MST3K fans want to see "The Island"? [View All]

[Fire Walk With Me]

You'll find that you've seen it before.

Ptchew... "Ow!" Pweeng.. "Ow!" Ptcheww.. "Ow!"

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002394690_islandripoff.html

Here's an irony alert — and a lawsuit alert: a new movie about clones appears to be an uncredited clone of another movie.

Director Michael Bay's new science-fiction blockbuster has drawn comparisons to the '70s classics "Logan's Run" and "Coma." But "The Island" looks so much like 1979's "Clonus," aka "Parts: The Clonus Horror" (available on DVD from Mondo Macabro, $19.95) that its director says he may seek a federal injunction to stop "The Island's" distribution.

"Clonus" is an obscure cheapie with a fascinating premise, best known now because of the ridiculing it took in a "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episode. Viewing one after the other will make you do a double take.

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So much so that I didn't mind the guy in the row behind me, who lampooned the entire thing (even though he hadn't heard of MST3K, asked him after the film.)

I can't wait for a $100 Million version of "Manos". Mmm hm.