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I am not going to try to compare the 2002 Soderbergh film version, but I like how they both compare the human mind to an a nearly unknowable alien (ocean of clo
by initramfs 4y ago
I am not going to try to compare the 2002 Soderbergh film version, but I like how they both compare the human mind to an a nearly unknowable alien (ocean of clones that appear on the ship)
I haven't read or seen the full 1972 version, but does anyone know if this line is in Stanislaw Lem's book?
"“We're proud of ourselves.
But when you think about it,
our enthusiasm's a sham.
We don't want other worlds. We want mirrors.” -it is from the 2002 screenplay, but I am curious if it has any analogue in the Polish book or Russian film.
- agarren 4y agoI see the following in the English kindle version - seems like it’s the same in spirit: “We’re humanitarian and noble, we’ve no intention of subjugating other races, we only want to impart our values to them and in return, to appropriate their heritage. We see ourselves as Knights of the Holy Contact. That’s another falsity. We’re not searching for anything except people. We don’t need other worlds. We need mirrors. We don’t know what to do with other worlds. One world is enough, even there we feel stifled. We desire to find our own idealized image; they’re supposed to be globes, civilizations more perfect than ours; in other worlds we expect to find the image of our own primitive past.”
- initramfs 4y agoThank you so much! I've always been curious of that-it's stuck with me.
- Tade0 4y agoIt's a heavily modified version of a quote by one of the characters - Dr. Snaut (Snow).
- initramfs 4y agoThank you!