Talk:Monolith

The monolith on Tycho does not appear to be 1 by 4 by 9. I could see the height of 9 and the width of 4, but the thickness was a lot less than 1. It looked more like .6 by 4 by 9. GCapp1959 10:36, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

I got another look at it in Bowman's "bedroom". It looks more like 1 by 8 by 27... the cubes of 1, 2 and 3. Somehow, I think Kubrick simply made it look like a giant, dot-less domino block! GCapp1959 13:53, May 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * In the novels, the dimensions of all the monoliths, regardless their size, have the proportions of 1 to 4 to 9. That is not to say the Tycho monolith is 1 foot by 4 feet by 9 feet; I believe that the height of TMA-1 is given as about 11 feet.


 * Yes, the monolith at the foot of Bowman's bed at the end of the film is slightly elongated. Don't ask my why. I have no idea. Dennis the cow man 01:56, June 20, 2010 (UTC)