Following up on a suggestion from John Hagmann, the Pavement Pounders discuss Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go and its 2008 film adaptation, as well as Michael Bay’s The Island, which plays in a similar sandbox, only with more explosions and massive vehicular destruction.
Thanks to John for reaching out and suggesting a topic, even if Colin didn’t enjoy it.
Rankings!:
Colin:
- The Island
- NLMG movie
- book
James:
- Parts: the Clonus Horror (MST3K)
- The Island
- NLMG movie
- book
Seth:
- NLMG movie
- Book
- The Island
Show Notes:
Editorial about the book and the whole subject of cloning:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/magazine/what-would-a-clone-say.html
Jo Walton on NLMG:
https://www.tor.com/2009/05/05/the-upspoken-and-the-unspeakable-kazuo-ishiguros-never-let-me-go/
Scientific Plausibility of NLMG:
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2007/06/24/scientific-plausibility-of-nev/
NLMG and The Island compared:
http://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2010/09/never_let_me_go_and_the_island.html
Roger Ebert’s review:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/never-let-me-go-2010