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Updated w/ NO ART AT ALL!!! Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody to play gene-tampering scientists in SPLICE?!?

interesting by blckmgk13	Oct 4th, 2007 04:23:22 AM
for something that is not a remake for once
This sounds a bit Island of Dr Moreau ish by Lost Jarv	Oct 4th, 2007 04:26:07 AM
hmmm. At least it isn't a remake
I agree LJ... by abiggerboat	Oct 4th, 2007 04:35:13 AM
But this actually sounds half decent, unlike Dr.Moreau! Plus, CUBE is awesome.
Cool by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 4th, 2007 04:40:47 AM
Plus, del Toro is producing, which makes me very excited!
You had me at Natali, Cypher and Cube were brilliant... by KillaKane	Oct 4th, 2007 05:23:21 AM
examples of suprior low budget genre films. The guy deserves break-out success.
It's a chimp with Brody's nose and Polley's sarcasm... by PoweredUpPacman	Oct 4th, 2007 05:29:51 AM
...it will roll it's eyes in comtempt, snort you up whole and spit you out like a giant loogy. Yuck.
Will there be a monkey with four asses? by Bobo_Vision	Oct 4th, 2007 05:32:36 AM
And an elephant making love to a pig?
It would be nice... by Rei-Ginsei	Oct 4th, 2007 06:00:46 AM
If del Toro was directing. Seems like a project suited for him.
Cube is indeed great by Lost Jarv	Oct 4th, 2007 06:12:52 AM
so good that I watched the sequel. It think it was called Hypercube. And it was shit.
That old chestnut by ledsyrus	Oct 4th, 2007 06:26:14 AM
Haven't we seen this 'plot' a million times before? Scientists go too far... scientists meddle in God's domain... things go wrong... scientists are humbled... yadda yadda yadda. Please please can't you make it a little more thoughtful and original than that?
jor-el's ghost by Diagnostic	Oct 4th, 2007 06:28:47 AM
Digitally re-use Marlon Brando's likeness for this.
Agree with Lost Jarv... by Spango	Oct 4th, 2007 06:33:06 AM
...Moreau was the first thing I thought of.
Bioshock?? by Kizeesh	Oct 4th, 2007 07:17:11 AM
Bloody splicers! next they'll be taking a sweet little girl and making into something terrible...before teaming her up with the metal Daddy...
Electric by Mockingbuddha	Oct 4th, 2007 07:31:03 AM
Electric-Ell crossed with chimp crossed with bat. Cool, you could have those scary monkeys from Oz, but with electric powers!
that looks amazing, and what a lot of talent behind it by pipergates	Oct 4th, 2007 07:35:51 AM
i want some feet like that
First? on the pics at least . . . . by amaysingstories	Oct 4th, 2007 07:37:38 AM
At work as I review these NSFW photos. Is it wrong that I think the splice chick is hot? Looks like a similar design(er) to the faun in Pan's Lab. Really looking forward to this.
I'd hit that!!!! by TheBoyFromUlster	Oct 4th, 2007 07:42:11 AM
Done a lot worse in my time!!!.....BTW, sounds just like Species.....
Going to be hard to screw this one up... by down75	Oct 4th, 2007 07:42:31 AM
Nice pics/news to wake up with, very very cool. Now I have something to talk about today.
probably haven't been the first to say this by MoseSchrute	Oct 4th, 2007 07:43:20 AM
but I was too lazy to read through all the posts before me. Is it just me, or does that whole thing about "Her evolving into a new form that may kill all of humanity" sound like Species 4 to anyone else?
aaargh stupid hands=feet thing by Lost Jarv	Oct 4th, 2007 07:50:12 AM
Fucking hell. That shit was horrid in Aeon Flux and is shit here. She needs some tentacles.
its sounds a bit more like species 2 by repligin	Oct 4th, 2007 07:50:27 AM
she'd have to wear tampons, as theres no way to wear a sanitary towel when you've got a tail. that's what cousin-girlfriendad tells me anyway.
Very creepy. Very cool. by Psyclops	Oct 4th, 2007 07:50:37 AM
If it's handled with care and given the proper budget this could turn out to be the kind of movie that SPECIES should have been. Those pics are pretty impressive even if for a handful of preliminary artwork.
When ? by Jaws Wayne	Oct 4th, 2007 07:54:34 AM
Those pictures look amazing, and the story of the film sounds great as well so far. So when is this film gonna come out ?
It's the film version of that System of a Down video. by rev_skarekroe	Oct 4th, 2007 07:57:43 AM
The one with the alien kid. You know what I'm talking about.
The feet are wrong by TheBigDogg	Oct 4th, 2007 08:00:58 AM
If we're talking animals here, that extra joint below the knee is actually the ankle and what she'd be standing on are her toes. But she has extra feet/hands attached to the bottom. It doesn't work like that. She should have chunky toes (like a dog) or hoof-like feet for it to work.
My penis is all wtf. by losder	Oct 4th, 2007 08:01:25 AM
What do I do with the tail!!?
A female animal-human hybrid by Bobo_Vision	Oct 4th, 2007 08:14:56 AM
Humans are animals. They are going to have to get more sophisticated with their jargon.
Skarekroe by Ray Garraty #47	Oct 4th, 2007 08:16:01 AM
That System of a Down song is called "Aerials." (spelling might be wrong.) And that is EXACTLY what I thought of too - that alien kid in the video. By the way, I'm not necessarily all that interested in this movie, but those photographs are really impressive.
Wow. Freeky shit by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Oct 4th, 2007 08:17:05 AM
Looks good!
So why does Baldy have a landing strip? by James_O'Nasty	Oct 4th, 2007 08:17:19 AM
Pubes, but no hair on head? Truly a miracle of modern science...
i'd hit it by ironic_name	Oct 4th, 2007 08:17:46 AM

COoOL! by FILMFUNK	Oct 4th, 2007 08:24:08 AM
Looks a touch Species but with that list of talent and an interesting and very relevant plot and the director of CUBE! Bring it on One question though, why does the baby whatever it is have its tail coming out of its left butt cheek?
How come it has four knees and only 2 elbows? by Diagnostic	Oct 4th, 2007 08:26:57 AM
It has normal mammal knees, and backward bird knees. Very unstable. It's legs would be broken all the time.
The Possum people by Bobo_Vision	Oct 4th, 2007 08:32:21 AM
Looks like human-marsupial hybrids. The surprise ending will be that they weren't genetically engineered at all, but rather a product of several generations of bestiality in Mississippi, and the genetic engineering project is a cover-up because a Senator is one of the fathers.
Freaky but...I would do her by RobMota	Oct 4th, 2007 08:32:39 AM
Might not survive the night. lol. With all this talent behind it i cant wait to see what they come up with.
Final shocking metamorphosis that could destroy humans by Diagnostic	Oct 4th, 2007 08:36:34 AM
It gets spliced with a galactic cloud.
NSFW by Lost Jarv	Oct 4th, 2007 08:41:35 AM
If you get fired for this picture it isn't the boobs- IT'S THE FACT YOU ARE MESSING AROUND ON AICN WHEN YOU SHOULD BE WORKING
i must say..... by gudge	Oct 4th, 2007 08:43:10 AM
im excited. by the film, not the boobs. although the boobs are exciting too. for my penis.
From the Producers of Pan's Labrynth and Transformers by CrichtonAstronut	Oct 4th, 2007 09:05:26 AM
That's quite Splice itself. Like from the producers of Citizen Kane and Plan Nine From Outer Space. Loved what Guillmo Del Toro said though. Definitely be checking that out. BTW is Sunshine on DVD. It never came on at my local theater. Tits and tails killer combination.
Looks like they've improved the monster. by Some Dude	Oct 4th, 2007 09:11:19 AM
It used to look a little more like a creature from mythology.
My favorite type of film by cerebulon	Oct 4th, 2007 09:11:48 AM
I am so excited about this. It's been a while since I actually cared about anything cinematic. So cool.
A surefire hit with the Cat Secks animal fucking crowd! by DanDelion	Oct 4th, 2007 09:13:19 AM
What are those freaky bastards called? You know, the cat people in anime porn?! I almost understand why people find them hot now. Anyway, Cube kicks ass, and this sounds like a Michael Chrichton novel(a shitty one, but still), so I'm in. Did I mention Cube kicks ass? So does the prequel Cube Zero. But avoid that second one like the plague. What dogshit.
At least they got actors who are plausible scientists.. by Batutta	Oct 4th, 2007 09:18:24 AM
...not Denise Richards.
Looks awesome... by PotSmokinAlien	Oct 4th, 2007 09:18:27 AM
the 'final metamorphosis' sounds kind of like a cop-out but i guess you gotta have a third act. whoever above was complaining about having 'seen this all before' i would rather see this genre be revived in a smart and interesting way by cabaple filmmakers than... well than a lot of other stuff. gattaca, dr. moreau and alien resurrection were a long time ago and god knows there are not too many original, or at least creative movies being released these days.
...the leg design bothers me by cerebulon	Oct 4th, 2007 09:22:05 AM
The legs need to be worked on for realism. I've always like the idea of a fast-running creature also having grasping feet, but it doesn't work in reality. The only thing I can think of to preserve both forms would be modified, hoof-like knuckles on the lower extremities so that she could make "fists" with her feet while running. They should talk with Wayne D. Barlowe - he's really good at this stuff.
I'm sold! Those pictures by Omar B	Oct 4th, 2007 09:29:23 AM
I'm sold! Those pictures rule.
Her feet by JimBobCooter	Oct 4th, 2007 09:40:09 AM
Could be paw-like, like cheetahs. But I agree the hands just don't work. Unless she was built for climbing and not running. Then I guess it works. Yeah, so never mind.
Hey Cap'n Jack by D o o d	Oct 4th, 2007 09:46:02 AM
Fancy a Spit Roast..? cause that lizard chic is bitchin'..!
Even if she were built for climbing... by TheBigDogg	Oct 4th, 2007 10:12:30 AM
...she's need one less joint in her legs to accomodate those hands. Like a monkey, for example. The biology doesn't work. Now you'd be perfectly right to ask who gives a shit. Most won't. But the director should and that he hasn't already fixed that before sending out the pics would seem to be a bad sign.
the leg design bothers me by ironic_name	Oct 4th, 2007 10:42:31 AM
TARANTINO!
From the Producers of Pan's Labyrinth and Transformers by Super Rabbi	Oct 4th, 2007 10:45:17 AM
What the fuck! That's not a selling point, they're both different! Keep the Pan's part, remove the Transformers.
Adam Jones Should Sue by Rib Eye	Oct 4th, 2007 10:47:28 AM
Seriously. Unless the Tool guitarist (who creates a directs their trippy videos) is behind the design here he has a real case.
"lesser animals? big talk from guy with ass in shark by Kelg	Oct 4th, 2007 10:53:27 AM
I think you meant they wanted to go from the lesser animals to the least one! This sounds too much like species. Island of Dr Moreau was more flamboyant. Hg Wells--you wuz a genius.
Adam Jones Should Score This Movie by PotSmokinAlien	Oct 4th, 2007 10:55:11 AM
a MJK-free TOOL would make a hell of a soundtrack for something like this
Title art reminiscent of A L I E N. by Pound Sand	Oct 4th, 2007 10:56:48 AM
in a good way.
Amateur Xenobiologists by amaysingstories	Oct 4th, 2007 10:59:26 AM
I love all the people here criticizing the leg and arm designs. I for one would love to see either the structural comparison work you've done on animals with pedigrade or digigrade architectures or the physics models you've obviously constructed of her skeletal structure. I'm not sayin' the producers did that crap either, but its a little cheap to say they did it "wrong". These don't work, in the same way that horses and gazelles don't work, or kangaroos don't work, or elephants, or capucin monkeys, or (insert unlikely moving animal here). I do agree with the Wayne Barlowe suggestion though, but I don't think he'd be as doubtful of these designs as you lot are. So, why don't we all jess chill and hope the story, acting, and SFX can save this flick from your petty and unfounded critiques on the chick's "unreality".
SBAON! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! by amaysingstories	Oct 4th, 2007 11:04:11 AM
SPECIES By Any Other Name! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! C'mon, it's got the folks from TINO working on it. We got us a whole new slogan just begging to get used. SBAON in '08!
Inaccurate movie science by dr sauch	Oct 4th, 2007 11:08:46 AM
this shit looks awesome, and i'd hit it. i'm a molecular biologist, and i know almost nothing about comparative biology, so this design does not bother me. for me, its painful to hear actors rant on about "we need to make a mutant chromosome for the genetic marker!!!". in RED PLANET, michael madsen says "i'm a geneticist, i write code, thats what i do. A, G, C, P!" fucking "P"? they couldnt open a high school bio book?
as soon as I saw by Bloo	Oct 4th, 2007 11:10:29 AM
the Transformers credit at the top I knoew Murphy was involved. This looks like a good and interesting project, here's hoping Murphy is just on board and isn't activly involved or we'll see mutating Mtn. Dew machines
Gee... by The Duke Of Madness	Oct 4th, 2007 11:23:46 AM
Reading this makes me want to go out and fuck an Ocelot.
AmaysingStories by cerebulon	Oct 4th, 2007 11:53:30 AM
I know it's nit-picky, but I've been bothered by this stuff since I was a kid. Even before I learned the word biology, I could see that most my monster toys from D&D, He-Man, etc were build wrong. I could see their wings wouldn't work, their joints bent the wrong way or their weight distribution was wrong. Maybe it is just fiction and the story matters more than a creature, but it still bugs me. It's like a hole in a fine painting.
I'm guessing there's gonna be some human/hybrid loving by dr_buggerlugs	Oct 4th, 2007 11:55:43 AM
...going on in some form or another and there's an interesting script review on filmick about it... looks like it could be a really interesting and suitibly fucked up piece of serious sci-fi horror.
The Splice is life by Spartacus Hughs	Oct 4th, 2007 12:21:38 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yw6hds
Do birds have genitals? by Spartacus Hughs	Oct 4th, 2007 12:22:21 PM
I genuinely don't know.
so they are all buttheads? by blckmgk13	Oct 4th, 2007 12:25:23 PM
that's the big reveal?
Yes birds have genitals... by ZeroCorpse	Oct 4th, 2007 12:31:29 PM
They're recessed, but they have them. How else would you think they would procreate? Spores!?!?
Looks cool, but a definite "Species" vibe by modlight	Oct 4th, 2007 12:33:48 PM
which makes me a little nervous.
This is obviously a smokescreen for VOLTRON. by Elgyn6655321	Oct 4th, 2007 12:49:39 PM
The creature designs are cool.....but yeah, this practically sounds like a remake of "Species".
I'm glad the pictures were taken down... by Abin Sur	Oct 4th, 2007 01:22:18 PM
The attraction I was feeling towards the adult version was making me feel all dirty inside...
Looks like Boba Fat's goin' to jail! by Abin Sur	Oct 4th, 2007 01:23:46 PM
See you in 3 to 5, buddy...
Anything that Polley is a Part of... by Maui	Oct 4th, 2007 01:51:19 PM
I am there. Her recent direction of Away from Her was brilliant. I know, a side comment from this flick (where she acts) - but she really is an incredible talent. A Canadian too!!
Modlight - VERY "Species"-like by Fish Tank	Oct 4th, 2007 01:57:42 PM
With a less-hot chick :-(
memories of Go for some reason... by theonecalledshoe	Oct 4th, 2007 02:44:38 PM
and I liked Go for her attitude and matching wits (and stats!) to katherine (don't call me sherlock) holmes.
Let's dig up Brando's corpse again!!! by ebolamonkey	Oct 4th, 2007 02:59:35 PM
This time some unused chestnuts from The Island of Doctor Moreau. I mean, since some idiots thought it was a good idea for Superman Returns...
faggotry! by ironic_name	Oct 4th, 2007 04:51:52 PM
that is all.
some birds have penises by ironic_name	Oct 4th, 2007 04:59:14 PM
some from thailand.
Guillermo Del Toro + Adrien Brody... by Ribbons	Oct 5th, 2007 05:20:35 AM
...a prelude to 'At The Mountains of Madness,' perhaps?
If Sarah Polley is a scientist ... by Itchy	Oct 6th, 2007 08:10:29 AM
then I want to bang a scientist. She's very sexy, in a snarky, geeky way. I could totally see her and Tina Fey experimenting with lesbiansim together back in college.
i love me some sarah polley by BMacSmith	Oct 31st, 2007 07:56:28 PM
yep

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