Corrected entry: If all the Echo generation was made in the same year then why do they destroy the "products" still in the water bags? Wouldn't that be a new generation?
Ronnie Bischof
14th Jan 2007
The Island (2005)
6th Jun 2006
The Island (2005)
Corrected entry: Why on earth would McCord, a welder who works below the main floor and (supposedly) has no contact with the clones, know everything about the ultra-secret cloning operation? It's like a cleaner in the Pentagon knowing strategic military secrets. Haven't they ever heard of Need To Know?
Correction: He's seen repairing a computer when they cut a clone out of a breeding bag. So he surely knows a lot about the whole operation.
30th May 2006
The Island (2005)
Corrected entry: The phonetic alphabet used in the movie is incorrect. They use some of the correct phonetics, but have wrong letters later. For example it is stated that the products are becoming more self-aware for generations Echo, Foxtrot, Gamma and Hilo. Gamma and Hilo should be Golf and Hotel to be correct.
Correction: Why is this a mistake, they can name their products however they want to. They aren't bound to the phonetic alphabet. Probably they have used Golf and Hotel already for something else and wanted to avoid confusion. It's not like this is a military outfit, it's civilian and so can use whatever terminology they like, however illogical.
28th May 2006
The Island (2005)
Stupidity: McCord gives Lincoln and Jordan a credit card and tells them that he will have to report it missing within twenty four hours, and he warns them that they can be traced by using it. He then gives them a huge wedge of cash. Since we have a society that still uses cash, and he has acknowledged how dangerous the use of a "stolen" credit card is - he even tells them how using it will lead the authorities straight to them - why not just tell them to use the cash? (If there wasn't enough, they get a cash advance on the credit card up to its limit - easy). He repeatedly acknowledges the risks of using the card, and it is absurd to speculate that he didn't have time to find and use an ATM to max out the card. He doesn't have to find an ATM - Lincoln and Jordan do, and as he acknowledges they have twenty four hours to do so. Once the cash is withdrawn, the card is thrown away, and nobody is at risk.
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Suggested correction: We don't know how much cash it was, could just have been many 1$ bills and a few tens. So they probably would have needed more money at the beginning, and as they had to hurry for the train it couldn't have been possible for McCord to go for an ATM machine. They can use the card without danger until he reports it stolen (nobody knows at that time that McCord is helping them, so they wouldn't track down his credit card, until he reports the theft) So it's not even a character mistake as he thinks they'd be safe to use it in the next 24 hours. His warnings are for after the 24 hours, when it is reported stolen. And anyway, they need the credit card so that Jordan can get back into the facility.
2nd Aug 2005
The Island (2005)
Corrected entry: It makes no sense that Sarah Jordan is supposed to be a famous star, yet Jordan is able to dial directly to her home simply by looking her up in a public information booth. Even Lincoln's number was unlisted. On top of this, it's hard to imagine that there would only be one Sarah Jordan in the directory of a large city.
Correction: It's always up to the stars if they want to be in a phone book. In Switzerland for example, you can look up several politicians and stars with address and phone number over an internet directory.
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Correction: If you would have followed the movie attentively, then you would know that the Echo generation was infected including every subsequent generation, that's why they also destroyed the bodies in the feeding bags.
Ronnie Bischof