NEWS: A Cloned Movie About Clones.

CULTURE: A Cloned Movie About Clones.

The new Michael Bay movie The Island may face a federal injunction because of similarities to a lesser budgeted, lesser known (but not to MST3K fans) movie, Parts: The Clonus Horror.

"It.....it hurts" said Michael Bay, after comparing himself to Kubrick and Spielberg, reports the Hollywood Reporter after news of THE ISLAND tanking. "It really hurts. And they always blame the director."

Well, YAH!

It seems to me to bear a striking resemblance to A Brave New World.

I thought it came really close to THX-1138. From an "action" movie perspective, anyway.

wil george clone-y be in it?

After seeing the preview, I kinda though all that running amok had something to do with LOGAN'S RUN.

Psst, MST3K Group!

I've seen Clonus and The Island definantly stole quite a bit from it. I wish Michael Bay would just die already.

Michael Bay, you are a silly silly man....(end post with enormous explosion!!!)

i would have gone and seen it... but the previews don't tell you shit about it... does anyone like this movie?

"Michael Bay gets to keep making movies and Cartman gets his own theme park; there is no God."

[Edited on Jul 26, 2005 10:36PM]

Yes, I too have seen "Parts: the Clonus Horror." And yeah, it's pretty similar.

It is also really bad.

[Edited on Jul 26, 2005 10:37PM]

I saw this movie.

I've come to the realization that Michael Bay is good at flipping cars & that's about it.

Ok I'm prepared to be slammed; I thought it was ok, but then I'm pretty easily entertained, when it comes to movies! Yeah I'll admit it. I never saw this "Clonus" movie so I have no oppinion about it. This movie stole from many classics including Blade Runner, Dr. Tyrell: We began to notice a strange obsession... We gave them implants so that we could control them better... Deckard: memories, you're talking about memories. This scene was in The Island, seemingly verbatum. The white track suits from Logans Run. The mindless day to day life and questions about it's futility of THX-1138. I've seen worse. Johnny Pnemonic, anyone?

Oh eah, GF thought it was THE MOST DANGERIOUS GAME - which could use another re-make I think.........

There are only 12 plots. When you're making a movie about humans harvesting organs there's only a few ways of doing it, and because Hollywood movies are so formulaic once you've got the initial idea it pretty much gets bolted down to the formula.




It's pretty hard for SF movies to have original ideas. They seem to be made by people who don't read, and who most certainly don't read SF.

Was this movie taking a timely jab at stem cell research and abortion?

ah, the tears of a clone.

obviously it's really bad...they used it on mystery science theater

UPDATE!!!!

"CLONUS" PRODUCERS FILE SUIT

On Monday, August 8, Robert S. Fiveson and Myrl A. Schreibman, producers of PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR (seen in episode 811) filed suit in New York claiming DreamWorks and Warner Bros. cribbed their movie for The Island. In addition to unspecified financial compensation, Fiveson and Schreibman want The Island withdrawn from theaters and any further release barred, reports Daily Variety.

The copyright infringement suit lists 90 instances where the movies are identical. DreamWorks released a statement Tuesday saying, "'The Island' does not infringe on anyone's copyrights." Warner said it does not comment on pending litigation.

God, I hope that guy wins his lawsuit. I really, really want Michael Bay to be broke, homeless, and sucking tranny dick on the streets of East LA for crack money.

You hear me, Jesus?!

I thought so too! I will have to admit that I had a certain fondness for this movie . . . a fondness in the form of Scarlett. Consider me a fool if you will

Well, he did win...an undisclosed amount.

klaatu barada ni--oh, sorry, i see someone already beat me to it.

The Island was probably the best Michael Bay movie , so it makes sense that it tanked at the box office