http://grlucas.net/2004/01/27/lems-solaris-critique-of-human-progress/ English Professor, New Media Specialist, Photographer Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://grlucas.net/2004/01/27/lems-solaris-critique-of-human-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Bernard Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:56:00 +0000 http://grlucas.net/2004/01/27/lems-solaris-critique-of-human-progress/#comment-196 This is an interesting post. I've only seen the two movies, have yet to read the book, and I found them quite compelling. I'm aware of the premise of the book, and have read some of it, however, and it does seem Lem is one level removed from the two filmmakers. They want to maintain the humanity of it, and I think most of what Lem's writing is probably the same way, except the movies can't make their focus the inscrutability of Solaris, so they focus on this idea of the foreignness of others. It's miles above any of the sociopolitical sci-fi I've read, although some of it has been more sensitive, it tends to be all about schematization and making analogs to the current, and rarely questioning the state of affairs as much as giving it clarity. Good read, thanks. This is an interesting post. I’ve only seen the two movies, have yet to read the book, and I found them quite compelling. I’m aware of the premise of the book, and have read some of it, however, and it does seem Lem is one level removed from the two filmmakers. They want to maintain the humanity of it, and I think most of what Lem’s writing is probably the same way, except the movies can’t make their focus the inscrutability of Solaris, so they focus on this idea of the foreignness of others. It’s miles above any of the sociopolitical sci-fi I’ve read, although some of it has been more sensitive, it tends to be all about schematization and making analogs to the current, and rarely questioning the state of affairs as much as giving it clarity. Good read, thanks.

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