When a story has fantastic worldbuilding and sparks the imagination with wonder and mystery, but then does absolutely nothing with that potential; opting instead for a spiritual woo/hand-wavy/religious nonsense ending, when it could've been so much more.
"Solaris looked like it was a great movie, and then it did nothing with all the potential they built up in the story."
"Yeah, that's Solaris Syndrome for ya."
"Yeah, that's Solaris Syndrome for ya."
by Prince Demitri August 16, 2021