A four - year trip aboard a cargo ship,
With eight-month shifts alone, while all the crew
But you is hibernating, gets a grip
On mind and body. Engler here partakes
Of A. Tarkovsky, Ridley Scott, and, yes,
Of Kubrick. Spacecrafts shown are dark, with lakes
(Well, shallow pools) of water, and a mess
Like YoYoDyne Propulsion! Atmosphere
Is paramount in moody sci - fi flicks,
And this has it in spades. And, too, the sheer
Unpleasantness of all aboard will fix
Attention on the dreariness yet more,
As will the silences that form the score.
