[Styxx]

There will be a new Solaris movie! I almost freaked out when I saw the teaser on the theater today. Damn, this is one of the best sci-fi novels I've ever read, I just hope they make the damn thing right this time.

Shame the site doesn't have much yet (almost nothing, in fact):

http://www.solaristhemovie.com/

[demon442]

Never saw the origional and don't feel like clicking the link, whats the new one about?

[Mr. Vega]

Took a look at the plot and it looks insanely interesting. I'll think I'll buy the book.

[Pegasus V]

I thought the plot sounded a little far fetched and typical. But I think I'll just shut my big mouth...

[Nico]

solaris?
Only solaris i know is the freaking big boat in the Mysterious Cities of Gold...

[CP5670]

I thought Solaris was an operating system or something?

[Stryke 9]

I don't have the right QuickTime, and can't install the one they have there.

[Pegasus V]

Is this that movie starring George Clooney?

[Stargazer_2098]

Solaris?

Wasn't that a Russian (failed) attempt on creating a sci-fi movie in the 60's?


This new one looks much more interesting tough...


Thanks for the link.


Stargazer.

[Stunaep]

well, the big picture with a space station doesn't tell muvch of the plot, so would SOMEONE FRIGGIN' TELL ME WHAT'S IT ABOUT
(useless swearing no. 8472, just to make Maeg happy).

[Styxx]

Solaris is a sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem, published back on the 50's or so. The story is something like this:

On a distant future, mankind has explored and claimed practically the whole galaxy, but never found a single intelligent life form outside Earth - except for one possibility, the planet Solaris. This planet is covered by a huge ocean, that appears to be a single enormous living creature. The book tells the story of a scientist that specialized on this planet, when he's sent to a research station on it, and strange things start to happen.

You can check more info on the book on Amazon, here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0156837501/qid=1028728869/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9942481-7244165

Or on Lem's official site, here:
http://cyberiad.info/english/dziela/dziela.htm

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Pegasus V
I thought the plot sounded a little far fetched and typical. But I think I'll just shut my big mouth...

Well, that may be because lots of people already copied it...

[Kellan]

Originally posted by Styxx
Well, that may be because lots of people already copied it...

That's why the Beatles seem less visionary now than before, or why Asimov doesn't seem so forward-thinking. People should remember that Foundation was written in the Forties and Fifties.

[CP5670]

The Foundation series were great...

[Kellan]

Originally posted by CP5670
The Foundation series were great...

Hard to believe that they're 60 years old. I'm still reading the last few, though.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Kellan
Hard to believe that they're 60 years old. I'm still reading the last few, though.

And I'm still trying to get ahold of Second Foundation...

[Kellan]

Originally posted by Styxx


And I'm still trying to get ahold of Second Foundation...

Excellent book. By the way, the Second Foundation is on...!@!:""@!&*$!

*is killed*

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Kellan
Excellent book. By the way, the Second Foundation is on...!@!:""@!&*$!

*is killed*

* tries to revive Kellan (with a cattle prod, but still...) *

* fails miserably *

Hmm, crap.

* kicks Kellan *

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Styxx


* tries to revive Kellan (with a cattle prod, but still...) *

* fails miserably *

Hmm, crap.

* kicks Kellan *

*whistles a tune*

Man, how I love downloading things from Kazaa...

*goes on his way, whistling*