Animal Cloning Comes to Hollywood

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Animal Cloning Comes to Hollywood

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 29, 2004 @10:50PM from the ever-lasting-lassie dept.

Kate Thompson writes "A week after San Francisco's Genetic Savings and Clone revealed the sale of their first cat to a customer, the Boston Phoenix reports that GS & C acknowledges it has been hired by anonymous buyers in Hollywood to bank genes of show business animals."

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Yawn... by Black+Parrot · 2004-12-29 22:53 · Score: 5, Funny

They're already cloning all their scripts.

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1. Re:Yawn... by b0r0din · 2004-12-29 23:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Thank God that George Lucas rebelled against Hollywood, not only by creating a biting satire of their business (title of Star Wars II anyone?) but by doing what no one in Hollywood has ever done - continue to add more and more to his original movies.
  
  Let's examine, shall we? "Star Wars" obviously refers to movie stars and the battles they fight for supremacy of the movie industry. Obviously the Empire is Hollywood.
  
  Luke Skywalker - George "Luke"-as? He wrote himself into his own film. Also he walks on the sky, ie. he's better than everyone else. Something tells me George never got past this one. Insert cliched Greedo whine.
  
  Han Solo - Solo, as in "primadonna" - movie actors in general. Selfish assholes who would pretend to know what a parsec is.
  
  Princess Leia - Princess "lay ya"? The porn industry.
  
  R2D2 - Robots who make no sense, ie. movie producers.
  
  C3PO - Robots who act all pretentious and annoy the fuck out of you with english accents, ie. movie directors.
  
  Obi Wan Kenobi - Umm, best boy grip?
  
  Darth Vader - wears a big black mask, is evil. This is the producer Lucas couldn't sell his original script to.
  
  I could go on, but you get the point. Does this post have anything to do with cloning animals? Not really. But who cares about cloning animals when you can make up some random shit about Star Wars?
2. Re:Yawn... by Vampyre_Dark · 2004-12-30 01:35 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I would think C3PO would be the FCC?
  
  R2D2 - *beep beep bloop* (Make with the naked wookie chicks!)
  
  C3PO - My word, we can't do that now can we! We might offend those midwesterners! How un-american!
  
  Chewie - OOOWAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! (Hey, I AM a wookie CHICK, you insensitve clod!)
3. Re:Yawn... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-30 03:14 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  > I could go on, but you get the point. Does this post have anything to do with cloning animals? Not really. But who cares about cloning animals when you can make up some random shit about Star Wars?
  +6 Funny this post was. The Slashdot zeitgeist is with you. A new Slashmeme have we? It matters not, so long as we can make up some random shit about Star Wars.
4. Re:Yawn... by mizhi · 2004-12-30 04:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Thank God that George Lucas rebelled against Hollywood, not only by creating a biting satire of their business (title of Star Wars II anyone?) but by doing what no one in Hollywood has ever done - continue to add more and more to his original movies.
  
  And to think, with all that originality, Chapters 1 and 2 still sucked.
  
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Oh boy! by Phidoux · 2004-12-29 22:53 · Score: 2, Funny

They gonna clone Brad Pitt now?

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Presenting... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-29 22:58 · Score: 2, Funny

LASSIE 2.0

And now you can take your very own Lassie home after the movie! You send us the cash, we send you your very own Lassie in a box. Overnight delivery, we swear! The dog has food and water in the box, we assure you...
Coming soon! by ez_TAB · 2004-12-29 22:59 · Score: 1, Funny

Lassie Returns (again)
Flipper Returns (again)
Mister Ed Returns (again)
Benji Returns (again)

etc...

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Obviously by obeythefist · 2004-12-29 22:59 · Score: 3, Funny

So that they can keep the cute dog in the TV show sitcom alive for all 30 seasons.

What I can't wait for is when Fluffy Clone #2726A flips out and eats the cute wisecracking kid.

Bet they can't clone him....

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1. Re:Obviously by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-30 00:14 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  It might actually work pretty well. Imagine a Collie version of Shining, with the dog coming trough the door yelling "Here's Lassie!"
Oh crap... by Guus.der.Kinderen · 2004-12-29 23:02 · Score: 3, Funny

In other news today: Warner Bros announces "Free Willy Again."
Re:This might work for Babe: 3 by gl4ss · 2004-12-29 23:06 · Score: 2, Funny

so.. they had a lot of pork during the filming, or what did they do with the obsolote pigs? man, i want to be a film producer! BABY PORK RIBSSSSS DRIPPING IN SAUCE--

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Re:Does this say something for originality by metlin · 2004-12-29 23:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Rehashing an old joke -

What do you call one Britney on the moon?
Problem.

What do you call 100 Britneys on the moon?
Problem.

What do you call 1,000 Britneys on the moon?
Problem.

What do you call 1 million Britneys on the moon?
Problem.

What do you call all the Britneys on the moon?
Problem solved!!!

You may now continue expounding Britney's talents. ;-)
Re:Our hollywood star stunt cat died.. by forgotten_my_nick · 2004-12-29 23:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Or keep 10 clones on hand for the "Throw the cat in the blender" scene. Then when animal rights people come over to check you can show them the real cat and they will never know the difference.
Clone my wife! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-29 23:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Now, if Peter Jackson had been able to clone 100,000 copies of my wife he'd have had his Orc army without needing special effects.
Steven King is probably writing the story ... by NZheretic · 2004-12-30 00:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Combining Cujo with Pet Sematary.
Re:Glossing over the actual money maker. by DeltaHat · 2004-12-30 00:53 · Score: 2, Funny

How much would you pay for a copy of the tiger that tried to eat Roy Horn?
in Hollywood... by bikerguy99 · 2004-12-30 01:38 · Score: 1, Funny

we dont' say clone - we say body-double, you insensitive clod!
Re:This might work for Babe: 3 by riffzifnab · 2004-12-30 01:54 · Score: 3, Funny

"For years, the Royal Family kept a large herd of pigs at Windsor castle in England." pork.co.nz

"...so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm." -Snatch
Look out for the Royal Family...
Clone Jenna Jameson (with genetic modifications) by Luscious868 · 2004-12-30 02:11 · Score: 3, Funny

1) Make clones of Jenna Jameson.

2) Remove the "dirty slut" gene, replacing it with a modified version of the "obedient wife" gene (which morphs back into the "dirty slut" gene when she's in the sack with her husband). It might not hurt to genetically enhance her breasts while your at it so she won't have to pay for them later.

3) Sell clones as mail order brides.

4) Profit!
Giving credibility to movies... by gmuslera · 2004-12-30 02:23 · Score: 2, Funny

1) Make the movie
2) Clone for real a cat
3) Clone Schwartzenegger
4) Make Washington to approve the "6th day law"
5) In press release, say "see? even sci-fi movies we produce becomes real"
6) ...
7) Profit!
8) "The day after tomorrow" becomes real
More Lame Clone Movies by Sumbody · 2004-12-30 04:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Another Fiddler on Another Roof
The Day After the Day After Tomorrow
Revenge of the Godfather
The Matrix: Reloaded; Revisited
The Thing, Yet Again