tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post478951825975036081..comments2024-03-28T00:05:38.435-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Klaatu, evolution and mainstream cloningPeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-59812328243566155832008-12-13T02:39:00.000-08:002008-12-13T02:39:00.000-08:00Thomas: I just saw the original for the first time...Thomas: I just saw the original for the first time last night, and I'm not sure I'd call it perfect. There were some big plot holes. However, I think it was unusual with it's message of peace. <BR/><BR/>Stephen: I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know how they present it. But if life is precious and rare, wouldn't intelligent life be even more so? Why would the best solution be to wipe out Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-9439142239521960912008-12-12T13:44:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:44:00.000-08:00I think Ebert's criticism is cobblers -- it can ta...I think Ebert's criticism is cobblers -- it can take millions of years for biodiversity to recover following a mass extinction event. If you're a in a universe where mullticellular life is extremely rare, it doesn't matter how fancy your technology is, millions of years is still a long time -- the temptation to intervene, prevent a mass extinction, and preserve what would be a notable fraction ofUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991359641728537924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-57253462886623939122008-12-12T10:10:00.000-08:002008-12-12T10:10:00.000-08:00Yesterday I went back and re-watched the original ...Yesterday I went back and re-watched the original version. <BR/><BR/>I was a bit taken aback when I heard that it was being remade. The original is seen as one of only a handful of nearly perfect science fiction movies. It was a seminal work, ideologically unique for it's time.<BR/><BR/>The fact that it's now been reinvented with some sort of manufactured environmental message, rather than the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com