![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, I don't want to overly-encourage anyone to pay the outrageous prices I'm seeing online these days. I was tempted to rate this 5 stars based on the glorious, giant-sized art* alone, but I can't quite bring myself to do it. Clarke's novel as well, though I'm not sure if the latter is due to Kirby's own artistic license or if those portions were part of that previous version of the script. It incorporates elements from an earlier draft of the screenplay, and does use some facets of Arthur C. ![]() Still, I would've loved to have owned this as a kid after having been awed-yet-utterly baffled by the movie, as it does lay everything out in a much more straightforward way. The mystifying nature of the film is substantially reduced, which I suppose is inevitable since we're given a peek inside the heads of the characters as well as some added dialogue. Amazing cosmic art as usual here from Kirby, but (like some others mentioned), his adaptation of the story itself is perhaps a touch too literal. ![]()
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