Aside from the fact I think this bombed, the story is over. How can they make a sequel relating to the original without simply rehashing it? A second clone farm in Japan or something. Do we really need the same thing all over again?
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That's what it would be. IMHO, *most* sequels end up being not only a rehash of the first movie, but it's almost like a remake of the first movie, but only with a bigger budget. For example, T2. The general underlying story is pretty much the same as the first one, all the way down to the truck chasing scenes. Or Back to the Future 2.
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Why? All the clones have been freed and Merrick is dead.
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Actually you could make a great sequel if you had a good enough story.
For starters; everyone in the world would now know it is possible to make human clones, as it would have been a huge news story.
And we know there is a market for human organs. Although most people would be appalled at the idea of using real human clones, there will be an elite group of people who don't care about the welfare of these clones, so will pay a lot for their organs on the black market.
Anyone with enough money could set up a new facility. And what about the workers from the first facility? THEY could be cloned! - It would be plausible that the new company think it's better to clone the workers than to let more regular people know about the new facility.
And the workers need never leave the facility or have a normal life. And the company could save money on salaries.
And we could have Steve Buscemi's character back!
Also, I liked the idea that the clones were somehow acquiring the memories of their sponsors. There is a whole world of scope right there.
And there could be an agency or branch of the company who provide people with their whole clone; not just their organs. Like people who would prefer their clones to go to prison instead of them, or for people whose lives would be safer if they faked their own deaths - obviously killing the clone instead.
I actually thought it was silly to let the pregnant clone die, as she could still be used again for her organs in the future. It would have made more sense to tell her she would NOT go to the island when her baby was born, and after she gave birth they should have told her that her baby had died.
And if someone needed a kidney, their clone need not die. The clone could just be told they had to have a routine operation. Same with blood transfusions or anything that is currently being developed using stem cells.
All this sort of stuff could be elaborated on in a sequel.
And Michael Clarke Duncan could have a much bigger part in it too.
I woule definitely like a sequel if it had some of these ideas and was written well.
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They already knew it was possible to make human clones; it's even stated in the movie that there were laws against making them
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ps. It's already possible to make human clones in the real world as well, and they don't do it for much the same reasons: too many ethical issues
Clones from a genetic standpoint would be your twin; born as a baby and completely independent of you
Cloning has nothing to do with memory transfers or accelerated aging (two science fiction elements that seem to get lumped into every clone story/film)
The question becomes, what are you supposed to do if you could create a twin brother/sister on demand? Is it yours? Is it your parents? Does it belong to the doctor? Genetically it is your parents child; from a cause and effect standpoint it's the doctors creation. And what can you do with it? Someone has to raise it and take legal responsibility.
Even if you wanted a child of your own, would you want to raise your brother/sister?
These are the real issues and questions like this that are stopping human cloning; people get wrapped up in the sci fi elements (memory issues, aging issues, god issues, etc), but the real problems are much more practical when you strip away the aspects of it that are just made up for movies
Cloning is real and already possible, but until someone shows up and truly wants to start making twins there actually isn't much point to it. Ethically no one is going to let you kill a sentient human being for the body parts, so what other purpose does making twins serve?
I don't know if they need to make a sequel, but it would have been nice to see how Lincoln, Jordan and the other clones acclimated into our society.
shareI would have enjoyed that acclimination. Of course I also would have enjoyed a secual.
shareI would like at least a fan fiction to know what happened to the clones and how their sponsors reacted to learning about their existence. Lincoln and Jordin seemed to adapt well enough on the outside so I would assume the other clones could adapt as well.
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There isn't going to be a sequel for the simple fact that the original didn't gross high enough for the studio to green-light a second film.
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