Plot hole: In any given volume of air, there are any number of tiny, living organisms; dust mites, viruses, bacteria, etc. Why did the teleporter combine Seth's DNA only with the fly that was in the chamber? If he had taken the "floating organisms" into account in his calculations and programming, then why would he not have excluded ALL foreign DNA?
The Fly (1986)
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Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
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The Fly is a remake/re-imagining of the horror classic where a doctor experiments with teleportation with terrifying results! Seth Brundle goes from man to something else and his girlfriend suffers as his mind becomes fragmented and delusional. Sick and sad story of a man fighting his own dark, insect instincts as he mutates into a monster. Great film.
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Tawny: Are you a body builder, or something?
Seth Brundle: Yeah, I build bodies. I take them apart, and put them back together again.
Trivia: Michael Keaton was the first choice for Seth Brundle.
Question: Well into the movie, Seth's computer, which uses voice recognition, can no longer recognize his voice due to his transformation. How then, did he hook up the three telepods and execute the final sequence if he couldn't get into his computer?
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Chosen answer: He just used the keyboard. We see him typing on it several times before this scene, so the computer is not voice command only.
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