I think a movie, like 2001, can never really be explained, and actually doesn't even need to. As long as people keep on seeing the movie and wondering about its mysteries - it's alive. A Space Odyssey is definitely one of the highlights in the history of cinema and one of the very few movies that reaches perfectionism. This movie certainly means a lot to me and in Kubrick's reputable filmography, this is probably my favourite. Thank you very much for reading.
Machines do exactly what they're programmed to do.
So it's the human programmers that have done something wrong when a computer goes haywire. I must have been 13 when I first saw this movie with my father back in '79. God' sounds more appropriate in a scenery like this. MAT-1 is a sentinel, it's a Tool, but a very sophisticated one. The Makers may be very powerful, but they use tools too, unlike a God.