big glitch

Rating: 6/10 (10 November 2006)

In the movie there is a scene where he is testing the new machine and puts a gun next to it just in case. When he goes to turn the machine on the "duplicate" is created and sent to the end of the hallway, the "original" shoots him. When the time comes to show the magic trick on stage the "original" is in fact sent to the top and the duplicate would be dropped and then drowned. So the question arises, "How does this work?" There are a few possibilities it could have been either a big glitch that they missed. Or there could have been a replicate that knows the same exact history with the same genetic codes. Which is scientifically impossible, if you create a clone and grow it up in a different generation it will be different, so I don't see how there could be an exact copy that catches on to the whole show immediately. For the hats to disprove this either the "original" is sent outside or the "duplicate" is sent outside. If the "original" is sent outside, then it disproves the test where he stays and the duplicate is made outside and he picks up the gun and shoots him. If the duplicate is sent outside then it disproves the ending show where the "original" is in fact sent to the top and the duplicate stays. For the cats' part, if the "original" cat stays and a duplicate is sent out then it's the same as the hat. So no matter how it is explained, the test ruins the entire concept. If you forget the test then it is fine, and you know the "original" is sent out and the "duplicate" is dropped, or "stays" for the hat/cat part. If you believe that there is an exact copy made then you can believe the "duplicate" has the same mindset and knows all the history and information and therefore was a new one made every time, but that is not scientifically possible. If you grow (clone) a person with the same genotype then their personality will be different because they grow up in a different time and experience different things. Even though their phenotype (physical appearance) can be the same, personality cannot. So there is no justifiable reason to what happened and therefore have to accept that they messed up the whole movie with the test.