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Send in the clones...
Aug. 14th, 2005 06:30 pmDidn't go to the zoo - weather was rotten - so instead went to Frankie & Benny's followed by the cinema. And since I've already seen Charlie & The Chocolate Factory twice the only real option was The Island.
Actually, it wasn't as bad as I'd feared, but it *was* a fucking stupid movie. It doesn't help that I get irritated by the anti-cloning message... I tend to lean naturally against people wanting to stop things because of religious beliefs (plays, films, research, women getting jobs, gay people existing, people being able to work in London without getting blown up... the list goes on and on...) and I'm very pro stem cell research if it can cure or ease diseases such as Parkinsons, which continues to affect Hubby's family. And if cloning can be used to create food and help sort out global starvation, surely that's a good thing. We need to improve the lives of real people before we start worrying about hypothetical ones.
*Gets off soapbox*
Also, Mr Bay, please explain the following:
1, In the car chase bit, why didn't the truck driver notice that - a, his truck was getting awfully light to steer, b, all the cars behind him were crashing?
2, Why bother educating the clones at all? Check out Brave New World, a far superior cloning SciFi, which suggests that the best way to keep the masses subdued is with the bare minimum of education, plenty of no-strings-attatched sex on tap, plenty of pointless recreational activities and a whole heap of drugs. There should have been dumb TV shows they could get hooked onto and stupid gimmicks they's get obsessed by... you know, like real life!
3, You give all the clones the mental age of 15, and then you expect them *not* to be rebellious and horny? Duh!
4, Sean Bean wants to get rid of the runaway clones with the minimum of publicity, so he sends in a bunch of renegades who proceed to blow up half of LA...
5, This is set in, what... 2020? And we'll have hovertrains? Chinny Reckon, mate, we can't even get ours to go in a straight line without giving up and toppling over after 15 miles.
6, You had two Ewan McGregors... and you didn't take the opportunity to get them wet when they fought each other. *sigh*
And what is with all the fricking product placement? I could hack it in Minority Report, but it's just getting annoying now.
(I'm talking to YOU, I Cocking Robot....
Girl: Hey, nice trainers.
Will Smith: Yes. Yes they are. They're Converse, you know.
Girl: Really? They're great. Can I see them again?
Will Smith: Sure thing. *shows his trainers for 5 minutes*.
Girl: Wow. They are nice. If only I had bought some back in the early 21st Century, because those are really, really nice.
Will Smith: Yep.
*Pause*
Girl: Isn't there a car chase you should be in right now?
Will Smith: Oh. Yeah. I'll get my Audi.)
Gah!
Work tomorrow, and hoovering to do. And I still need to prepare for my interview. I hate Sunday evenings.
Oh, and I forgot to mention Sandi Toksvig (can't spell it) in my list of famous people wot I have met. I sold her a coffee when I worked at the Cathedral, and she forgot her change.
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Actually, it wasn't as bad as I'd feared, but it *was* a fucking stupid movie. It doesn't help that I get irritated by the anti-cloning message... I tend to lean naturally against people wanting to stop things because of religious beliefs (plays, films, research, women getting jobs, gay people existing, people being able to work in London without getting blown up... the list goes on and on...) and I'm very pro stem cell research if it can cure or ease diseases such as Parkinsons, which continues to affect Hubby's family. And if cloning can be used to create food and help sort out global starvation, surely that's a good thing. We need to improve the lives of real people before we start worrying about hypothetical ones.
*Gets off soapbox*
Also, Mr Bay, please explain the following:
1, In the car chase bit, why didn't the truck driver notice that - a, his truck was getting awfully light to steer, b, all the cars behind him were crashing?
2, Why bother educating the clones at all? Check out Brave New World, a far superior cloning SciFi, which suggests that the best way to keep the masses subdued is with the bare minimum of education, plenty of no-strings-attatched sex on tap, plenty of pointless recreational activities and a whole heap of drugs. There should have been dumb TV shows they could get hooked onto and stupid gimmicks they's get obsessed by... you know, like real life!
3, You give all the clones the mental age of 15, and then you expect them *not* to be rebellious and horny? Duh!
4, Sean Bean wants to get rid of the runaway clones with the minimum of publicity, so he sends in a bunch of renegades who proceed to blow up half of LA...
5, This is set in, what... 2020? And we'll have hovertrains? Chinny Reckon, mate, we can't even get ours to go in a straight line without giving up and toppling over after 15 miles.
6, You had two Ewan McGregors... and you didn't take the opportunity to get them wet when they fought each other. *sigh*
And what is with all the fricking product placement? I could hack it in Minority Report, but it's just getting annoying now.
(I'm talking to YOU, I Cocking Robot....
Girl: Hey, nice trainers.
Will Smith: Yes. Yes they are. They're Converse, you know.
Girl: Really? They're great. Can I see them again?
Will Smith: Sure thing. *shows his trainers for 5 minutes*.
Girl: Wow. They are nice. If only I had bought some back in the early 21st Century, because those are really, really nice.
Will Smith: Yep.
*Pause*
Girl: Isn't there a car chase you should be in right now?
Will Smith: Oh. Yeah. I'll get my Audi.)
Gah!
Work tomorrow, and hoovering to do. And I still need to prepare for my interview. I hate Sunday evenings.
Oh, and I forgot to mention Sandi Toksvig (can't spell it) in my list of famous people wot I have met. I sold her a coffee when I worked at the Cathedral, and she forgot her change.
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