Post by kaliszewski on Aug 17, 2007 16:21:57 GMT -5
Not a story, just an idea:
One of the things that really, really bothers me about "Sunshine" is the fact that the people on Earth will never know exactly what happened to the Icarus II and her crew. It makes me sad in a terrible, gut-hollow way, and it's one of the reasons that the film isn't a "sell" for me. It's hard for me to imagine anything worse than not ever knowing what happened to a missing loved one-- whether that loved one saved the Earth or not. I've got the sun, fine, and I'm happy for the world at large. But I don't have my best friend, my son, or my lover, and that hurts. It bloody well hurts.
So, a thought:
In 2060 or so, after the Icarus Project on Earth declares the Icarus II officially lost, and the world stages thankful memorials and puts up statues or plaques or whatnot, the historians, novelists, and filmmakers step in. How do you think they'd reconstruct the story of the Icarus II after she entered the "dead zone"...?
I mentioned it over on the "Just for Fun" thread: the film "A Night to Remember," based on Walter Lord's meticulously (and, for its time, very accurately) researched account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It's an amazing film, quite likely the finest disaster picture ever produced. It's nearly documentary in its approach; it's nervewracking and heartbreaking. But, of course, Lord and the people who filmed his book weren't there for the sinking, and even first-hand accounts are subject to personal filtering, so it can't be completely "true"....
How would Lord or someone like him reconstruct the final days of the Icarus II for a viewing or reading audience of 2060 or so...?
Just throwing it out there....
One of the things that really, really bothers me about "Sunshine" is the fact that the people on Earth will never know exactly what happened to the Icarus II and her crew. It makes me sad in a terrible, gut-hollow way, and it's one of the reasons that the film isn't a "sell" for me. It's hard for me to imagine anything worse than not ever knowing what happened to a missing loved one-- whether that loved one saved the Earth or not. I've got the sun, fine, and I'm happy for the world at large. But I don't have my best friend, my son, or my lover, and that hurts. It bloody well hurts.
So, a thought:
In 2060 or so, after the Icarus Project on Earth declares the Icarus II officially lost, and the world stages thankful memorials and puts up statues or plaques or whatnot, the historians, novelists, and filmmakers step in. How do you think they'd reconstruct the story of the Icarus II after she entered the "dead zone"...?
I mentioned it over on the "Just for Fun" thread: the film "A Night to Remember," based on Walter Lord's meticulously (and, for its time, very accurately) researched account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It's an amazing film, quite likely the finest disaster picture ever produced. It's nearly documentary in its approach; it's nervewracking and heartbreaking. But, of course, Lord and the people who filmed his book weren't there for the sinking, and even first-hand accounts are subject to personal filtering, so it can't be completely "true"....
How would Lord or someone like him reconstruct the final days of the Icarus II for a viewing or reading audience of 2060 or so...?
Just throwing it out there....