Moon

I have two issues with the film's developments. The first is straightforward: I don't recall them ever explaining his hallucinations. Now, on one hand this is fine, because we can chalk them up to the fact that he's reached his clone expiration date, isolation is taking its toll, etc. I have no problem with that. But he doesn't hallucinate about generic things, or family members...he hallucinates some weird Samara-esque girl. Who was that?

Courtney and I speculated that it might have been his daughter, reflecting the fact that, deep down, he's aware that it's been awhile and she's all grown up, but that's quite a stretch. We came up with some other theories, but all of them required us to speculate to unreasonable degrees. Is there some obvious explanation for that specific hallucination that I missed?

The second issue has to do with plausability: the idea that Lunar would go to the trouble of cloning Sam, rather than paying a real person, strikes me as absurd. First, even in the future, one assumes cloning would be pretty expensive. Certainly enough that it wouldn't represent a massive savings over hiring actual human beings. Second, even if a company were soulless and greedy (and really, that's becoming a very tired villain), they'd still be aware of the PR risk involved in such a decision. We're told they supply 70% of the earth's energy, which means their yearly revenue is probably into the trillions. But they're cutting corners and risking the company's entire reputation to avoid paying a single employee?

I have two issues with the film's developments. The first is straightforward: I don't recall them ever explaining his hallucinations. Now, on one hand this is fine, because we can chalk them up to the fact that he's reached his clone expiration date, isolation is taking its toll, etc. I have no problem with that. But he doesn't hallucinate about generic things, or family members...he hallucinates some weird Samara-esque girl. Who was that?

Courtney and I speculated that it might have been his daughter, reflecting the fact that, deep down, he's aware that it's been awhile and she's all grown up, but that's quite a stretch. We came up with some other theories, but all of them required us to speculate to unreasonable degrees. Is there some obvious explanation for that specific hallucination that I missed?

The second issue has to do with plausability: the idea that Lunar would go to the trouble of cloning Sam, rather than paying a real person, strikes me as absurd. First, even in the future, one assumes cloning would be pretty expensive. Certainly enough that it wouldn't represent a massive savings over hiring actual human beings. Second, even if a company were soulless and greedy (and really, that's becoming a very tired villain), they'd still be aware of the PR risk involved in such a decision. We're told they supply 70% of the earth's energy, which means their yearly revenue is probably into the trillions. But they're cutting corners and risking the company's entire reputation to avoid paying a single employee?

Obviously my memory isn't precise enough to verify this, but it seems as if Sam goes through the Five Stages of Grief right in front of us. He certainly goes through Denial, then Anger as the two Sams fight. Bargaining is harder to pin down, but I think some of it certainly qualifies, and Depression and Acceptance are clear as day. Don't know if this is deliberate, or if it's the inevitable arc when someone with any understanding of human suffering sits down to write about it.

Obviously my memory isn't precise enough to verify this, but it seems as if Sam goes through the Five Stages of Grief right in front of us. He certainly goes through Denial, then Anger as the two Sams fight. Bargaining is harder to pin down, but I think some of it certainly qualifies, and Depression and Acceptance are clear as day. Don't know if this is deliberate, or if it's the inevitable arc when someone with any understanding of human suffering sits down to write about it.

I thought the hallucinations were just memories of some woman the original Sam knew to make you feel the clone Sam's perception of time and reality ... that he hasn't just been born 3 years prior.

As for the use of clones , well as ridiculous a decision it was for an insanely rich company to not hire normal employees - just seems a stab at the cooperations we have running around today , cutting whatever corners necessary to make the most money.

If they used real humans for the job they run the risk of someone messing up , or possibly the equipment was hazardous to the human body (which would play into why the clones die so quickly).

I thought the hallucinations were just memories of some woman the original Sam knew to make you feel the clone Sam's perception of time and reality ... that he hasn't just been born 3 years prior.

As for the use of clones , well as ridiculous a decision it was for an insanely rich company to not hire normal employees - just seems a stab at the cooperations we have running around today , cutting whatever corners necessary to make the most money.

If they used real humans for the job they run the risk of someone messing up , or possibly the equipment was hazardous to the human body (which would play into why the clones die so quickly).

Clones? This is what the movie is all about? Clones??? I am so sick and tired of clones. Clones do not interest me, especially when they're placed on the moon and it's a sci-fi movie. Why can't there be a clone comedy movie? Or a clone porno film -- with multiple Brad Pitts?

Clones? This is what the movie is all about? Clones??? I am so sick and tired of clones. Clones do not interest me, especially when they're placed on the moon and it's a sci-fi movie. Why can't there be a clone comedy movie? Or a clone porno film -- with multiple Brad Pitts?