Where did all of the money come from to feed 3 extra adults? How much did all of Doug's activities, sailing, bungee jumping, and golfing cost? Then the materials for the house remodel? What about the car and the initial funds for the trip to Florida? This is just something that bothers me.
shareDr. Leeds did counterfeiting on the side? The story doesn't address that. Presumably Doug makes loads of money and has no problems in that area.
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Fowler's knots? Did you say ... fowler's knots?
You forgot to mention the costs to clone Doug 3 times. Cloning cannot be cheap.
share"You forgot to mention the costs to clone Doug 3 times. Cloning cannot be cheap."
The price of cloning is never mentioned in the movie.
Also, Doug wasn't cloned three times. You can write the number 'three' instead of using the number, by the way. Your keyboard works, doesn't it?
Doug was cloned twice, then one of the CLONES (number two) was cloned once. So Doug was NOT CLONED THREE TIMES.
Also, they mentioned how they got a 'great deal', because the doc, that somehow NEVER THOUGHT OF _ANYTHING_ and yet perfected 'cloning' somehow, was so 'excited' about the idea.
I mean, someone that has been doing cloning for DECADES, it _NEVER_ occurs to him to clone a clone and see what happens? He needs CLONES to come up with that idea?
NOTHING about this movie makes any sense, no one thinks about anything or ramifications of anything!
Laura went back to work. They didnt need to pay for daycare. So that's a huge net gain.
shareGoing to work is never 'a huge net gain'. Not having to pay for something is not a gain at all, it's just lack of an expense.
In any case, Laura's money is not automatically going to feeding the clones, think about it. She goes to work to earn money, she EXPECTS TO KEEP THAT MONEY, so how is it _ANY_ gain for this purpose?
Women and men don't share money equally: her money is hers, his money is theirs. That's how it works. Of course, this is a movie, so maybe things can be stretched a bit, but still, how would Doug explain the extra sudden drain for no gain to Laura?
Also, they both work so they can keep up their lifestyle, there's no way they have around enough loose money to feed three additional adults (one of which eats and drinks so much, Doug even COMMENTS on it in astonishment, "Where do you put all that stuff?", if I remember correctly)!
No matter HOW you try to explain it, it doesn't make sense, and can't work.
The financials of this - remember, it's NOT only food, but everything an adult man needs, and it can accumulate pretty darn quickly, for three extra adults - make absolutely no sense, but it's only ONE glaring, overlooked problem in this 99.9999% nonsensical movie - the fantastic clone premise is actually the LEAST problematic part of this mess.
I used to respect Ramis as a director until I saw this movie..
You can also think about how much it costs for three adult men to live in Florida (rent and such, plus food), AND how much it costs to rent a property and make a business plan, with all the permits involved and .. well, basically all they did to open that Pizza place.
Also, they're not from 'nowhere', they're from Doug. I guess 'Three gus from Doug' wouldn't sound as interesting.