Ballad of the unknown

[soulswallo]

This will probably be short. Maybe. I think.
I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the other night. I know that some people didn't like it, but I thought it was lovely. The acting, the sets, the weirdness ... I enjoyed it all.
I watched The Island last night. I really enjoyed it. I just have one little question - If you clone a sick person wouldn't the clone end up being sick? This might be a stupid question but I can't wrap my brain around it. I guess I'm wondering how a full-grown clone created from a sick person could be healthy. I could understand if they were growing the clones from infancy, but these clones are popping out fully formed. Help!

Okay, time to work.

Comments

[tlace.livejournal.com]

Unlike you, I did not like The Island. It was okay, Ewan is pretty, but I felt sort of meh about it. Possibly because the ending seemed rushed to me.

I don't understand DNA all that well but since the sick person contracted the disease in adulthood I would think that it doesn't have anything to do with his DNA. If he had had a genetic disorder, then I would have issues with the story. Also, they came out fully grown but they were just rushed along in the womb physically (from what I gathered) and their mental state was still that of a child in the beginning.

[soulswallo.livejournal.com]

My thought process on this is that they would have to use some of the sick person's DNA (or whatever) to create the clone. Wouldn't the DNA be infected? Maybe I'm just not understanding how they create clones. I don't know.