The Island

• bismarck

  1 Aug 05, 16:54

  i wonder how jordan? knows abt sex ?
  
  seems to me sex IS indeed encoded into our genes
• Gordonator

  1 Aug 05, 22:42

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  i wonder how jordan? knows abt sex ?
  
  seems to me sex IS indeed encoded into our genes

  instincts.
• lwflee

  2 Aug 05, 05:31

  Originally posted by Tuatau:

  Many people watch movies just to be entertained -- they don't really care whether it is realistic and believeable. Besides, not everybody likes watching movies which are too true to life and remind them of the pain in their real lives.
  
  So most movie studios make a balanced mix of money-churning popcorn flicks and critically-acclaimed arthouse movies to cater to different tastes. And directors of the popcorn flicks are usually too busy thinking up ideas that would entertain the audience to bother about realism. Not to mention different people have different acceptance levels of realism as well, thus it is virtually impossible to make a movie, especially of the action or science-fiction genre, that could convince everybody of its realism.
  
  So in general, "suspension of disbelief" is an option left to the audience.

  I agree in part with you. But i still feel that the director and the script plays a very important part here. Sometimes, they are soooo bad that there isn't much of an option. Eg. Van Helsing.
  
  I gather the island isn't that bad?
• Tuatau

  2 Aug 05, 12:20

  Originally posted by lwflee:
  I agree in part with you. But i still feel that the director and the script plays a very important part here. Sometimes, they are soooo bad that there isn't much of an option. Eg. Van Helsing.
  
  I gather the island isn't that bad?

  Let's just say Bay's movies have generally been entertaining enough for most mainstream audience. They may not have always been well-received by critics, but the box office results have nevertheless made Bay one of the most popular directors in Hollywood.
  
  In this aspect, "The Island" is no exception. The plot has the usual loopholes, but this movie, as one has mentioned in an earlier post, deserves some extra credits for touching on certain ethical issues of human cloning.
  
  On a personal note, one has high hopes on the new "Transformers" live-action movie that Bay is currently working on. It may not be of the same calibre as "Schindler's List" or "The Shawshank Redemption", but it'd be good fun.
• 798

  3 Aug 05, 21:13

  i watched the movie today.
  
  there is this part a pregnant clone gave birth to the baby. wat is the purpose of the baby? who is the father?
• 798

  3 Aug 05, 21:16

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  just watched this movie.
  
  quite good i must say,
  
  loads of action, babes, and hot cars!!!
  
  i find Ewan's acting abit silly...and SJ acts rather well in this movie. plus her style in the movie makes her damn hot.
  
  i find this movie drawing hints from the matrix,(humans breeding, realisation waht u see isnt the truth

  same thot exactly.
• Tuatau

  3 Aug 05, 21:19

  Originally posted by 798:
  there is this part a pregnant clone gave birth to the baby. wat is the purpose of the baby? who is the father?

  The pregnant clone was serving as a surrogate mother of the baby for the real mother (the "sponsor" ) who probably had some reasons for not giving birth herself. It is likely the genes of the father had come from the husband of the sponsor.
• 798

  3 Aug 05, 21:22

  Originally posted by Tuatau:

  The pregnant clone was serving as a surrogate mother of the baby for the real mother (the "sponsor") who probably had some reasons for not giving birth herself. It is likely the genes of the father had come from the husband of the sponsor.

  and there is this part there are alot of bodies serve as programming. wat are they actually?
• bismarck

  3 Aug 05, 21:41

  Originally posted by 798:

  and there is this part there are alot of bodies serve as programming. wat are they actually?

  simi programming ?
  
  the part where they look at this screen while they are lying down?
  
  anyway just had a thought, if they arent taught sex how did the mother get preg ?
  
  
• 798

  3 Aug 05, 21:46

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  simi programming ?
  
  the part where they look at this screen while they are lying down?
  
  anyway just had a thought, if they arent taught sex how did the mother get preg ?
  
  

  they are upgraded version and they learnt very fast as their brain cells keep highly improved, even better than the original. the creator did not forseen this dat why he intended to destroy all the upgraded version.
  
  just my thoughts.
• Tuatau

  4 Aug 05, 01:09

  Originally posted by 798:
  and there is this part there are alot of bodies serve as programming. wat are they actually?

  They are the new clones receiving memory implants -- that's how Jordan got her fake childhood memories.
• Tuatau

  4 Aug 05, 01:11

  Originally posted by bismarck:
  anyway just had a thought, if they arent taught sex how did the mother get preg ?

  Possibly through artificial insemination.
• BrUtUs

  4 Aug 05, 02:25

  Originally posted by k4korny:

  A lot of cheesy lines in the movie.. but this has gotta be the best:
  "Just becos you like Hamburgers, doesn't mean you have to meet the cow?!"

  like tat line....