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Both the original 1050s movie and this remake stimulate many interesting concepts!

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The Fly (1986) Thinking Outside the "Plot"! #1
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After reading Bogmeister's review, I started wondering about something which the climax of this movie suggests.

By the end of the film, Seth Brundle's body has apparently been almost completely restructured into something with the physical attributes of the fly with which he teleported . . . but he still possessed enough intelligence to complete the three-pod gene splicer, and to operate it to accomplish his final goal.

He also demonstrated intelligence and even morality by the way he silently begs to be destroyed by Gena Davis when he pulled the barrel of the shotgun against his head.

So . . . was Seth Brundle's conversion complete — and if so, how much longer would he have lived? However, a more interesting question would be, could he have continued to work towards a solution to his tragic problem if he hadn't been destroyed?

The sequel, The Fly II, actually addresses this, and the son that Gena Davis gave birth to actually found a way to cleans his own tainted DNA with a modified version of his father's machine. The boy was brilliant, and he remained brilliant even after his full conversion into an insect-like creature.

Based on that, it would seem that Seth Brundle could have "cured" himself if he'd been given time and assistance by qualified people.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)