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There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

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jes5199 ◴[12 Aug 24 14:58 UTC] No.41225169[source]▶
this book could have been a short story
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NKosmatos ◴[12 Aug 24 15:20 UTC] No.41225459[source]▶
This book will be a good sci-fi film ;-)
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TeMPOraL ◴[12 Aug 24 19:34 UTC] No.41228389[source]▶
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?

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NKosmatos ◴[12 Aug 24 23:40 UTC] No.41230598[source]▶
I should have searched first…my mistake :-(

There was a mini series released this year (March 2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32017112/

and also a short film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32269914/

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1. jerf ◴[13 Aug 24 14:57 UTC] No.41236111[source]▶
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 (not used in the miniseries)

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2. garaetjjte ◴[13 Aug 24 18:22 UTC] No.41237986[source]▶
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.