SPLICE Movie Review
SPLICE Movie Review
Many years ago AzOSA had a presentation on how evolution was portrayed in Hollywood movies. Recently the movie ‘Splice’ depicts the laboratory creation of Dren, who is a composite of human and various types of animals. At first glance one would say ‘this is not about evolution, as Dren is created’. But Dren was not the larva like creature suitable for producing biochemical cocktails the scientists expected. While initially having the appearance of a grub, she went through several metamorphoses, finally becoming something resembling an angel, and then a fallen angel. One might draw comparisons between this and Goldschmidt’s “hopeful monster” theory of evolution. However, a significant idea is expressed when one of the scientists explains how Dren came to have so many amazing attributes: It was the expression of the “junk DNA” which supposedly compromises much of our genetic makeup.