#Andrew Solari

[moviesandmania]

WELCOME WEEK Horror anthology - trailer and release date

‘A new school of horror’ Welcome Week is a 2024 horror anthology film comprised of five stories focused on a relentless masked killer. Also known as Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology The movie is comprised of the following segments: ‘Welcome Week’: Directed by Ethan Gomez-Zahnley and Jack McDermott (Satan’s Servant), from a screenplay written by McDermott ‘Blood Stream’: Written and…

[mctoran]

Sins of the Father

“You have barely even begun to scratch the surface of what it truly means to be The Keymaster…”

[biglisbonnews]

From Out of Sight to Magic Mike: our writers pick their favourite Soderbergh films With the release of Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Guardian writers argue why their Steven Soderbergh pick is better than the restAt the age of 26, Soderbergh conquered Sundance, won the Palme D’Or at Cannes and changed the indie film business forever – not bad for a first try. Having a killer title like sex, lies and videotape certainly raised eyebrows, but Soderbergh’s debut not only delivered on its seductive promise, but seemed to understand where human relationships might be headed in a future where the camera can act as a diary, a mediator and a tool for eroticism. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/08/best-steven-soderbergh-movies-magic-mike

[the-cat-demon]

my carrd :3

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hello! i am the cat demon. i go by many names. i prefer to “earn” titles, such as “Dental Floss Veins”. but, if you need some examples, feel free to call me Cat, or The Oracle, or anything you can come up with. the same goes for pronouns! however, if i may steal yours, i will ;3 i have adhd, autism, and dysgraphia

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☆ tagging system!!

#demonic shitpost - my shitpost tag for posts made on this blog

#eris doin a shitpost - my shitpost (and mostly original post) tag for posts made on my main/old blog, @apollos-dodgeball-target

#oracle posting - tag for when i make predictions (both ones that come true as a story im recounting, and otherwise)

#cannibal posting - generally followed by "#it's not cannibalism. im a cat" to clarify. because TECHNICALLY its not cannibalism its just predation. posts where i eat people or get weird and hungry over guts. feel free to block this tag if thats too weird for you :)

#cat posting - for when im being extra kitty :3

#mutual sillies - tag for interacting with my mutuals!

#maggot taggot - asmi fandom tag

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☆ kuiperian (part of the Celestial Gender System)

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☆ i draw, and animate! my art blog is @imagesfrommybrain, and my art tag is #celestial scribbles

([here] are my commissions)

☆ i also write many things (most of which can be found on my @eristhewriter blog, or on the tag #writings of a creature), including (but not limited to):

poetry

music

short stories

i am also Poet Solaris on @poetsofthestars

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☆ fandoms im in!

epic: the musical

good omens

percy jackson

gravity falls

over the garden wall

THE MAGGOTS (asmi fandom)

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☆ music i enjoy!!!

artists: 

aurora

hozier

soda stereo

kiki rockwell

shakira

abba

queen

the andrews sisters

vera lynn

ricky martin

nat king cole

miracle musical

the crane wives

bon jovi

genres:

swing (and some electroswing)

classic rock

jazz & blues, that sort of music

folk rock

uhhhhhh idk genres

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☆ other hobbies/etc!!

WIP HAHA

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[astolfocinema]

Solaris (2002) ---------------- dir. Steven Soderbergh cin. Peter Andrews cs. USA

[a-silver-dragoness]

(Incomplete) Songs that remind me of my Husbandos (because I can)

Optimus Prime- Song of the Abyss (Aviators), Safe & Sound (DEAF KEV & Sendi Hoxha), Superhero (Simon Curtis), If Today Was Your Last Day (Nickleback)

Ratchet- Far Away (Nickleback), How You Remind Me (Nickleback), The Light At The End (Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori)

Ghost- Zanarkand (Nobuo Uematsu), Hollow (Heartist)

War- The Red Hood (Aviators)

Nemesis- Flesh (Simon Curtis)

Big Daddy- Depression of Cybernetics (Megurine Luka)

Ludwig- Song of the Caged Bird (Lindsey Stirling)

Joshua Graham- Safe & Sound (from The Hunger Games Soundtrack) (feat. The Civil Wars) (Taylor Swift), My Demons (Starset)

Solaris- Ad Honorem (Phil Rey), Burn It To The Ground (Nickleback), Feathers Across the Seasons (Kagamine Rin and Len)

Latria (my realm, not husbando) - Far Across The Land (Ryan Louder & Eurielle), Andrew's Song (Imascore), Queen for a Day, Pt. 1 (Blackmore's Night)

Pyramid Head-

Toothless-

[snackpointcharlie]

As fate would have it, we were live the night after the election with a new episode of Snackpoint Charlie. I only promised only to do my best to make a space where we could breathe together or freak out or really, who knows, and that post-election meltdown is now up for download:

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 147 - 2024.11.06 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/f054j2 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Tom Recchion - “Oaxaca Dawn” from OAXACA DAWN | BAMBOO https://tomrecchion.bandcamp.com/

2) Minna Hokka - “Finnish Lament Singing” https://soundcloud.com/yes-magazine/finnish-lament-singing-minna-hokka

3) Natalia Beylis - “Lost - For Annie” from LOST - FOR ANNIE https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/album/lost-for-annie

4) Etta James - “I’d Rather Go Blind” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Rather_Go_Blind

5) Midori Hirano & Brueder Selke - “Scale F” from SPLIT SCALE https://thrilljockey.com/products/split-scale

6) Andrew Artemyev - “Solaris - Ocean” from SOLARIS (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) https://www.superiorviaduct.com/products/eduard-artemiev-solaris-original-soundtrack-lp

7) Pinchas Gurevich - “Getting Back to It”

8) Tengger - “Buna” from EARTHING https://tengger.bandcamp.com/album/earthing

9) Autechre - “Further” from AMBER https://autechre.bandcamp.com/album/amber

10) Myriam Gendron - “La belle Françoise (pour Sylvie)” from MAYDAY https://thrilljockey.com/products/mayday

11) Daphne Oram, Andrea Parker & Daz Quayle - “Frightened of Myself” from PRIVATE DREAMS AND PUBLIC NIGHTMARES https://aperturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/private-dreams-and-public-nightmares

12) Souled American - “Rise Above It” from AROUND THE HORN https://souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-horn

13) Tomaso Albinoni - “Adagio in G Minor (excerpt)”

14) Nadah El-Shazly - “Riad” > “Adi” from LES DAMNÉS NE PLEURENT PAS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) https://nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/the-damned-dont-cry-original-motion-picture-soundtrack

15) Jandek - “Color Streaks” from VISION OF JEWELS https://corwoodindustries.com/product/0864/

16) John Cale - “Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed” > “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” from FRAGMENTS OF A RAINY SEASON http://john-cale.com/fragments/

17) Wakuénai (Curripaco) - “Ten men playing in the village plaza” from MUSIC FOR SHAPE-SHIFTERS: FIELD RECORDINGS FROM THE AMAZONIAN LOWLANDS, 1981-1985 https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-shape-shifters-field-recordings-from-the-amazonian-lowlands-1981-1985

18) Bonnie “Prince” Billy - “I See a Darkness” from I SEE A DARKNESS https://bonnieprincebilly.bandcamp.com/album/i-see-a-darkness

19) Alice Coltrane - “Om Rama” from THE ECSTATIC MUSIC OF ALICE COLTRANE - TURIYASANGITANANDA https://www.luakabop.com/products/copy-of-xx-world-spirituality-classics-1-the-ecstatic-music-of-alice-coltrane-turiyasangitananda

20) Jesse Paul Miller - “Temple complex at top of Sagaing Hill (U Ponya Shin Paya) / Nyaung Shwe town : paya (wat) grounds / U Ponya Shin Paya : on the covered stairway near the top / Kyay Sar Kone village : Buddhist broadcast through tannoy” from MYANMAR (BURMA) AMBIENT https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/myanmar-burma-ambient

21) Songs: Ohia - “United or Lost Alone” from JOURNEY ON: COLLECTED SINGLES https://www.discogs.com/release/5609065-Songs-Ohia-Journey-On-Collected-Singles

[scienza-magia]

Estrazione di metalli rari negli abissi marini

Scoperta eccezionale: noduli polimetallici che producono ossigeno nel fondo marino. L'estrazione mineraria in ambienti così remoti e profondi potrebbe avere conseguenze devastanti sugli ecosistemi marini. La scoperta di nuove fonti di ossigeno nel mare rappresenta un avanzamento scientifico che potrebbe trasformare la nostra comprensione dell’ecologia marina e le dinamiche ambientali associate all’estrazione mineraria sottomarina. Recentemente, uno studio pubblicato sulla prestigiosa rivista Nature Geoscience ha svelato una scoperta sorprendente: i noduli polimetallici, minerali rari situati sul fondo marino, sono in grado di produrre ossigeno, definito “ossigeno scuro” dagli autori dello studio. I Noduli Polimetallici I noduli polimetallici sono strutture minerali che si formano sul fondo marino, tipicamente in pianure abissali, aree oceaniche caratterizzate da profondità estreme e copertura di sedimenti. Questi noduli, di dimensioni variabili e spesso ricoperti da uno strato di sedimenti marini, sono composti principalmente da ossidi di ferro e manganese, due minerali abbondanti nei fondali oceanici profondi. Tuttavia, la loro composizione non si limita a questi elementi; i noduli contengono anche metalli preziosi come il cobalto e una varietà di elementi di terre rare, che sono essenziali per la produzione di tecnologie avanzate e a basse emissioni di carbonio, come le batterie agli ioni di litio e i pannelli solari.

Questo rende i noduli polimetallici un obiettivo ambito per l’estrazione mineraria d’altura, una pratica che sta guadagnando attenzione a causa della crescente domanda di metalli tecnologici. Tuttavia, l’estrazione mineraria in queste profondità estreme comporta sfide significative, tra cui la difficoltà di raggiungere il fondo marino, l’uso di tecnologie specializzate e, soprattutto, le preoccupazioni ambientali associate alla perturbazione di ecosistemi marini delicati e poco conosciuti. La complessità dell’ecosistema profondo, insieme alla mancanza di dati sufficienti sugli impatti a lungo termine, ha sollevato interrogativi sulla sostenibilità di tali operazioni e sulle possibili conseguenze per la biodiversità marina e la salute degli habitat. Importanza economica ed ambientale L’estrazione dei noduli polimetallici potrebbe rappresentare una svolta economica significativa, offrendo accesso a risorse minerarie preziose e rare che sono cruciali per l’industria tecnologica moderna. Questi metalli sono componenti chiave per una serie di tecnologie avanzate, dalla produzione di veicoli elettrici a basse emissioni di carbonio, fino alla realizzazione di dispositivi elettronici di ultima generazione. Tuttavia, l’interesse economico per l’estrazione di questi noduli deve essere bilanciato con una valutazione approfondita dei potenziali effetti ambientali. L’estrazione mineraria in ambienti così remoti e profondi potrebbe avere conseguenze devastanti sugli ecosistemi marini, che sono già vulnerabili a cause di stress ambientali come il cambiamento climatico, l’acidificazione degli oceani e l’inquinamento. Le operazioni minerarie potrebbero perturbare il delicato equilibrio ecologico, distruggere habitat critici, alterare i cicli nutrizionali e causare la perdita di biodiversità in questi ecosistemi complessi e poco studiati. La difficoltà di monitorare e valutare gli impatti ambientali in queste aree remote rende urgente la necessità di sviluppare e implementare pratiche di estrazione mineraria più sostenibili e di approfondire la nostra comprensione degli effetti potenziali di tali attività. La scoperta dell’Ossigeno Scuro La recente scoperta che i noduli polimetallici possono produrre ossigeno è stata ottenuta grazie al lavoro di Andrew Sweetman e dei suoi colleghi, che hanno condotto una serie di esperimenti avanzati utilizzando camere speciali collocate sul fondo marino, a circa 4.200 metri di profondità. Questi esperimenti si sono svolti nella zona Clarion-Clipperton, un’area dell’Oceano Pacifico centrale nota per la sua abbondanza di noduli polimetallici e per la difficoltà di accesso. I ricercatori hanno misurato la concentrazione di ossigeno in diversi luoghi situati a oltre 4.000 chilometri di distanza tra loro, per ottenere una panoramica rappresentativa delle condizioni ambientali. I risultati degli esperimenti hanno mostrato un incremento costante della concentrazione di ossigeno in un intervallo di due giorni, suggerendo che i noduli polimetallici sono una fonte attiva di ossigeno. Questa scoperta è stata confermata attraverso analisi di laboratorio di follow-up, che hanno rivelato che i noduli non solo contengono i metalli noti, ma interagiscono con l’ambiente circostante in modi che generano ossigeno. Gli autori dello studio hanno ipotizzato che le proprietà elettriche dei noduli siano alla base della produzione di ossigeno, suggerendo che le reazioni chimiche che avvengono sui noduli potrebbero essere responsabili dell’emissione di questo gas. Questo fenomeno, definito “ossigeno scuro” a causa della sua scoperta in ambienti estremamente profondi e oscuri, rappresenta una nuova e affascinante area di ricerca nell’ambito della geoscienza e della biologia marina. Produzione di ossigeno dei noduli polimetallici Gli esperimenti condotti da Sweetman e dal suo team hanno fornito dati significativi sulla produzione di ossigeno da parte dei noduli polimetallici, rivelando un aumento misurabile della concentrazione di ossigeno nell’acqua circostante i noduli. Questa produzione di ossigeno è stata osservata in modo consistente durante il periodo di due giorni di monitoraggio, suggerendo che il fenomeno non è un’anomalia occasionale, ma una caratteristica regolare dei noduli. Le analisi di laboratorio successive hanno confermato che il cambiamento nelle concentrazioni di ossigeno era effettivamente dovuto alla presenza dei noduli e non a variabili ambientali o a contaminazioni esterne.

Gli scienziati hanno utilizzato simulazioni numeriche per esplorare ulteriormente il fenomeno e ipotizzare i meccanismi che potrebbero spiegare la produzione di ossigeno. Le simulazioni hanno suggerito che le proprietà elettriche dei noduli, come la loro capacità di condurre elettricità o di facilitare reazioni chimiche redox, potrebbero essere alla base della generazione di ossigeno. Tuttavia, gli autori avvertono che, nonostante questi risultati promettenti, è difficile stimare l’entità della produzione di ossigeno su scala globale e che sono necessarie ulteriori ricerche per comprendere appieno l’impatto di questa scoperta. L’Ecologia Marina La scoperta che i noduli polimetallici possono produrre ossigeno ha implicazioni profonde per l’ecologia marina, in particolare per gli ecosistemi del fondo marino profondo. L’ossigeno è un elemento fondamentale per la vita marina, e le fonti di ossigeno in ambienti così profondi e remoti sono essenziali per sostenere la biodiversità e la funzionalità degli ecosistemi. La produzione di ossigeno da parte dei noduli polimetallici potrebbe supportare una varietà di organismi marini che abitano questi ambienti estremi, influenzando la loro distribuzione, la loro crescita e le loro interazioni ecologiche. Gli ecosistemi del fondo marino sono noti per la loro complessità e per la loro resilienza, ma sono anche estremamente vulnerabili alle perturbazioni. La rimozione dei noduli polimetallici attraverso l’estrazione mineraria potrebbe alterare questi ambienti in modi che non sono ancora completamente compresi. La perdita di una fonte significativa di ossigeno potrebbe influenzare la composizione delle comunità biologiche, modificare le reti trofiche e causare cambiamenti nelle dinamiche ecologiche. È fondamentale, quindi, considerare attentamente le conseguenze ambientali delle attività di estrazione mineraria e adottare misure per minimizzare l’impatto sugli ecosistemi marini profondi. Read the full article

[thechaosmuses]

Below the cut is a list of all my original characters, from every fandom, organized by such. I figured I would go ahead and put this up, as well as a canon muse one, for my oc and canon starters so that way it's easier for y'all to see who is included without going to every separate muse list.

The Vampire Diaries

Elizabeth Haven Mikaelson Roman Ryker Mikaelson Erik Flynn Mikaelson Kareena Dawn Mikaelson Thyra Selene Mikaelson Karsyn Devyn Mikaelson Mateo Maxwell Mikaelson Serenity Faye Mikaelson Sawyer Finch Mikaelson Aurelia Nova Mikaelson Felix Ares Mikaelson Willow Luna Mikaelson Tobias Floyd Mikaelson Zephyr Raven Parker Zariyah Dove Parker Kennedy Taylor Parker Myles Zane Parker Mariana Joy Parker Paisley Juniper Parker Braeden Talia Salvatore Holden Atlas Salvatore Ezra Grant Salvatore Liberty Faye Salvatore Jensen Graham Gilbert Easton Reed Gilbert Jesse Jonathan Gilbert Elias Rhodes Gilbert Jazmyn Sophia Gilbert Atlas Rowan Petrova Titus Izaiah Petrova Kamen Maverick Pierce Natalie Adrianna Pierce Eleanor Marie Bennett Salem Elijah Bennett Gabriel Graham Gustin Belladonna Sharie Bennett Seraphina Rose Ward Theodore Joseph Brickenden Kaia Asherah Halloran Carter William Forbes Cameron Myles Lawrence Jameson Tyler Rosza Tatum Jaxson Lockwood Tatiana Jade Lockwood Taylor Jacob Lockwood Axel Madden Hughes Ashton Malik Hughes Sebastian Sawyer Sharpe Niall Nash Novak Montgomery Felix Langston Ophelia Esme Lovell Sapphire Lee McGuire Rami Calder McGuire Warren Jaxon Kingsley Jeremiah Michael Kenner Cecilia Jaklyn Labonair Rosemary Belle Whitlock Hadley Kamryn Fuller Kamryn Avery Marshall Lorella Diane St. John Andrew Kolton Rogers Blair Lilith Walsh Zachariah Cole Norwood Matthias Lucien Delacour Matias Camilo Garcia Cyrus Boyd Mikaelson (spn to tvdu) Harmony Iris Johnson (tw to tvdu) Chandler Matthew Rawlins (tw to tvdu)

Containment

Jubilee Fawn Ellison Carson Elijah Mayes Maddox Rhett Lancaster Malia Rayne Lancaster Makai Reid Lancaster Delilah Anne Malone Austin Blake Coleman Damian James Taylor

Teen Wolf

Aspen Bella Stilinski Adrian Archer Argent Addison Athena Argent Lyla Sage Martin Amaia Tala Alexander Malik Elias Hale Madelaine Emery Hale Isaiah Parker Lahey Amadora Constance Sharpe Callum Tate Raeken Dawson Cole Reynolds Jared Taylor Parrish Stephen Ezekiel Hemming

Supernatural

Amelia Mae Allen Melody Athena Hayes Lucilla Marie Nightstar Eden Faith Cruz Elijah Luke Cruz Valentina Rosalie Hart Adaliah Ember Darhk Alexandria Skye Earp Lillian Dahlia Campbell Adriel Xavier Grant Talon Colt Ashford Silas Kai Parker Josephina Jazmyn Walker Elyza Alice Pierson (tvdu to spn)

DC Comics

Kiera Jaylin Davis

Marvel

Kailee Elizabeth Holtz (hero and villain verse) Kaiden Edward Holtz (villain and hero verse) Camelia Waverly Maximoff Kaleb Jonas Barnes Maxine Josephine Rogers Melody Elizabeth Young Anastasia Sloane Lenkov Wren Nika Volkov Wynter Nadia Volkov Cordelia Ara Odinsdottir Amora Delphine Brantley Celeste Juliet Livingston Nikolai Nathaniel Novak (tvdu to mcu) Charmeine Ayla Hanlon (spn to mcu)

Stranger Things

Stella Blake Russell Scarlet Ember Ward Valerie Mae Henderson Mitchell Elliot Mayfield Meredith Eleanor Mayfield

Misc

Ambrosia Nyx Tartarus Acacius Nile Tartarus Duncan David Dalveron Damien Dawson Dalveron Brantley Cole Kline Rosalie Grace Anderson Rowena Greyson Andrews Ryker Grant Andrews Aviana Summer Archer Dylan Bryce Thatcher Sterling Atlas Ward

9-1-1

Evelyn June Buckley Ethan Jace Buckley Hazel Jayne Walker Hayes Jesse Walker Izaiah Edison Hendrix Waverly Chloe Hendrix Matilda Iris Monroe Fallon Pierce Richards

Book Babes

Cyra Lux Vespara Wilder Blaze Hawthorne Dion Ignis Vanserra Pyralis Jax Vanserra Warren Forrest Hayward Solana Aruna Meridian Anatole Cyrus Solari Althea Zaria Cadlawon Tynan Kerrell Visita Kirsi Gwyneira Nieves Lyall Colden Whittaker Caspian Calder Conway Maribelle Aelia Sommer

Zodiacs

Wyatt Keegan aka Aries Kianni Phoenix aka Sagittarius Leon Cyrus aka Leo River Mira aka Cancer Dylan Lucas aka Pisces Josephine Nova aka Scorpio Conrad Atlas aka Taurus Kailynn Amelia aka Capricorn Taron Sage aka Virgo Alice Skye aka Libra Aaron Micah aka Aquarius Adelaide June aka Gemini Arianna Rose aka Gemini

[noraadrienne]

August is fast approaching and I have an amazing list of new books for your enjoyment!

August 2023 Week of Aug. 1st  Game of Spies – A Novel – Ava Glass Birder, She Wrote – Meg Langslow #33 – Donna Andrews A Deadly Dedication – The Open Book Mysteries – Margaret Loudon The Connellys of County Down – Contemporary, Ireland – Tracey Lange A Troubling Tail – A Cozy Story – Laurie Cass What Happened on Hicks Road – A Novel – Hannah Jayne A Sense for Murder – A Sally Solari…

[thejewofkansas]

The Weekly Gravy #128

Kimi (2022) – *** Steven Soderbergh is the rare auteur who rarely writes his films; since his segment in the anthology film Eros in 2004, his only writing credit has been for the short Building No. 7. He seems to leave the writing to others – in this case, David Koepp – but from Traffic onwards he’s shot all his films under the name Peter Andrews, and from Solaris onwards he’s edited most of the…

[isolaradiale]

hi! I got caught in the a/c, I would like to reapply as andrew kreiss (gravekeeper) from identity v. thanks!

Welcome back to chilly Isola Radiale, Andrew!

You’ll be housed in CONDO 423.

You’ll retain everything you were given in your last visit.

Enjoy your return!

– ⋆ solaris

[byneddiedingo]

George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis in Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, 2002) Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis. Jeremy Davies. Ulrich Tukur. Screenplay: Steven Soderbergh, based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem. Cinematography: Steven Soderbergh. Production design: Philip Messina. Film editing: Steven Soderbergh. Music: Cliff Martinez.  The self -- or the soul, if you will -- is made of memories. Which is why disorders of memory, like Alzheimer's, terrify us so: Who are we if we don't have our memories? Relationships, too, are made by memories -- or marred by the absence of shared ones, as Andrew Haigh demonstrated recently in 45 Years (2015). But what are you if you are made of someone else's memories? That's the provocative premise explored in this version of Stanslaw Lem's novel Solaris, directed, written, photographed, and edited by Steven Soderbergh. When it was released, it was widely regarded by some prestigious critics as too slow, as "ponderous and dreadful," as "opaque, self-indulgent, and just plain goofy." I don't know if the critical reaction has shifted over the past 20 years, but I think Soderbergh's Solaris is a worthy companion to the more critically lauded Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky (1972). They attempt different things: Soderbergh a meditation on love, loss, and identity framed in the conventions of the sci-fi film, Tarkovsky a personal exploration of humankind's alienation from nature. If, as I tend to do, you prefer deeply personal filmmaking to Hollywood glossiness, you may prefer Tarkovsky, but I honor what Soderbergh -- a personal filmmaker working with Hollywood stars and conventions -- has achieved. The presence of George Clooney does tend to skew the film a bit, partly because Clooney, like all movie stars, has a fixed persona, and when he works against his type -- the handsome, wisecracking, invincible leading man -- people tend to feel their expectations have been frustrated and become dismissive. Would Soderbergh's Solaris have been critically better received if he had been able to cast his original choice for the role of Kelvin, the chameleonic Daniel Day-Lewis? Perhaps, but Clooney gives the role his considerable all, and I think it's one of his best performances. He's well supported by Natascha McElhone as Rheya, whose increasing horror at discovering she's not human but instead a being crafted out of Kelvin's memories of his dead wife is touchingly presented, and by Viola Davis as Gordon, who masks her terrors with a facade of toughness. We've seen Jeremy Davies do twitchy perhaps once too often, but it works here against the more controlled personae presented by Clooney's and Davis's characters. Soderbergh also wisely keeps the identification of what (or who) Solaris is -- a planet or some kind of galactic sentient entity? -- one of the film's unsolved mysteries. To go too far into explanations would have sent the film into routine science-fiction territory. Cliff Martinez's musical score neatly supports the otherworldliness of the film.

[unissonmag]

FLASH : DG SOLARIS / THE CLOCK GOES RED / EMY TALIANA

Check out our last reviews for #SpiritGlow by @DGSolarisband ; #CommonGround by #TheClockGoesRed ; and #7Days by @EmyTaliana Enjoy! 👇

For some this is a retake session, for others, it is purely a moment of research, in any case, there are three albums released earlier this year that are really worth a shot. Flashes.

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[masivechaos]

☆ about me! ☆

my name is Solaris, i use any pronouns, i am queer (people irl know me as a lesbian but i don’t identify with the term i don’t know why), demiromantic and demisexual. i'm a french person so i'm sorry if i make some mistakes in my fics. I'm neurodivergent so sorry if i talk too much oops. I write depending on my current hyperfixations.

currently reading: the kite runner by khaled hosseini

currently watching: andore

currently listening: casual by chappell roan

☆ solaris’s favorites! ☆

movies/tv shows:

harry potter, sherlock bbc, bohemian rhapsody, nana, banana fish, the maze runner, mcu, lotr, heartstopper, given, stranger things, dead poets society, tangled, doawk, teotfw, young royals

artists:

the cure, girl in red, queen, the smiths, pomme, nirvana, abba, harry styles, conan gray, maneskin, billie eilish, mitski, tyler the creator, gorillaz, beabadoobee, cavetown, david bowie, radiohead

things to do:

writing, reading, listening to music, watching criminal documentaries, crocheting, baking

☆ solaris's comfort characters! ☆

sirius black, steven meeks, spencer reid, sherlock holmes (bbc), remus lupin, rapunzel, eddie munson, neil perry, george weasley, klaus hargreeves, nick nelson, ash lynx, gerard pitts, james potter, aaron hotchner, richard cameron, legolas, miss honey, mavis, number five, peter parker (andrew), kenji kishimoto, pippin and merry

☆ solaris's dms! ☆

my dms and inbox are open if you want to talk (keep in mind that i’m not a therapist) or make friends! i like to meet new people (but scared oops) and don't hesitate to tag me (even if we aren't mutual etc) if you want me to read your fics, watch your edits…

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ back to the navigation!

[leguin]

by request, some of the most interesting articles/reviews/obituaries of 2021:

“all work and no play” by sam adler bell | dissent magazine

“honoring a water warrior: how harry williams fought for paiute water rights in owens valley” by jeanine pfeiffer | kcet

“shitty men du jour: france’s literary #metoo” by madison mainwaring | the baffler

“where does it end?” by samuel stein | the baffler

“‘the water is coming’: florida keys faces stark reality as the seas rise” by oliver milman | the guardian

review of kevin richard martin’s return to solaris by jared dix | the quietus

“understanding the horror of slavery is impossible. but a simple cotton sack can bring us closer.” by rebecca onion | slate

“kip kinkel is ready to speak” by jessica schulberg | huffington post

“the anti-trans lobby’s real agenda” by jules-gill peterson

“did james plymell need to die?” by leah sottile | high country news

“big and slow” by elisa gabbert | real life

“a world where george floyd and ma’khia bryant would still be here is a world without police” by mariame kaba and andrea j. ritchie | newsone

“between a rock and a god place: rural oregon’s war on the homeless” by theo witcomb | the baffler

“lost and unfounded: will kafka’s work survive the distorted representations made in his name?” by judith butler | jewish currents

“celebrate the good news of the crab“ by daniel lavery | the chatner

“’i’m taking back what’s mine‘: the many lives of thandiwe newton” by diana evans | vogue

“i have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world - and i hate it” by britt h. young | input mag

“‘their spirits were trapped in those masks’“ by avi steinberg | topic

“gay stories for straight allies” by huw lemmy | utopian drivel

“the memory war” by katie heaney | the cut

“built trades” by andrew yamakawa elrod | phenomenal world

“the internet is rotting” by jonathan zittrain | the atlantic

“do no harm: the complex ethics of portraying suicide” by jess mcallen | the baffler

“how the personal computer broke the human body” by laine nooney | vice

“community service: inside the native tribe transforming justice” by abacki beck | bitchmedia

“when ‘foundation’ gets the blockbuster treatment, isaac asimov’s vision gets lost” by julian lucas | the new yorker

“gary bettman & the nhl are who we thought they were” by sean gentille | the athletic

“iohan gueorguiev, ‘bike wanderer’ of the wilderness, dies at 33″ by alex traub | the new york times

“the dying art of the blockbuster film trailer” by merryana salem | kill your darlings

“vanishing: a bond across centuries” by daniel hudon | the revelator

“loving lies” by bill adair | airmail