Roadside Picnic: The best sci-fi show never made?

In a new Sci-Fi Night LIGHT we check out the cancelled AMC show Roadside Picnic, what inspired it, and why it's such a loss to sci-fi.
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[@masterzoroark6664]

Aliens visited Left their trash And humans started picking through this alien trash

[@bonzo-er6ly]

... and this whole idea is so fucking cool ...

[@masterzoroark6664]

@@bonzo-er6ly who wouldn't want self replicating bateries or aluminium moss that only grows on plastic

[@bonzo-er6ly]

Masterzoroark666 - After solving this basic problems xD, humanity could finally move on to take care of more important questions of life and the universe xD

[@hummingpylon]

Like picnic ants

[@Dartchuffer]

I’d really enjoy if roadside picnic didn’t become a soulless pile of shit to sell merchandise like the walking dead did (it was never good to begin with tbqh)

[@dannyp2970]

Talking about the Walking Dead, it would be awesome if a small group of comic book writers and artists with love for the source material created a spinoff story of The Roadside Picnic into a series of graphic novels. As I remember from the novel, they explain the placement of the zones as if "somebody spun a globe and shot it with a revolver at random." It means you could have a Zone set anywhere on earth and it would be faithful to the book.

[@KowOneOhTwo]

I've always maintained that the first episode of the Walking Dead should be viewed as a low-budget film, and I'd say it's a great one. No episode gets any better and the overall quality takes a STEEP decline soon after.

[@bonzo-er6ly]

KowOneOhTwo - the problem is that tere is not mutch too add after just slicing and dicing zombies or each other. This gets regularily interruptet buy unlogical and stupid characters with repetitive clichees. 4 tense seasons with a good main story arc coming to a interesting end would made that a cult classic. The actors are mostly good. But its a cash cow. Tne Zombie Waltons xD

[@id104335409]

The Zone - Let's explore it! The Getto - Let's go around!

[@sci-fi-night6241]

🤣🤣

[@Name-de3qw]

to be fair if things go well in the zone you could get riches or even a wish granted, maybe. The ghetto the best thing to happen is probably nothing.

[@gabrielqualia8028]

"get out of here, stalker!"

[@sci-fi-night6241]

^_^

[@miklosmiklos9835]

“Pray!” I yell. “Stalkers cut in line at the gates of heaven!”

[@bobbygoestoabyss6624]

What are you? a statue? Don't let the door hit you!

[@konstantinnikolaev4949]

Oh shit! I didn't know that was cancelled. I was expecting that show to be released any moment now... I am really dreaming about the show which would transfer the book to the screen without distorting original intricate philosophy of the book. There are many movie adaptations (in russian) of Stugatsky,s books and none of them are good on my taste. Thus, very sad news for me. PS: Your show is awesome, thanks!

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Yeah it's a real shame =/ I know, right? A show that could do that would be an all time great, also a shame that none of the Russian adaptations of Strugatskys works hold up, you'd think they would get the source material better. Is it more of a writing or production/budget issue? Thank you my friend! :)

[@dannyp2970]

Have you read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bugakov, I was lucky to read it in the original Russian, it is one of my favourite books. I read it a second time after smoking weed and I noticed all the allegories criticizing the Soviet Regime. It is interesting to note that the only reason Stalin didn't purge the writer was because he loved his stories and plays so much, it's amazing to think someone famous had gotten away with criticizing Stalin's regime right under his thumb and lived.

[@MySerpentine]

God, the end of the book was heartwrenching

[@hastekulvaati9681]

Poor Arthur.

[@felixia7856]

Malcolm Armstrong HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!

[@svhmj3918]

The meat grinder didn't let him through.

[@TheKnight-zf5eb]

@@felixia7856 One of my favorite sci-fi mantras. Another one i like very much is "My God. It's full of stars".

[@htf5555]

"in truth there is no single rational answer. we have no reason to be here, but we're drawn to it, fascinated by it, and afraid of it. but no matter what, we can't resist its siren call"

[@cesar9058]

HBO should make this series, it's the only producer that could make a high quality series to make justice to the novel and the stalker games.

[@eyydri]

if it gets the same attention to detail as band of brothers it could be an insanely beautiful and potent piece of media. BoB is a true classic that stands so greatly on its own, and a miniseries/series about roadside picnic / stalker could definitely use a refined, high quality series medium to shine bright as a classic

[@BATTLECATT00]

They will never get done, guess why? Give you a hint, both book and movie are Soviet R. The Game is inspired and Ukran made...

[@VarangianVigilante]

I played all the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and loved them

[@sci-fi-night6241]

You and me both! Shame they never made any more after Call of Pripyat...

[@VarangianVigilante]

You are a man of great taste. I really have to re-visit those games. Still got all the goodies from the special editions

[@dannyp2970]

I love those games, some of my favourite games of all time. There is a mod called Call of Chernobyl that puts the maps of all 3 games together, and is like an open world version of the game where you can play any faction, follow a plot or just live like a STALKER, with your own purpose. There are also a ton of extra mods that you can download on top of the game. I spent many days just sunk into the world, acting out my own fantasy. Please if you love the games, download this mod. It is really well made, and very fun.

[@thebritexiteer7956]

Anomaly is a 64 bit stand alone misery type mod based on all 3 games.

[@qeveritas9319]

@@thebritexiteer7956 yep. tried CallofChernobyl 2 months ago, but was destructed by its buggyness, few days trying to make it working and not crashing with few important modes. but then I found Srtalker Anomaly (just newly updated month ago),64 bit. almost no crashes.Most of important modes implemented (so almost no other modes needed), like in CoC- one big world containing maps from all 3 Stalker games+ few totally new,added by community. Thanks to it you can enjoy total Stalker experience again ;)

[@BrandosGrassesOn]

It pains me to see such great content in the dark after almost three years. Underrated channel. Great video brother.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Thank you very much, really appreciate it Working! Working on new content again that will be out soon at least :)

[@morgang5666]

It probably gor cancelled because they cast Monkey as a Mixed raced girl, which is hilarious imo but they would for sure get in trouble.

[@dws6x292]

I can safely say it is a good thing that I don't mind if adaptations are faithful or not. Stalker is my favorite Tarkovksky film and my second favorite film of all time but let's be honest it is a piss poor adaptation of the book. Proof that a bad adaptation can still equal a great film or films. Great video by the way.

[@arturczerwinski2616]

More than about series being cancelled I am sorry about the fact that Strugatsky brothers had to struggle for eight years with several Soviet institutions in order to get their book published at all. Think about it, if they wrote this today and had such a success at hands, there would probably be many parts to come. I love SF genre and don't get me wrong, there are many good books written even nowadays and by western authors too, but Roadside Picnic was exceptional and Redrick Schuhart will stay with me forever.

[@hummingpylon]

The book is superior to the movie but the movie is legendary(fun fact it was shot twice). Anyway, the scene where the husband comes home I think to myself hmm why is this so familiar and roadside picnic comes to my mind, since I already knew the premise of the movie. Underrated book.

[@Zendo909]

AMC adapting the Roadside Picnic? Close call... I hope a proper studio will do it.

[@chrisbinckes2732]

the concept developed by arkady and boris strugatsky in their novel implicitly hints at 'simultaneous multiple integration' of the human race by a series of alien species types via a method which is similar to 'hereditary parasitism' and 'morphic resonance' - rupert sheldrakes theory of species communication.... the novel was smuggled out of russia during the cold war and dissed by many jealous westerners... its very rewarding to see so many graphics students here and now getting interested in this enigmatic and prophetically possible narrative.... yeah yeah im old.... no lousy comments please... there is another russian novel which urgently needs readapting to the current high standard of cgi cinema and that is 'the master and margharita' by mikhail bulgakov a visionary whose brilliance suffered under the erratic vacillations of Stalin... so cmon someone do the right thing please.... thank you to the uploaders of this fine segment above

[@H457ur]

I read that Tarkovsky and a few others who worked on the film died of cancer related to the toxic environment in which the film Stalker was filmed - it was the *SAME TYPE* of cancer. This isn’t necessarily fact, but it is a suspicion that is pretty frequently repeated by numerous sources. So, it’s bleak in reality as well as in fiction.

[@MadBertus]

The making of adaptations of Roadside Picnic seems to cursed or something. The movie Stalker by Tarkovsky that was released is actually second version of that movie, as the first one was shot, but the film on which it was shot wasnt properly developed(or maybe spoiled purposefully?), so after loss of pretty much whole movie MOSFILM wanted to shutdown its development, but Tarkovsky persuaded them to make it as two-parts movie, to push deadlines and get some new funds to shoot the new movie. As for the differences, the first version had obviously larger budget and even involvement of soviet army, supplying many more tanks for the enviroments, also story-wise it seems to have been much closer to the book, than the final movie (you can hear some more info in a really good "Interview with Rashit Safiullin" you can find here on youtube.) STALKER game also wasnt concieved without issues, the final game seems to be also quite far from the original goal of STALKER Oblivion lost. And after success of the games, GSC even announced STALKER Tv-series, which unfortunately died shortly after with the end of GSC. Fate of Stalker 2 game also doesnt seem to be getting conclusion anytime soon. There was even Czech TV-movie adaptation of Roadside picnic called "Návštěva z Vesmíru" (Visit from space) in 1977 so even before the Stalker by Tarkovsky, but it just once aired in Czech TV, there is couple of accounts of people who saw it, and even people who were part of the shooting, by which it seems it was the closest thing to book so far. But when people asked the TV to air it again, it came to light that the Czech communist leadership at the time, didnt like the philosophical themes of the movie, and it was silently destroyed shortly after it was aired. Also there some other stalker-like projects that did get finished, like finnish movie Vyöhyke (Zone), which you can find and see here on youtube. Or also some movies by Konstantin Lopushanskiy (guy who was already in production crew of Tarkovsky s Stalker) like Dead Man's Letters (1986), Visitor of a Museum(1989), and The Ugly Swans(2006), although they dont reach the qualities of the Stalker by Tarkovsky, they quite nicely replicate/expand upon its atmosphere, with quite differently pointed stories. Plus there s a movie Третья планета (The Third Planet) from 1991 by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, telling another story of the zone from a completely different angle. And also there s a russian TV-series called Zona, which is still in-development, but similarly to Roadside picnic TV-series it seems to have problems with funding.

[@sergeiorlov5096]

Same with F.Herbert's Dune, sadly. (Movie adaptation-vise)

[@evan807]

Adalbertus Malleus the movie that we see is actually the 3rd time they filmed it, the second he used a different cinematographer that didn’t get a long wit him so tarkovsky fired him

[@tommybro5313]

Tldr

[@MadBertus]

@@tommybro5313 tldr making adaptations of Roadside Picnic is cursed, either dont do it, or come well prepared

[@tommybro5313]

Adalbertus Malleus i don’t believe in superstition

[@SteveRes]

It would have been terrible. For a start, in the book his daughter, "Monkey", is a mutated child covered in hair due to her Father being exposed to the Zone so much. In this trailer she's a cute adorable kid you see every day in soap operas. This looks like watered down sci-fi full of beautiful people and their family drama. It's a relief this was never fully developed.

[@wesbrooks1194]

I work at the company that made the hazmat suits that the stalkers wore for the pilot, everyone was hopeful this series would get picked up as a lot of the plans they had for the series going forward were fantastic! since the hold on the suits is over it's assumed this show will never get picked up. Funny enough you can actually rent out those suits to use them in movies from my shop

[@sci-fi-night6241]

That's really awesome, I think many of us had optimistic views on it, a real shame it never came around. Where's your shop btw? :)

[@wesbrooks1194]

Sci-Fi-Night we're located in North Hollywood California. It's called global effects

[@thelonewolfCub]

I saw the movie back then. its just awesome, and like cube a real treasure for people who like philosophical thoughts. when i get the chance I will watch the pilot. as always a very intresting light episode. cant wait to hear your opinion on the soldier.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

I knew you'd like the movie! ^_^ Thank you very much, can't wait ti get to it either ^_^

[@nikolaj.alasdair]

Hi! I played all the games (still playing. ;) ) read the book (and many others from A&B Strugatzkij) and saw the terkowskij film... I'm waiting for a film/series for this topic for a long time, cause it's really a great sujet, ich really hope they will make it!

[@Мишель-щ6э]

Annihilation is a kind of adaption of the Roadside picnic

[@wiz4e]

Awesome video, thank you very much. Edit: I've seen the movie Stalker would loved to see more about this world - movies or series pref.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words! :) Same here, I'm just so fascinated by it, that's why I eat up anything related to or reminiscent of STALKER! :p

[@vault-tecgirllonewanderer1077]

I have a few props from the pilots, too bad it wasn

[@theflosscor5620]

''Some traveling cooking show'' *stalker dies*

[@RusZugunder]

The book itself spawned almost a whole new genre in Russian/East European literature. Book series Survarium was very much inspired by Roadside Picnic, there is also Survarium the game, but it never got past being a generic pay to win shooter sadly. There is also the book Metro 2033 with a bunch of sequels, and a game series in the same universe, both are very much inspired by, you guessed it, Roadside Picnic. It's a shame that it's not very known in the west.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

Roadside Picnic is that is amazing book. The problem is that Roadside Picnic has a mystery box plot with an ambiguous ending and that has been done to death.

[@MegaroadProducciones]

Yes, yes, and yes... Several times. I'm already a stalker, the Zone have me. XD. I also, writinga role playing game, (adapted myself), call STALKER Zone Picnic. But also you can find some other fanmade rpg call STALKAN and Staklker, in the web. Most in finland language. (Mine is spanish).

[@makemeyourradio52]

Man I'd love to see that series. And I'd convince 10 people to watch as well.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Yeah it's a shame :/

[@makemeyourradio52]

@@sci-fi-night6241 another series idea is The Metro Trilogy, I've read the books and played the games. TV series would be 🔥🔥🔥

[@sci-fi-night6241]

@@makemeyourradio52 I've read the first metro book and played some of the first game, totally agree, rich world that I'd live to see adapted to the screen!

[@Oblio1942]

I skipped school to go and read roadside picnic. It is also the first book I pick up when Im flying somewhere. Its probably my favorite book.

[@CrudForge]

SyFy's The Lost Room is kinda sorta a Roadside Picnic knockoff.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Really? Interesting, gotta check it out! :D

[@CrudForge]

Yeah. It was a really interesting setup for a series, then they crammed the whole thing into an hour minimovie. So disappoint.

[@brandoncallahan9289]

You know, I'm kinda glad it failed, because it would have probably turned out to be the first bad thing to come out of Roadside Picnic. (the book) Because there's the book, which is hailed as one of the best science fiction books of all time, even after not being printed in America until about 30 years after it was written. Then there's the movie, which at least in my opinion and many other Roadside Picnic fans was a great film. And then there's the most well known thing to come from Roadside Picnic, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games, which are all absolutely amazing. Clear Sky is kinda iffy, but not a bad game, just a little broken in my opinion. So one book, a movie, and 3 games (hopefully a 4th someday) and not a bad example in site. And we all know a TV show like this would turn out like The Walking Dead, the same thing over and over. Maybe as a mini series or something, you know, one season and end it there, and it could have been good. But more than one season and I would imagine it would go downhill fast. So, in my opinion, the failure of this show is going to be beneficial in the long run to the Roadside Picnic and the Stalker name.

[@capper6100]

Brandon Callahan I wanted and still do want a movie that is based on the STALKER game world (more action and faction stuff). I heard one was being made but there were legal issues, like not having permission, so it didn’t get off the ground, idk. “Stalker 2” is supposed to release 2021 I think. The page on steam said GSC Game World announced it.

[@brandoncallahan9289]

@@capper6100 I've heard about STALKER 2 (and seen the website GSC has that says STALKER 2 2021), and am hoping that actually becomes a thing. As for a movie based on the games, depending how it's done I could see that being pretty enjoyable. Only real issue with a STALKER movie is most movies based on games suck, but it being STALKER, and the fact that there was a Stalker movie already (albeit based on the book) there's probably enough there and a good enough atmosphere to make a damn good movie. And who knows, maybe Nimble will appear in it XD

[@j.dunlop8295]

It requires too much thinking, for most people, I as a retired teacher am thinking? But, I think I think too much, or too little? Zone, thinking, maybe? LoL 🤔 ✌️

[@alkevier7127]

i was hyped for the show but was really upset when it was cancelled

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Same here :(

[@capper6100]

the book and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games where great!

[@tobiasdog100]

The movie Annihilation was a movie that's better than the book it's based on. It reminds me of Roadside Picnic.

[@Aphonos1]

Great video! I've played all the games multiple times as well as seen the movie and read the book, all of which I love. I recall that they left the 'alien' thing fairly open in the book too, only theorizing about it.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Thank you very much! Yeah that's a fair point, there is much talk of the aliens in the book but its just our characters speculating^^ Thanks for watching! :)

[@bonzo-er6ly]

its like in the alien movie. What you dont know, scares the most. major old horror rule.

[@emptripod]

I played STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl when it first came out. To this day, that is still my favorite game EVER made. Stalker is my favorite movie and Roadside Picnic is my favorite book!! If you haven't, read the Metro 2033 books. Super good!!

[@capper6100]

Adam Wray Are the books anything like the game story? If it isn’t i’m going to get the books.

[@capper6100]

Thomas Bashore Thx! I will then

[@GhostRanger5060]

Classic Book and More Classic Film. One of the best from the old Soviet Union. Ironically (if you know what the story is about), "Stalker" was filmed in a Soviet toxic waste site and is believed to have led to the early demise of the director and several of the actors and film crew.

[@Ram-xw4kj]

If that Zone ever comes to this earth, BOOK ME THERE! Ill be taking first damn flight ASAP!

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Just be careful, bring some vodka! :p

[@Ram-xw4kj]

Absolutely. XD Btw, have you seen that Russian documentary about accident in Chernobyl? Where that Russian general claimed it to be true that vodka helped. Anyway, some of voluenteers drank a lot of vodka under the time of cleanup of the powerplant and those guys where the only ones to survive, all others died, every helli-pilot died in matter of weeks in agony, while these drunken gopniks made it for decades. If that is the case than it is realy the only medicine we truly have against radiation. :O XDDDD

[@eliaselias9899]

I think roadside picnic is one of the most underrated sci-fi worlds. It just came up too late, nowadays, much less people up for reading books or comics. So the movie companies stick to old franchises that had been promoted for a long time (since I guess 50?), like characters from Marvel or DC

[@ileiad]

Underrated video

[@mariuss72]

You should watch Annihilation, you will see why.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

mariuss72 yup, I was thinking "This reminds me of Stalker..." throughout the whole film 😅

[@dannyp2970]

It reminded me of Stalker too. I get really excited about anything Zone related.

[@vadimastprojects8770]

"Annihilation" was utterly terrible.

[@Ram-xw4kj]

Are you recomending that feminist bs to us? That was a joke of a film, sad try to make an intelligent movie done by very unintelligent people.

[@assaultspoon4925]

The movie was bad tho

[@catsfrommars]

Have you heard that they started production on a STALKER kickstarter film? It’s called Shadow of the Zone, you should look into it

[@GhostShipBaychimo]

4:42 Ahhhhh they aint Technical Issues, They are Features lmao

[@Name-de3qw]

There are several recent quasi adaptations. Made in abyss and otherside picnic are manga/anime that run with the other dimension with strange rules of physics and terrible dangers, but potentially great riches. Metro 2033 is a shooter that captures a lot of the feel of strange things happening and decay of the normal laws of the world.

[@Hybridsystem818]

the metro games are based of a book series of the same name, metro 2033, metro 2034 and metro 2035

[@SS-zg5dv]

I just got this recommend, and didn't even know the show existed. Marked One, what the hell!?

[@jeffschleg9665]

Have you ever read the novels based off the Stalker games? They are huge in Russia and there are a lot. There are around 15 official ones written by fans of the games and other writers and they are approved by the devs over at GSC and are official but not cannon. Although they are huge all but 2 are only in Russian and German. There are 2 in English and were done by fans and even had physical release they were taken down for sale by GSC and became public domain. Now if you want to talk about unofficial stalker novels but still up for sale you have around 80 books.

[@linkfreak1176]

I highly recommend listen to Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails while reading Roadside Picnic. Incredible read.

[@emilyb9142]

Matthew goode has been let down so many times LOL this could be so awesomeee shame :(

[@lucifer0247]

honestly if u wanna make a Roadside picnic/ Stalker Tv series dont place it in the USA!! It has an r eastern/ Slavic/russian charme. It needs it in it's adaptation too. Also I think what they did in the Stalker Games was pretty smart, putting the Zone into Chernobyl. It could also actually work as a TV show in Chernobyle. have ur characters struggle agains the wildlife, the anomalies, the mutants and competitors. For the run on Artefacts and espeshially the Wish Granter.

[@kamikazoo6599]

Roadside picnice Is set in USA.

[@dmansander2218]

@@kamikazoo6599 know I'm a bit late but wasnt it set in Canada? I'm aware I may be miss remembering but that's what comes to mind.

[@kamikazoo6599]

@@dmansander2218 I think you're right, I don't remember corectlly. I just don't like people who act like big "Stalker superfans" without even reading the book.

[@dmansander2218]

@@kamikazoo6599 Both Understandable and Agreeable

[@stevenhetzel6483]

It will be picked one day for production, again, I promise you that. The impact the book had on Russian sci-fi culture is still seen today, in books and games like Metro 2033/34/35. And I think it's probably a good thing AMC dropped it, as they WOULD have fucked it up, this just means more time for the wine to age, and eventually a better story and show/movie will emerge. The damn story was too good, it won't continue to go unnoticed.

[@mau_victorino]

Great episode! Keep it up

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Thank you! Will do ^_^

[@Skullkan6]

Given the teaser, the worst part is it's so clear that they picked the wrong actors and made the wrong creative decisions in order to try to distill the show down to a modern audience. If Red isn't an barely likable asshole, his entire character arc makes no sense, and him being a janitor rather than a lab-aid? Also makes no sense. The concept art and everything outside of that seems amazing, but everything including Guta and Red's now normal looking daughter just feels weird and out of place. How would red known that anything shot into an empty is reflected back? How? IN what scenario would he have learned that? I'm happy it was never made but I really wish it could have had better actors and a less overbearing producer. Roadside Picnic was a truly special book and easily my favorite. WHY ISN'T RED GINGER?

[@hanzoyamazaki2551]

after last years Tencent adaptation of The Three Body Problem I really hope maybe Tencent will pick it up in the future. we can only hope

[@enzsel]

I advice to watch Dark Planet (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Planet_(film)), great adoption of the first book of the dawn series, from the original writers of the Roadside picknik. Also, if you can get it, read the Damned City, also from the Strugackij brothers.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Seems really interesting, will definitely check it out, thanks for the tip! :)

[@vincentflink3499]

Dammit! Never heard about this potential Roadside Picnic series. And another thing - it is the second time someone wants to make a Roadside Picnic series and it stops on a pilot episode. Such a shame.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Interesting, a real shame as you say, maybe third time will be the charm?

[@vincentflink3499]

Sure hope so!

[@dannyp2970]

I feel the series fail to launch off because the book, novel, and games never got widespread recognition in America, yet it is still amazing to see a pilot with real effort put behind it. For me it means that even though the book may not be mainstream, anyone who picks it up and reads it just falls in love with it. I have faith that someday we will get the Stalker tv show we always wanted. Now if only someone could take the S.C.P. wiki and turn it into a coherent and plot driven tv show I will be truly amazed.

[@hawranhrafnain6066]

dammit! : ) what was the 1st attempt?

[@Pablowilde82]

have you seen the Anime Urasekai Picnic?

[@SgtThiel]

loved the book and loved the games.

[@BunjiKugashira1990]

THey cancelled a Roadside Picnic tv show? This information just blew my whole day

[@afanasievnikitin]

SO MANY BOOKS WAS WRITING IN RUSSIA ABOUT STALKER'S ZONA. SO MANY GOOD BOOKS. MOST OF IT IS SERIAL BOOKS. Sometimes, in 90s, stage-directors think up promoion's videos for business. It was realy small films. In 2000s the books about Stalker was one the first book's promoion about games in Russia. Talanted autors wrote the books ((

[@SevKast_7]

i didnt know it was going to be a series, nor it got cancelled. now im sad :(

[@jdsantibanez]

Where can I see the pilot?

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Online streaming sites seems to be the only way I've found^^

[@Amonny]

Dangerous mutants!

[@The_Cosmic_Navigator]

JOIN DUTY!

[@ЮрийЮрьевич-ж6г]

Приятно знать, что вам, американцам, нравится наша современная культура)

[@BERNTRR]

From what clips you showed it looked like it would be a usa version, i feel like the zone isnt the zone without the soviet post apocalyptic enviroment

[@sci-fi-night6241]

That's a fair point, I want some Cyrillic writing!

[@pupusaslordking5617]

it should be entirely in russian, directed by a russian tho, to add to realism, immersion and atmosphere

[@limedickandrew6016]

Well, it's likely set in North America, possibly Canada. So no, English would be just fine.

[@theriddler6994]

Good fucking thing is that we will probably get another stalker game in 2021

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Can't wait! :D

[@katsu1455]

THank you. You get it.

[@nate4745]

I took the meaning primarily as a treatise on mankind leaving junk and litter wherever he goes, of operating as though there is no life besides his own that he need care about. Aliens come by, have a picnic and leave without any regard of the wildlife in the area. They may not even know that any exists. Reminiscent of a group of humans deciding to camp out in the forest, pitching tents, having a camp fire, spraying the area with pesticides, spending the night and leaving batteries, kerosene, maybe gunpowder and God knows what else in the morning.

[@hakisnubis]

Technical issues in the games?? I think we call them anomalies

[@SkyGodKazuha]

Maybe A24 can do this book justice? I love the Stalker 1979 film but its different from the book.

[@justins6681]

I think Stalker is about Human's relationship with techology. Its all this stuff we find in the zone. Some of it is horrible, some of it is too good and messes up society. An advanced civilization considers this their trash, but to us it is wonderous. Just like a simple metal knife would be a huge deal to a stone age tribesman.

[@mitchellmcguire1121]

“A roadside picnic probably doesn’t ring any bells” nah bro they’re ringing like kings landing surrendering to a dragon lol my whole life I’ve waited and guess I always will

[@redMrCrayon]

Why have i never heard of this channel

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Probably because we were missing in action for almost a year, but we're back now, glad to have you here :)

[@redMrCrayon]

@@sci-fi-night6241 dope. You should have a michael crichton series.

[@MaxSvid]

I actually don't think that a creation of series for this franchise is a good idea (atleast, by an American standard). The soul of the franchise will be replaced by your typical hbo / amc dramatisation and its gonna be The Walking Dead but with mutants instead of zombies

[@kamikazoo6599]

There were no mutants in the roadside picnic.

[@xiaohuagu1717]

@@kamikazoo6599 As I remember, there were both mutants and zombies in the novel ))

[@kamikazoo6599]

@@xiaohuagu1717 Only "mutant" that i can remember is Red's daugher. Do you have any other example?

[@pieman2435]

Nice!

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Thanks :)

[@stopka5848]

Fortunately we got anime adaptation

[@warmecanic]

Great novel Strugatsky bros. Did not like the film, actually, they had problems with Tarkovsky because director´s vision was not at all Roadside picnic. Pretty boring for me. But the video game, Jesus fucking rebirth again, it´s awesome

[@sci-fi-night6241]

It's definitely very different and slow compared to the novel, I'd say it's not a very strict adaptation though, more so a story set in the roadside picnic world. But yeah, the games are awesome! :D

[@fisher3317]

warmecanic You are aware the script was written by the original authors, right?

[@warmecanic]

Well, that´s not accurate entirely, Tarkovsky cut a lot of the script basically, he did what he wanted in order to confabulate the goverment in turn (you know, censorship stuff) Strugatsky bros were pissed off by that. Pretty obvious since the book is politics in disguise as sci-fi, just like Rod SErling did with the Twilight Zone show. There is a book that talks about this incident. You may want to look for it. I don´t know if there is an english version but good luck, Stalker.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

if they release a S.T.A.L.K.E.R mmorpg it would be insane

[@bullzeyez3236]

Its called Stalker Online with 3 dedicated Russian servers or there is Stay Out on Steam.

[@ruskibot7745]

Book is great

[@carter358]

This show could have been amazing! Why do they cancel everything I love?

[@markpaterson2053]

Imagine if David Lynch had made the series

[@chestnystarik1]

I'd love an ANIME series as a variant

[@kamikazoo6599]

There Is Coppelion and Otherside picnic

[@SkyGodKazuha]

@@kamikazoo6599 None of these animes captures the essence of the original book nor the Stalker film.

[@tamsao2604]

But the pilot episode didn't really look Slav enough for me. Thats one part I love about stalker . Slav Lifestyle

[@kamikazoo6599]

The book was set in America.

[@pissmanipulator]

@@kamikazoo6599 canada

[@kamikazoo6599]

@@pissmanipulator That's still America

[@hobbytymona4448]

*stalker fans joined The chat*

[@soundtrackoflife666]

that is one of the best books

[@Cakekappen]

It's so weird. I can't watch this video, it stops 10 seconds in...

[@htf5555]

it's an anomaly

[@konstantinnikolaev4949]

My dream adaptation would be like the Black Mirror. Different stories different people for each episode in the same setting.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

THat's a great idea, that way you could have one more comedic episode, one maybe more horror based, I dig it^^

[@Niruxu]

@@sci-fi-night6241 comedic? in the zone?

[@masterzoroark6664]

Also, if i want someone doing this movie, it's Neil Bloomkamp

[@sci-fi-night6241]

He would be a great choice!

[@madjack1748]

I am not a fan of the Stalker movie. I can see why people like it, and I don't think it's a bad movie.. Just too boring for my taste even with all the tension and creepy atmosphere.

[@sentinowl9207]

If the show was being made by Ukranians, then hit me up. But purely because it will be Americanized (Like Utopia) I am beyond grateful it will never see the light of day. I know I'm late. Algorithms and shit, y'know

[@vuk8550]

Oh no I am glad this didn't work. Current cultural goals in media entertainment and their values would've mutated the story into some washed out, generic flick with no real depth to it. No, as it goes right now, its better left for some future time, when trends start to shift from the boring pattern they are atm, and both the technology and production costs are way better.

[@pepitogrillo8263]

The show was cancelled because Russia wanted. They want to make it themselves I supose.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Yeah perhaps^^ Thanks for watching! :)

[@dannyp2970]

I have faith in Russian filmmakers. After all they created some amazing movies, including the Stalker movie.

[@dannyp2970]

The Metro 2033 novel and game do a great job of recreating that atmosphere that Stalker had. It feels like the reincarnation of that world.

[@sci-fi-night6241]

Recently picked up the novel and can't wait ti get through it! :D

[@BalongaSandwich]

I know this is an old comment but, I believe some of the developers from GSC who helped create the stalker games also worked on Metro. The author of the Novel, Dmitry is also inspired by the stalker universe as roadside picnic is pretty much a Russian national treasure.

[@richmondvand147]

hey you, Stalker...

[@vadimromansky8235]

video games has no relation to the Strugatsky's novel except only the word "stalker". And Tarkovsky's film is also very far from original book.

[@3LITA]

video game rips off a lot of the aspects and effects of the book

[@bunnyonabunwithagunnicepun5689]

There was going to be a SHOW!? Why can't we have nice things...?

[@harpseal9234]

Darn shame Edit: They are working on stalker 2 so its ok elelelelel