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On June 03 2010 01:18 KwarK wrote:
Looked conceptually good. While a few idiots may be swayed into thinking it's a legitimate risk of genetic research there will always be idiots and I don't care what they think.
Okay, while most people might not consider the possibility of creating super-intelligent winged human chimeras realistic, there is significant fear that we'll mess ourselves up by messing with something we can't control. Look at how we've responded to GM food. You make something that produces a few more % of a certain protein and people will REFUSE to eat it because they think it will alter them somehow.
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The thing about Splice that interests me is that Sarah Polley is in it. She's awesome.
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Looks conceptually good? OMG...
Ok, first off, there are no 'dangers of splicing'. Splicing is a meaningless term. Almost 80-95% of all DNA is EXACTLY THE SAME AS HUMANS ALREADY. Flies, for example, are 90% the same as humans.
Second, splicing doesn't work at all the way this movie portrays. You can't just take attributes from one animal and put them into another. DNA structures are complete building instructions that can ONLY CREATE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIABLE LIFE DESIGNS. There cannot be a human being with giant wings, because then the rest of the body would have to be different for the DNA to grow wings.
Third, cells can't grow super fast. Stupid as hell.
Fourth, a grown animal can't make 'a sudden transformation that might destroy humanity'. SO SO STUPID.
ARRRRGHH!!
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On June 03 2010 02:57 garmule2 wrote:
Looks conceptually good? OMG...
Ok, first off, there are no 'dangers of splicing'. Splicing is a meaningless term. Almost 80-95% of all DNA is EXACTLY THE SAME AS HUMANS ALREADY. Flies, for example, are 90% the same as humans.
Second, splicing doesn't work at all the way this movie portrays. You can't just take attributes from one animal and put them into another. DNA structures are complete building instructions that can ONLY CREATE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIABLE LIFE DESIGNS. There cannot be a human being with giant wings, because then the rest of the body would have to be different for the DNA to grow wings.
Third, cells can't grow super fast. Stupid as hell.
Fourth, a grown animal can't make 'a sudden transformation that might destroy humanity'. SO SO STUPID.
ARRRRGHH!!
Your post made me laugh. I don't know if I actually want to see this now and I'll enjoy it regardless of some terrible sci-fi or whether I'll be as annoyed as hell. I'm going to watch the trailer and then edit this.
Edit - Haha well I don't know if I'll see this. I'll leave it to chance and see if others want to see it. Looks very silly and at first the 'scientists' were annoying me, even in the trailer so I don't know what 30 minutes of them talking about the morality of creating life will do but whatever. Looks also like it could be fun in a sort of sci-fi alien meets vampire/horror amalgamation.
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Stargate Atlantis guy is in it, might watch it just for him. After watching a series for a long time I have trouble separating the actor from the character and any other roles they play become funny.
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This looks cheesy as anything and pretty gruesome so I'll probably watch it at some point. Plus I love Adrien Brody.
And lol at the people raging/discussing the science in a product made to entertain.
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On June 03 2010 03:21 KwarK wrote:
Stargate Atlantis guy is in it, might watch it just for him. After watching a series for a long time I have trouble separating the actor from the character and any other roles they play become funny.
I was thinking the same thing, hahaha. McKay to the rescue!
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Looks conceptually good? OMG...
Ok, first off, there are no 'dangers of splicing'. Splicing is a meaningless term. Almost 80-95% of all DNA is EXACTLY THE SAME AS HUMANS ALREADY. Flies, for example, are 90% the same as humans.
Second, splicing doesn't work at all the way this movie portrays. You can't just take attributes from one animal and put them into another. DNA structures are complete building instructions that can ONLY CREATE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIABLE LIFE DESIGNS. There cannot be a human being with giant wings, because then the rest of the body would have to be different for the DNA to grow wings.
Third, cells can't grow super fast. Stupid as hell.
Fourth, a grown animal can't make 'a sudden transformation that might destroy humanity'. SO SO STUPID.
ARRRRGHH!!
It's obvious you have an axe to grind about the common perception of genetic engineering and DNA splicing.
Who cares if it's unrealistic? Where's your bleeding heart for the other 90% of movies that are produced that could NEVER come true? People pay 10 bucks a ticket to suspend reality and be taken away from their problems for a couple hours...i wonder if many girls have had a good time with you at the movies...
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Just saw it. I'm the kind of guy that finds movies good no matter what, even if it turns out they are really bad.
Everyone in the theater said it was bad, but I thought it was amazing. Its really different. It isn't the same shit over again.
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On June 05 2010 15:21 RoieTRS wrote:
Just saw it. I'm the kind of guy that finds movies good no matter what, even if it turns out they are really bad.
Everyone in the theater said it was bad, but I thought it was amazing. Its really different. It isn't the same shit over again.
I liked it too.
Lately I like movies people are generally finding bad though. I like how different it is.
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On June 03 2010 03:24 Wohmfg wrote:
And lol at the people raging/discussing the science in a product made to entertain.
I understand that. I remember when I was younger and saw films all the time where the computers were all leetz0rs haxx0rs like, push 3 buttons on the keyboard and over 9000 things happens on the screen at the same time, the ultra-image enhancing from CSI, etc.
I don't really know anything about this stuff so I won't join the debate, the film looks sick, will definitely check it out.
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