2008/2/8, James Chandler <[log in to unmask]>:
> Well Dave, I hear The Daily Show is looking for
> writers (it's currently A Daily Show as I think the
> presenters are writing it themselves) with your
> satirical skill you should go far..
>
> I'm not sure you've fully grasped the plot though.  In
> a future where most humans are the results of cloning,
> you're going to have a lot more close relatives than
> we do now.  Cloning is a recurrent theme in this type
> of sci-fi, it's only a matter of time before human
> cloning starts for real.  Dystopian?  Most sci-fi I've
> read/watched is dystopian.  It's a lot easier to
> imagine a totally f***ed up future than one in which
> we all live together in peace, harmony and
> prosperity..
>
Sure, the bit about cloning and genetic similarity makes sense but it
would never be the primary theme for a dystopian world, and is
certainly not enough to write a whole movie around. It's like writing
a whole movie about cats in the future - there are now really strict
laws against animal feces in 2050 but cats just don't listen to you
when you tell them to stay and yet they're oh so grumpy when cooped up
in the house all the time so do you just risk letting Boots go outside
every once in a while and why oh why don't neighbors just talk to each
other in the future the world is such a cold and lonely place, I'm
sure they would like Boots if they got to know him oh the future is so
cruel, why not write a movie about that?

The dream in the subway too was pretty trite, the empathy virus
doesn't make any sense, etc. etc. I have no problems with a thinking
man's science fiction, but this one was a serious snorefest and little
of it made any sense. I tried to like it, I really did. I watched it
with a completely open mind and didn't decide that I didn't like it at
all until the whole thing was over.

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