I'd stopped watching it long before that, as soon as the aliens got involved it lost all credibility for me, and it hadn't had much before. I honestly didn't know there'd been another 2 series made (every days a school day!)

back to the Monolith thats eating Jupiter, yeah the Monolith, everybody knows that what it is, sunspots?...we all really believe it's "sunspots" or "gas storms" don't we! so do u reckon its going to turn Jupe into a star, or just eat it? if it does turn into a star, won't it melt/burn up all the moons close to it INCLUDING Europa where the plant aliens live? and won't we have nights anymore?

big question. are the aliens trying to help us or is it a cunning plan to conquer us? if they're the aliens out of Signs, then maybe they've seen the film and realised Earth is wet, so they're igniting Jupiter to dry us up so their alien invasion fleet won't be defeated. see? I've worked the whole thing out in a rational and logical manner!

taw, if you read/ watched 2001 and 2010 youd know the starbaby turned jupiter into a solar system of its own

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

wasn't the starbaby it was the Monolith itself, Bowman/starbaby was just a messenger. still can't figure out how Jupiter blew up but didn't wipe out its moons. surely Europa where the plant things live/lived would be turned to slag, not just nicely thawed out?

jupiter didnt blow up in the film in was turned into a black hole that imploded on its self and black holes suck matter in so when they explode most of its sent inwards
thats my theory on why it didnt melt the moons
either that or i gotta stop listening to the voices

Why don't space shuttles puncture heaven?

the monolith turned jupiter into a star, and turned the planets into habitable planets, there you go, blame the monolith

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

I just think a "love-bug" ,as we americans call them, just got smashed on some lens.



Either that or that's the Ship they took Elvis on

I know that it is all relative but.... most pix of Jupiter I've seen have
the red spot on the lower of the two dark bands. These pix show it on
the upper band.

Did the red spot move to make room for the dark spot? Or are these
shots "upside down"?

@Taw - Jupitar would make a pretty crummy star. Is not that big, so perhaps the moons farther out could support life

@Indy - Wow! Very observant! Interesting too. Could the spot move perhaps?

i thought the red spot dissapeared?

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

@FF - Well, that's what I am guessing is the orangey oval smudge in the upper band in the upper left quadrant of the shots. It seems to be moving from right to left.

@WLB - Thank you. It took me a while staring only at the bottom band to realize that it had not disappeared. I was, up to that point, flummoxed.

Edited by - Indy11 on 26-10-2003 14:17:34

If jupiter where 30 times larger, it would turn into a star, however, the monolith could find a way around that

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

To quote from the book

'What would be the first thing you would do to make jupiter into a star?'
'Id make it denser, for one'

Thats what its doing, the monolith, replicating, causes increased gravitational mass, causing jupiter to collapse. The increased pressure allows Hydrogen and helium nuclei in the core to fuse, therefore creating a nuclear fusin reaction that apparently lasts for about 1000 years.

The ingnition of jupiter allowed its moons (especially Europa) to become hapitable, but alot of nocturnal breeding animals on earth became extinct due to the new sun in the sky.

To end this on a joke:
'Before, Io was hell, Now, it's hell warmed up!'



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