Comments on: SPLICE Essay: The Effects of an Unusual Sex Scene

By: Jazz

Jazz — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:09:35 +0000

Hi guys, I don’t understand what the big uproar over the sex scene was about. Splice was an incredible film, and the fact that everyone is making a big deal over it is confusing me, so I just want to speak my mind on this issue.

First off, I just want to put it straight out there. Dren is beautiful and attractive, even though she isn’t human. Clive is shown to have a beautiful woman (basically) naked in front of him, she is attracted to him, he is attracted to her, and POW- Sex happens. Okay, so Dren is hot- first point.

Secondly, people are saying she basically had sex with her father. That is stupid, none of clive’s DNA makes up her genetic structure. To put the correct label on it, she just had sex with her mother’s boyfriend, and we see that situation in many, many other films. The only difference is that they are of different species? Well, we mate several things that are not of the same species to bring us new species of DOGS AND CATS. Seriously, why is everyone getting worked up over this? People who are, just calm the fuck down, and think about what you are saying and have a broader view on it.

P.S- The people who say ‘oh thats disgusting, they aren’t the same species ewww’ most likely have watched it with a family member or friends, for most people don’t admit that the sex scene is really erotic which I beleive it is.

In conclusion, poeple who are saying that the sex scene was unneccesary I think you are majorly wrong. I think the scene was needed. Maybe the directors shouldn’t have been so explicit with the way they showed it, or maybe they should have only IMPLIED that it happened, so that they wouldn’t get all this garbage from immature people who cannot handle the idea of two different species mating with one another in a loving way.

By: Durlick

Durlick — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:29:10 +0000

I agree with you, Sam. I probably would have done the same. I thought the scene was done tastefully and it was beautiful to watch. At the end when she showed animal characteristics it was because she sensed Elsa before they actually showed her being there. Elsa had just stripped her naked, strapped all her limbs to a cold metal table and cut off her tail without anything to numb the pain. By Dren’s own nature, yes she possess human characteristics, but she is very much an animal. As someone mentioned earlier about her not being exposed to the world, she relies strongly on her instincts. Besides her being very angry with Elsa for having maimed her, she then interrupts her making love to Clive. So I really don’t think she pulled out her stinger in reaction to Clive, but it was in fact a reaction to Elsa’s presence.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:57:47 +0000

I agree, there was no graphic nature in the sex scene, it was actually quite majestic and meaningful. Also I didn’t watch it with am audience so I had my sole opinion and I really liked the scene, it displayed a truth that people have very complex and mixed emotions. However I am a very unique individual and actually felt comfortable during the scene, mainly because I probably would have done the same. But at the end Dren showed similar characteristics to spiders or scorpions with her stinger, however I refuse to believe she would have actually killed Clive.

By: nickytailor

nickytailor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:32:33 +0000

hi all,

i think all of us reflected our fears in that scene in our concerns, in any or other way. Abt virginity, the ethics of scientist, laws, rapes, sex in teenagers, etc. That is why was so polemic. My fear here was that a husband felt attracted for an exotic woman, that means cheat a wife, and the way he could hurt her after surprised them in the act !

By: matt

matt — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:12:00 +0000

oh my,
you felt disturbed by an audience that did not appreciate sex between a human and half an animal?
ever heard of unwarranted self-importance?
btw, kudos for that argument of yours, she’s gonna die soon and needs to be shown sexual pleasure.
I will remember that next time I read about (male) nurses raping terminally ill children :)

By: A Concerned Dispeller of Myths about Sex

A Concerned Dispeller of Myths about Sex — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:38:33 +0000

Honestly I imagine the uproar of the general populous was probably because of the fact that this girl is in many ways still a child and Clive an adult. If she has such a short life span, she has only been around a very short time, so in the eyes of the public she is very much a child. Even if she were a teenager in our years, she still looks to be only about 16, and Clive in his mid 30′s to very early 40′s. That sort of thing is illegal in most states. Even in states where the legal age of sexual consent is 16, that still only pertains when the child’s partner is under five years his or her senior. I fancy that the sex scene was technically statutory rape had a lot to do with the general response of disgust. In addition to that, Clive is… well. Kind of like her father. Adds another layer of potential nasty, depending entirely upon how you interpret it.

Also… Film Book dot com person… virginity and hymen are irrelevant to Clive “sliding into her vagina with ease” as you said, and her lack of discomfort. A hymen is not actually a blockage of the vagina, just a rim around the opening so to speak (so Clive would have met no resistance even if she was a virgin). It doesn’t always rip during sex and, if a young women leads an active lifestyle, even if she only runs, it’s very likely the hymen will tear during physical activity that is entirely unrelated to sex, if it tears at all. In addition to the general myths about hymens, it sounds like Dren was held away from society, and is generally more animalistic than most humans due to not only her lack of exposure to media and social stigma, but due to her genetics and upbringing as well. Therefore she would not have many of the preconceived notions and stigmas that society places on a young girl’s virginity. Most of the time, sex hurts a girl for the first time because she’s not ready, she’s too scared, she feels dirty, or her partner really sucks at foreplay. Very often it hurts girls after the first time for the very same reason. I actually decided to write this review because of you – your preconceived notions about virginity are so off-base I had to say something.

If you question my credibility, I studied human sexuality in college, I teach it to small groups of adolescents at my place of employment and am on a healthy sexuality task force.

By: Becca Scales

Becca Scales — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:54:35 +0000

Talk about an over reaction. I would hardly say it was worthy of almost walking out and being ashamed of yourself. My god, get a life you prude!

By: Film-Book dot Com

Film-Book dot Com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:58:28 +0000

I hate that phrase: torture porn. If anything “torture horror” is a more appropriate term but I digress. Maybe the new Splat Pack documentary will clear this up.

One of my immediate reactions to the sex scene in question was does Dren have a hymen and is she a virgin? Clive enters her vagina with absolute ease and Dren shows nor seems to feel any discomfort for her first time.

The director of this film did exactly what I would have done with his film, the same as Rob Zombie did with scenes in The Devil’s Rejects. He listened to the voice in the back of his head. He zagged. He did the unexpected and it paid off.

“Clive still worries that he is nothing more than an overgrown nerd. Thus, his impulsive, impassioned sex with Dren makes him feel empowered and sexy (perhaps for the first time in his life)”

I never thought of that, that is was an act of rebellion. Nice observation.

My Splice Movie Review:
http://film-book.com/film-review-splice/