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Probably a stupid question, but why the duplicates?


What's the point of the duplicate pop people? It seems that at the end, when Wynter falls asleep, her human body is taken over by the spores and she becomes one of them. If this is the case, do they simply take on th human host? Why do the pods form the duplicates? What happens to the humans who are replaced, are the bodies restored?

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According to the 1979 remake, The original human body dies and rapidly disintegrates. The pod duplicate assumes the human's life, although with no soul.

If you were observing this nutty planet, would YOU want to make contact?

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