list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The 6th Day on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_6th_Day/165553/default.aspx Title: The 6th Day
Year: 2000
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Plot: In this science-fiction thriller set in the very near future, DNA cloning has been perfected and has become an accepted part of everyday life -- cattle and fish are cloned for sale at the market, genetically engineered fruit and vegetables are found in most family's kitchens (nacho-flavored bananas, anyone?), and if your pet dies, you can even order a cloned replacement. But laws have been passed that strictly forbid the cloning of human beings. However, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who believes people should live and die the old-fashioned way, discovers that someone has been violating these regulations. After Adam luckily avoids being on a copter that crashes, he comes home to discover someone has duplicated him. Now Adam is on a mission to find out who cloned him and why, as he struggles to take back his life from a scientifically created impostor, his boss Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), and a pair of thugs (Sarah Wynter and Rod Rowland) who have been cloned into near-indestructibility. The 6th Day also stars Robert Duvall as cloning expert Griffin Weir, Michael Rooker as Drucker's right-hand man Robert Marshall, and Michael Rapaport as Adam's partner, Hank Morgan. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:07:36 GMTThe 6th Day2000Roger SpottiswoodeIn this science-fiction thriller set in the very near future, DNA cloning has been perfected and has become an accepted part of everyday life -- cattle and fish are cloned for sale at the market, genetically engineered fruit and vegetables are found in most family's kitchens (nacho-flavored bananas, anyone?), and if your pet dies, you can even order a cloned replacement. But laws have been passed that strictly forbid the cloning of human beings. However, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (<a href="/players/P___110501/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>), who believes people should live and die the old-fashioned way, discovers that someone has been violating these regulations. After Adam luckily avoids being on a copter that crashes, he comes home to discover someone has duplicated him. Now Adam is on a mission to find out who cloned him and why, as he struggles to take back his life from a scientifically created impostor, his boss Michael Drucker (<a href="/players/P____27518/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tony Goldwyn</a>), and a pair of thugs (<a href="/players/P___237800/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sarah Wynter</a> and Rod Rowland) who have been cloned into near-indestructibility. The 6th Day also stars <a href="/players/P____88530/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Duvall</a> as cloning expert Griffin Weir, <a href="/players/P____61370/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Rooker</a> as Drucker's right-hand man Robert Marshall, and <a href="/players/P____58816/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Rapaport</a> as Adam's partner, Hank Morgan. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide9Taggedy Taggged (6-10)5232http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t14859t8ju0.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_6th_Day/165553/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_November_24_Cyborgs_Androids/625/37637/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mphmuse
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Body: Maria in Metropolis (1927). http://lolbots.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/metropolis-maria-lumps.jpg [quote user="Tizzy"] Ullysses in Making Mr. Right was the best android ever played by John Malkovich - also counts as a sexbot, though he did malfunction when over stimulated. [quote user="mphmuse"] The 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]
]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:24:09 GMTmphmuseWeekly Theme11/25/2008 3:24:09 PMMaria in Metropolis (1927). http://lolbots.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/metropolis-maria-lumps.jpg [quote user="Tizzy"] Ullysses in Making Mr. Right was the best android ever played by John Malkovich - also counts as a sexbot, though he did malfunction when over stimulated. [quote user="mphmuse"] The 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote] [/quote] [/quote] http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_November_24_Cyborgs_Androids/625/37634/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Tizzy
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Post Date: 11/25/2008 3:17:35 PM
Body: Ullysses in Making Mr. Right was the best android ever played by John Malkovich - also counts as a sexbot, though he did malfunction when over stimulated. [quote user="mphmuse"] The 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote] [/quote]
]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:17:35 GMTTizzyWeekly Theme11/25/2008 3:17:35 PMUllysses in Making Mr. Right was the best android ever played by John Malkovich - also counts as a sexbot, though he did malfunction when over stimulated. [quote user="mphmuse"] The 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote] [/quote] http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_November_24_Cyborgs_Androids/625/37633/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mphmuse
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Body: The 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote]
]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:04:56 GMTmphmuseWeekly Theme11/25/2008 3:04:56 PMThe 6th Day (2000) Michael Rapaport's character can beam in his lady friend. [quote user="Tizzy"] In keeping with the fembots/sexbots/gynoids and the like, Cherry 2000, with Melanie Griffith, was all about retrieving a replacement 'bot somewhere in no man's land. [/quote] http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/6/30610.aspx Post By: JJ79
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Post Date: 6/6/2008 12:52:43 PM
Body: Released: November 17, 2000Director: Roger Spottiswoode*****What science fiction does better than any other genre is take a modern day issue (say, apprehension regarding other worldly encounters) and walks us through it. The trials, the tribulations, potential fallout from the wrong decision. There is another type of sci fi and it revolves around space flight, laser guns and weird alien creatures. The 6th Day takes elements from both those traditions, wraps them up and hopes the result is entertaining, maybe even enlightening.Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) returns home from work one night to find an exact duplicate of himself celebrating his birthday with his friends and family. As he is tailed by supposed government agents, Gibson learns he has been cloned, a process banned in this version of the United States. But why? The real Gibson doesn't have any life threatening illnesses and isn't a vital cog in the workings of the world. An answer is forthcoming, though not until a deeper, darker plot to replace vital legislators with copies-clones who will work to reverse the current ban.As one of the Governator's last sci fi roles, he does reasonably well given the Gibson character. Arnold still can't act with any reasonable expectation of success, yet it doesn't matter. He's a loving father, a devoted husband, good friend. All of which helps Schwarzenegger in the part. Then there's this other side of The 6th Day, the part making little to no sense. It's the science of the cloning. Take an eye scan of a person, you get all their memories, facial ticks, fetishes and the like. Yes, an eye scan. That information is then transferred to a duplicate body, which is "baked' until a formed human being emerges. The only way to figure out a clone is a clone turns out to be dots near one of the eyes. All well and good. It just doesn't make any sense.When the "logic" is coupled with an incessant need to make a run and gun action adventure, complete with two Gibson's, laser guns and half formed clones, the movie turns in on itself. For all the whiz bang cool future "stuff"' we see in the first half hour, the next three half hour's turn out to be nothing special, as if all the ideas had been used. The premise doesn't sustain a two hour running time when the last half hour is nothing more than the standard running and jumping (not to mention shooting). Where are the ethics of cloning, the reasons it was banned? Where are the subtle jabs at current society? The 6th Day can't be that subtle. And a shame, too. This could have been so much better than it was.
]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:52:43 GMTJJ79JJ79 Blog6/6/2008 12:52:43 PMReleased: November 17, 2000Director: Roger Spottiswoode*****What science fiction does better than any other genre is take a modern day issue (say, apprehension regarding other worldly encounters) and walks us through it. The trials, the tribulations, potential fallout from the wrong decision. There is another type of sci fi and it revolves around space flight, laser guns and weird alien creatures. The 6th Day takes elements from both those traditions, wraps them up and hopes the result is entertaining, maybe even enlightening.Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) returns home from work one night to find an exact duplicate of himself celebrating his birthday with his friends and family. As he is tailed by supposed government agents, Gibson learns he has been cloned, a process banned in this version of the United States. But why? The real Gibson doesn't have any life threatening illnesses and isn't a vital cog in the workings of the world. An answer is forthcoming, though not until a deeper, darker plot to replace vital legislators with copies-clones who will work to reverse the current ban.As one of the Governator's last sci fi roles, he does reasonably well given the Gibson character. Arnold still can't act with any reasonable expectation of success, yet it doesn't matter. He's a loving father, a devoted husband, good friend. All of which helps Schwarzenegger in the part. Then there's this other side of The 6th Day, the part making little to no sense. It's the science of the cloning. Take an eye scan of a person, you get all their memories, facial ticks, fetishes and the like. Yes, an eye scan. That information is then transferred to a duplicate body, which is "baked' until a formed human being emerges. The only way to figure out a clone is a clone turns out to be dots near one of the eyes. All well and good. It just doesn't make any sense.When the "logic" is coupled with an incessant need to make a run and gun action adventure, complete with two Gibson's, laser guns and half formed clones, the movie turns in on itself. For all the whiz bang cool future "stuff"' we see in the first half hour, the next three half hour's turn out to be nothing special, as if all the ideas had been used. The premise doesn't sustain a two hour running time when the last half hour is nothing more than the standard running and jumping (not to mention shooting). Where are the ethics of cloning, the reasons it was banned? Where are the subtle jabs at current society? The 6th Day can't be that subtle. And a shame, too. This could have been so much better than it was. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/19/26397.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 3/19/2008 2:00:37 PM
Body: Don’t be fooled, now. This film may look like a beautiful, epic piece of cinema, but that’s likely only because it was shot by Xiaoding Zhao, whose relatively short cinematography resume includes Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers (for which Xiaoding received an Oscar nomination), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles and Curse of the Golden Flower (he was also a cameraman for Yimou’s Hero). So yeah, The Children of Huang Shi will certainly be a good looking film, but notice who the director is. That’s right, Roger Spottiswoode, a guy whose worst film is difficult to decide upon. I’d say it’s a toss up between The 6th Day and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. I’ve never seen Terror Train, though. That one sounds like a contender. Another thing this film does have going for it is the Oscar-winning producing skills of now-81-year-old Arthur Cohn. He’s had a pretty great career, having partnered with De Sica on his later films, including the The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, and having had the honor of seeing that film and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black and White in Color and Richard Dembo’s Dangerous Moves all win the Academy Award for best foreign-language film (other of his productions that were nominated in the category include Walter Salles’ Central Station and Christophe Barratier’s The Chorus). As for his own, recognized and credited Oscar glory, he’s won three out of his four nominations in the documentary category (for Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau’s Le Ciel et la Boue, Barbara Kopple’s American Dream and Kevin McDonald’s One Day in September; he lost with Dieter Hildebrandt’s The Yellow Star). (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:00:37 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/19/2008 2:00:37 PM Don’t be fooled, now. This film may look like a beautiful, epic piece of cinema, but that’s likely only because it was shot by Xiaoding Zhao, whose relatively short cinematography resume includes Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers (for which Xiaoding received an Oscar nomination), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles and Curse of the Golden Flower (he was also a cameraman for Yimou’s Hero). So yeah, The Children of Huang Shi will certainly be a good looking film, but notice who the director is. That’s right, Roger Spottiswoode, a guy whose worst film is difficult to decide upon. I’d say it’s a toss up between The 6th Day and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. I’ve never seen Terror Train, though. That one sounds like a contender. Another thing this film does have going for it is the Oscar-winning producing skills of now-81-year-old Arthur Cohn. He’s had a pretty great career, having partnered with De Sica on his later films, including the The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, and having had the honor of seeing that film and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black and White in Color and Richard Dembo’s Dangerous Moves all win the Academy Award for best foreign-language film (other of his productions that were nominated in the category include Walter Salles’ Central Station and Christophe Barratier’s The Chorus). As for his own, recognized and credited Oscar glory, he’s won three out of his four nominations in the documentary category (for Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau’s Le Ciel et la Boue, Barbara Kopple’s American Dream and Kevin McDonald’s One Day in September; he lost with Dieter Hildebrandt’s The Yellow Star). (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/future/MemberTagFilms.aspxfuture
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