utopologist [any]@hexbear.nettoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Which adaptation do you think has surpassed its source material in quality?English
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4 months agoBoth film versions of Solaris, though for vastly different reasons. Lem’s original novel is super dry and hard sci fi, like most of Lem’s work, which isn’t my favorite kind of sci fi. Both films really delve into the fascinating psychological questions of the situation Kelvin finds himself in. The Tarkovsky version is the best, unsurprisingly, since Tarkovsky is the GOAT, but I also really enjoy the Soderbergh version with George Clooney. The latter is hollywoodized compared to the Soviet version, but still is a really interesting and gorgeous movie
I know you probably don’t actually care, but things that the Pope says are only infallible when they’re made ex cathedra, which is like a special phrase that indicates “this stuff came straight from God”. Most of the things the Pope says don’t have that authority