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Novel:[]

  • Magnum Opus: This is Lem's best-known and most well-regarded novel.

1972 film:[]

  • Nightmare Fuel: Burton's description of his vision over the Solaris ocean is pretty disturbing.
  • Special Effects Failure: the scene where Hari crashes through the door looks a little silly 40 years later.

2002 film:[]

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 Chris : Why did you kill yourself?

Gibarian : It seemed like a good idea at the time.

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  • Crowning Music of Awesome: The whole score, but in particular the scene of Chris' first approach towards the station at Solaris.
  • Moral Event Horizon: Chris crossed the line when he locks the first copy of Rheya in a pod and jettisons it.
    • Snow is actually dead, and his copy killed him in self-defense within thirty seconds of coming into existence, so copy Snow hid dead Snow in the ceiling.
  • They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Lem himself did not particularly care for this adaptation (though he didn't even watch it), citing concerns that it was too focused on the romantic aspects. But then again, he wasn't too fond of Tarkovsky's either.
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