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this book could have been a short story

by jes5199 2y ago

ceejayoz 2y ago
That's how it started.
- k__ 2y ago
  I had the impression, it started as a bunch of loosely connected pages on the SCP wiki.
NKosmatos 2y ago
This book will be a good sci-fi film ;-)
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  It was a great movie, though it flew over the heads of most viewers and got ~4/10 on Filmweb. You really don't remember it being in theatres a few years ago?
  - NKosmatos 2y ago
    I should have searched first…my mistake :-( There was a mini series released this year (March 2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32017112/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32017112/ and also a short film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32269914/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32269914/
    - jerf 2y ago
      On the one hand, the miniseries on YouTube failed the test I tend to apply to these sorts of adaptations, which is, can you understand it without having read the source material? It's hard to pretend I haven't read the original 3 or 4 times, but I don't think the answer is yes here. Maybe after 3 or 4 viewings, but the cold drop into the universe without the ability to do a lot more exposition is pretty rough. On the other hand, I have no idea how a miniseries or even a movie could reasonably adapt this for even a general sci-fi audience. As viscerally stimulating as film can be, there are some high-concept stories that just need text. I will compliment the miniseries for how it selected the subset of stories to adapt. There is a nice natural ending there. A downer, perhaps, but, welcome to the SCP-iverse. "I forgot what universe this was. For a while there, I thought, maybe… this was the universe where we win sometimes." - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/your-last-first-day https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/your-last-first-day (not used in the miniseries)
      - garaetjjte 2y ago
        I think miniseries failed to sufficiently hint at the meaning of the ending, that it is just a bomb that Marness talked about and not the machine she expected. It does have some plot relevant mistakes too, like that Paul is taken over before Marion leaves the chamber (Marion leaving the chamber while being aware of 3125 is the immediate cause of this outbreak, or at least I understand it this way). Portrayal of Grey is excellent though.
petesergeant 2y ago
I enjoyed it a great deal, but it did lose its way a bit. Nowhere near as bad as NS's endings have become relative to their beginnings, but still. I actually gave up Fine Structure some portion in, but I'm hoping Ra will sustain. Ed was also excellent, but had also lost its way a little bit at the end.

this book could have been a short story

ceejayoz 2y ago

That's how it started.

k__ 2y ago
I had the impression, it started as a bunch of loosely connected pages on the SCP wiki.

NKosmatos 2y ago

This book will be a good sci-fi film ;-)

TeMPOraL 2y ago
It was a great movie, though it flew over the heads of most viewers and got ~4/10 on Filmweb. You really don't remember it being in theatres a few years ago?
- NKosmatos 2y ago
  I should have searched first…my mistake :-( There was a mini series released this year (March 2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32017112/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32017112/ and also a short film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32269914/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32269914/
  - jerf 2y ago
    On the one hand, the miniseries on YouTube failed the test I tend to apply to these sorts of adaptations, which is, can you understand it without having read the source material? It's hard to pretend I haven't read the original 3 or 4 times, but I don't think the answer is yes here. Maybe after 3 or 4 viewings, but the cold drop into the universe without the ability to do a lot more exposition is pretty rough. On the other hand, I have no idea how a miniseries or even a movie could reasonably adapt this for even a general sci-fi audience. As viscerally stimulating as film can be, there are some high-concept stories that just need text. I will compliment the miniseries for how it selected the subset of stories to adapt. There is a nice natural ending there. A downer, perhaps, but, welcome to the SCP-iverse. "I forgot what universe this was. For a while there, I thought, maybe… this was the universe where we win sometimes." - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/your-last-first-day https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/your-last-first-day (not used in the miniseries)
    - garaetjjte 2y ago
      I think miniseries failed to sufficiently hint at the meaning of the ending, that it is just a bomb that Marness talked about and not the machine she expected. It does have some plot relevant mistakes too, like that Paul is taken over before Marion leaves the chamber (Marion leaving the chamber while being aware of 3125 is the immediate cause of this outbreak, or at least I understand it this way). Portrayal of Grey is excellent though.

petesergeant 2y ago

I enjoyed it a great deal, but it did lose its way a bit. Nowhere near as bad as NS's endings have become relative to their beginnings, but still. I actually gave up Fine Structure some portion in, but I'm hoping Ra will sustain. Ed was also excellent, but had also lost its way a little bit at the end.