2001: A Space Odyssey

1. Characters

1.1. Dr. Heywood Flyod

1.1.1. Goes to the moon to see TMA-1

1.2. David Bowman

1.2.1. On a spaceship called Discovery

1.2.1.1. Mission: go to Saturn to figure out why TMA-1 is sending signals there

1.2.1.1.1. Finds out that there's a bigger version of TMA-1

1.3. Frank Poole

1.3.1. Bowman's partner in Discovery

1.3.1.1. Unfortunately gets killed when replacing something (in AE-35 unit) by a space pod

1.4. Moon Watcher

1.4.1. The leader of a starving tribe who was manipulated by a black monolith before Christ

1.4.1.1. Feels like the master of the world, but doesn't know what to do next

1.4.1.2. Eventually gains intelligence to survive & make tools

1.5. Hal

1.5.1. A computer built into Discovery

2. Conflicts

2.1. Hal vs. Crew (Bowman & Poole)

3. Ideas

4. Questions

5. Symbols

6. Social commentary? Satire?