The Writer's Life 5/16 - Splice

How many times has it been done -- the cautionary tale of scientists creating new life forms, playing God, and the disastrous results that follow? That is the plot of Splice (2009), which I watched last night courtesy of Netflix. The talented Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley star as geniuses who combine the DNA of humans and animals. Although there are a few startling scares, the film is more a creep-fest. It hovers on the line between goofy and compelling. While the story lacks freshness, the performance of French model/actress/DJ Delphine Chaneac as the hybrid lends much needed vibrancy. Despite her, the flick never rises above average. It was directed by Detroit native Vincenzo Natali, who collaborated with others on the screenplay. He has 18 credits at IMDb, the most notable being multiple episodes of TV’s Hannibal. 74,000+ users at IMDb have rated Splice, forging to a consensus of 5.8 of ten. I agree. Remember when the likes Whit Bissell and Hugh Marlowe would play scientists? I guess it was inevitable that such roles would evolve to suit the young in modern audiences. I wonder if it has any relationship to the real world. In a bit of irony, the acronym for the movie’s institute is NERD. No one on the staff seems like one. They are hipster scientists. Here are pics of Bissell and Marlowe:

Here's the gist of an article posted at Yahoo. I took the liberty of editing it: "Two women who took a writing class at Columbia University found that their own stories are better than fiction. They are sisters born to the same teenage mother in the early 1980s and adopted by different families. Lizzie Valverde and Katy Olson discovered their connection in 2013. Valverde grew up in New Jersey while Olson grew up mostly in Florida and Iowa. Both moved to New York as adults and enrolled in Columbia's School of General Studies. Olson figured out the connection when Valverde introduced herself to the writing class and talked about being adopted.

My thanks to Ron, who purchased Rising Star today on Bay Parkway, and to Jack of Chase, who bought a Christopher Reich thriller.

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