tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post6581147046760375566..comments2024-03-28T14:56:04.846-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Splice: Rock and Roll Geneticists and the Horror of Genetic EngineeringPeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-19890396743211539762008-04-24T18:22:00.000-07:002008-04-24T18:22:00.000-07:00phil.gsFrankenstein's science is of course laughab...phil.gs<BR/>Frankenstein's science is of course laughable but it was at least an honest effort by the author to make use of contemporary knowledge [of science ]-the Luigi Galvani's and Volta's experiments to advance her plot to a logical extreme -the moral being that there are somethings['science' included]we should not blindly follow without a thorough grasp of its pros and cons.Arvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-65620135854264662382008-04-24T08:55:00.000-07:002008-04-24T08:55:00.000-07:00I like Del Toro’s work. I’m hoping in this one, D...I like Del Toro’s work. I’m hoping in this one, Del Toro des not have Dren mate with Hell Boy. If Dren’s just a metabolic burst without replicating power, we’re relatively safe. Del Toro might as well play in the sandbox of economics too: have Dren evade detection at biometric ATM machines. As to scientists having “more ambition than sense” – I love what Feynman said in “The Pleasure of JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674489078935633842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-59891962558957526862008-04-23T19:00:00.000-07:002008-04-23T19:00:00.000-07:00Judging by Natali's quote, he didn't actually skip...Judging by Natali's quote, he didn't actually skip over the article included with the mouse photo: he described that he realized that the ear was a plastic shape with skin grown over it, and he went on to say that this made him imagine something similarly unnatural but with more questionably ethical man-made origins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-9395172694456536702008-04-23T12:52:00.000-07:002008-04-23T12:52:00.000-07:00To be fair, the science in Frankenstein is laughab...To be fair, the science in <I>Frankenstein</I> is laughable. But it's not really about the science. Shelley's classic is an exploration of the human condition. I doubt that <I>Splice</I> aspires to anything half as noble. It probably just wants to be entertaining, and I fully support that. Both use bad science for their own ends, and that's fine. Take each on its own, for what it is. Just don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-7406841465600890142008-04-22T15:40:00.000-07:002008-04-22T15:40:00.000-07:00Well, to be fair to "Splice", we don't really know...Well, to be fair to "Splice", we don't really know what the science is going to be like until the movie is released. I doubt it will be as profound in its examination of ethics and the nature of science.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-63753907703810048182008-04-22T03:42:00.000-07:002008-04-22T03:42:00.000-07:00It is again an example of bad science in sf movie....It is again an example of bad science in sf movie.<BR/>Its not fair to comment that Shelly if born in today's world would have made something like 'splice' instead of 'Frankenstein'.<BR/>'Frankenstein's science is not as bad as it is with 'Splice' as your review reveals.Arvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.com