Talk:Tycho Magnetic Anomaly TMA-1

The lunar monolith[edit]

I noticed that somebody linked the lunar monolith to Tycho Magnetic Anomaly TMA-1. Is this name mentioned in the film at all? --Bungopolis 09:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. I put the link in while expanding the TMA-1 article itself. I remember the name from the book, rather than the movie; I had thought it occurred in the movie as well, but honestly can't remember. There are a couple of early versions of the screenplay floating around on the net, that refer to TMA-1 in the scene names/descriptions, but not the actual dialogue. Thoughts? It's easy enough to unlink if it's inappropriate - or could mention in the TMA-1 article that that name is only used in the book. Before I changed the TMA-1 article, it only mentioned the movie, not the book. Paddles ^T_C 13:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not mentioned -- shown. Remember, with a single exception, Kubrick deliberatly ommitted the use of direct dialouge in the movie. He presented everything he could visually. In scene after scene, characters talked around what was hapening. On the journey in the sub-orbital shuttle, Halvorsen and Michaels show Floyd a stack of diagrams, maps, and photographs indicating the discovery of an anomaly in the moon's magnetic field in the Tycho crater, dubbed TMA-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomaly #1). There was an image I included in the article that showed a closeup of the file Floyd was reading Image:2001TMA1printout.jpg. The image was to establish this. But somebody decided that...

"There is no such thing as too little when it comes to fair use. That is all. "

..and proceded to delete it and a number of the other images I and another admin had left in the article -- butchering it. Your comment here demonstrates the point I have been repeating over and over to the brickwalls here: "2001 is primarily a visual experience; to not use multiple pictures, IMHO, would leave the article in a banal half-state. It was on account of the visual nature of the work that I incorperated more than the usual number of images. I have tried to be accomidationg to you, but it seems to mean nothing to you. How many other people disapprove of the article as it now stands? Ok some of the prose may need touching up -- I am not a professional writer!" -- User:Jason Palpatine speak your mind

PS -- I hope this was helpfull. -- Jason Palpatine 17:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the images are so important to this article, why is one of them (Image:TMA-1.jpg) lacking any sort of fair use rationale? -- Lilwik 04:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moving to Monolith (2001: A Space Odyssey)[edit]

I think this article should be moved to "Monolith (2001: A Space Odyssey)" where a more general discussion about the 2001 series monoliths can be added, along with its cultural significance, as its quite a common image taken from the film. --Bungopolis 01:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would think it should be merged with The Monolith instead, because the monolith appears in multiple works, not just in 2001: A Space Odyssey. That page is a ill-conceived disambig which probably would be a good place for the subject after cleaning up. hateless 01:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]