![]() ![]() ![]() On first seeing a picture, a scientist says casually, "Damned if I know what it is" then asks for coffee. Even the Monolith in the movie isn't treated with respect.So, this lends support that it was never a Star Gate in the movie universe. Though interestingly enough, it no longer works as a Star Gate.And by 3001, it's revealed they can do a whole lot more.In 2010: The Year We Make Contact, it is capable of reproducing, causing Jupiter to reach critical mass and turn into a star.The book also states that the ratio continues beyond that but humans are only able to perceive its presence in three dimensions.The 1:4:9 ratio is really only from the book they didn't stick to it when doing the movie.Via the character of Machine Man, who originated in the 2001 Marvel comic book continuation and lately in Nextwave, this selfsame Monolith exists in the Marvel Universe.2001: A Space Odyssey is the Trope Maker.In the opening scene they are cavemen and find a monolith, which turns out to be a blackboard. Another (non-canon) story narrates about two Star-Crossed Lovers (actually the author and his fiance) who meet and get separated throughout history as part of an alien experiment.Rat-Man once published a parody of 2001, where the monolith that originally made apes intelligent is rediscovered and a scientist wants to use it to make humankind Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence.Or rather, since the end hints this comic was a prequel to 2001, U'n is the monolith. In the Belgian comic Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel, the creator god U'n appears in the form of a monolith.In homage to Aaron's origin, the Watchers' transport gateways look like this in Earth X.Retellings of his origin usually omit the Monolith for licensing reasons, but it does pop up occasionally - most notably, decades later, the final issue of X-51 finally reveals that the Monolith aliens are the Celestials. A Monolith appears to Aaron and helps guide him to stable sentience. The series is best remembered today for introducing the android hero Aaron Stack the Machine Man in its final issues. Jack Kirby briefly produced an ongoing 2001: A Space Odyssey comic book for Marvel, chronicling the Monoliths' interactions with humanity throughout history.One issue of The Tick's comic-book had him and Arthur versus a town full of hick Mad Scientists who'd gained their super-intelligence from a monolith that had fallen in a local cornfield. ![]()
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