2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick is a classic movie that combines nearly every cinematic element imaginable into a single movie that was revolutionary for its time. Right off the bat‚ the movies captures your emotions with an iconic score‚ and strong‚ vibrant visuals. At the very beginning of the movie‚ the watcher is given a pitch-black scene‚ while music plays in the background for several minutes‚ gradually intensifying until it builds to a climax. The music itself takes the watcher
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on the table in front of me are not just useful‚ they tell the story of our journey from simple ape to thinking human (Robson 121)”. It’s amazing that something done millions of years ago can still have such an impact on the world today. It became evident after reading this article‚ that the tool-making required much of the human cognitive ability we have now. Linking our intelligence back to the Apes. “In a way we’re just
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was created‚ the evolution on technology‚ and the rebirth. The out of place curious apes discover the first tool on the earth‚ but in the end of this major discovery leads to destruction. This scene opens up about four million years ago in the African desert with a clan of curious and fearful apes. The apes are in constant competition with each other or the other group of animals that are among them. As the apes awake from their chilling and fearful slumber they
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vision and create film after film with his alternatively artistic ideas. In Beetlejuice a warped sense of reality can be seen‚ then in Sleepy Hollow his unique vision emerges with the comically black Headless Horseman and his lair‚ and then in Planet of the Apes his stylistic retelling of the ’68 story with his own twisted style gives insight into his vivid imagination. Looking at concept art for his films‚ you gain an understanding about his aims for his creations‚ and his vision of the ideas. His
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The Creation of the Universe In my short life on this planet I have come to question things that many take upon blind faith. We all know that we must some day die; yet we continuously deny the forces at work inside ourselves‚ which want to search out the answers of what may or may not come after. It is far easier for humanity to accept that they will go to a safe haven and be rewarded for their lives with pleasures and fantasies of an unfathomable scale than to question the existence
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chimpanzee‚ and so has no more rights in law than a car or a television. I am one body in a growing number of people want to change all that. Campaigners across the world are attempting to persuade governments to grant great apes elementary “human rights”. We argue that great apes are enough like us to deserve special treatment over other animals. For Henry it’s more than a philosophical debate. The sanctuary near Vienna in Austria where he has lived all his life is facing bankruptcy‚ and unless he
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ideal conditions for planet formation do not occur in the clusters of stars‚ which appear to be a single star. Planet formation is most likely to occur in single body stars. Of the single stars‚ there are many of them that are not good for planet formation in that they burn too brightly‚ and are entirely too massive; ultimately‚ they burn up their fuel fast‚ not allowing enough time for planets to form. Stars that are much smaller often burn very dimly. For life to occur‚ a planet would have to orbit
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and would be strange if he was not just a little bit biased. The reason why a bird or a fish was not chosen as a mentor is because no other living animals on Earth possess the similarity and knowledge that humans possess. This intellectual advance of apes puts them closest to the humans without actually being a human. That way‚ it is possible for
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the creation week. My neighbor on the other hand believes that we did in fact evolve from apes. Because my neighbor does not believe in God I think it is important to first share the evidences for God such as order‚ harmony‚ and complexity. The presence of a conscience also indicates a creator God. Humans were created in the image of God not animal. The evolution model predicts a common ancestor of man and apes. Genesis 3:20 indicates that Eve is the mother of all the living. Humans and chimps have
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Movies and novels such as "Planet of the Apes" and 2001: A Space Odyssey are called Science Fiction because they portray situations that seem extremely unrealistic concurrent with contemporary philosophy. "Planet of the Apes" depicts a world where apes rule while humans are subjected to servitude and confinement. These apes speak intelligibly and are human-like in appearance and behavior. In 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ the highly advanced computer‚ HAL 9000‚ an acronym for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic
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