of this film: when one day humans discover a new civilization of wisdom, they must learn to live with them in peace.

Looking forward to the sequel of this series, I can shoot a little deeper.

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2010: The Year We Make Contact quotes

  • Victor Milson: The President has come to the conclusion that the NCA should be placed under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department. Enough with the crazy scientists spending all this money to try to talk to Martians.

  • Victor Milson: I got an idea. You go tell the President, I'll go on the mission.

    Dr. Heywood Floyd: You're the NCA Chairman.

    Victor Milson: You're right. I am.

    Dr. Heywood Floyd: Look, tell him we're screwed if we don't go. Tell him - if we do go - we'll lie. Give the Russians false information. Tell that. He'll love that!

    Victor Milson: He might.