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07.05.05
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11:23 PMWired magazine, apparently struggling to fill space, traces the cinematic ancestors of the new Michael Bay collection of special-effects shots titled The Island, in which some people in a paradise learn they exist only to provide parts for other people. But Wired's rundown shockingly omits The Island's most important predecessor, which any Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan* knows all too well:
In this 1979 must-have-been-made-for-TV flick, some people in a paradise learn they exist only to provide parts for other people. Available actors Peter Graves and Dick Sargent star. There are not many explosions.
Clonus is a very, very bad movie. And yet, a Michael Bay version of the same premise is coming up, so it may soon look like a very, very good movie.
Also wasting energy at theaters this month is an action thriller called Stealth. It's like Christine, except that instead of a car, it's about a horrifically expensive warplane.
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* And at least one IMDb message board user.
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How ironic that a movie about clones is a clone itself. PARTS: THE CLONUS WARS just collected a fortune from them, probably for the entire amount THE ISLAND has made so far. Perhaps now is a good time to browse through my MST3K collection to find others that might be ripe for a remake.
– nilblogette · 11 AM
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