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The first look we get at Clive and Elsa, the rock-and-roll gene cutters at the center of Splice , is from the perspective of the biogenetic blob they have just coaxed from its gloppy, synthetic womb. Their faces are eager and expectant, shining beatifically but intently down on their latest creation: Welcome to the world! What can you do for me? Whether there’s a place in that world for these not-found-in-nature experiments is hardly a concern — “Fred,” a partner for the already thriving “Ginger,” was born in a lab and meant to stay there, a species created solely to host unique (human) life-saving proteins. That the new parents radiate total confidence in the wisdom of such activity — even as they are watched in turn by their little monster — is the first indication of what’s in store.

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