The Island (2005)

Sean Bean: Dr. Bernard Merrick

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• Merrick : What's troubling, you, Lincoln?

  Lincoln Six-Echo : It - it's just... all right, Tuesday night is tofu night, and I'm asking myself "Who here decided that everyone likes tofu in the first place, and what is tofu anyway?" And why can't I have bacon? I line up every morning, and I'm not allowed any bacon for my breakfast. And - and tell me - let's talk about all the white. Why is everyone wearing white all the time? It's impossible to keep clean, I'm walking around, I get - I always get the gray stripe, I never get any color, and I hand it in to be cleaned, and - and someone cleans it and fold it neatly back in my drawer, but who? Who is that person? I don't know. I just - I wanna know answers and I - and I wish that there was more.

  Merrick : More?

  Lincoln Six-Echo : Yeah, more than just waiting to go to The Island.

• Albert Laurent : Did you know my father was part of the Burkinabé rebellion? When he was killed, my brothers and I were branded, so everyone would know we were less than human.

  [he holds up his hand to show Merrick] 

  Albert Laurent : I've seen and done things I'm not proud of, but at some point you realize, war... Is a business. So, when did killing become a business for you?

  Merrick : Oh, no. It's so much more than that. I have discovered the Holy Grail of science. I give life. The agnates, they're simply tools, instruments. They have no souls. The possibilities are endless here. In two years' time, I will be able to cure children's leukemia. How many people on Earth can say that, Mr. Laurent?

  Albert Laurent : [smiles]  I guess just you and God. That's the answer you're looking for, isn't it?

• [last lines] 

  Merrick : I brought you into this world... and I can take you out of it.

• Merrick : Why don't you tell me about your dream?

  Lincoln Six-Echo : It's always the same dream - I'm on a boat, headed to The Island.

  Merrick : What happens then?

  Lincoln Six-Echo : I drown.

• Merrick : [Lincoln Six-Echo has returned to the underground facility to shut down the hologram and reveal the real world to the clones when Merrick captures him]  You could've taken over his life, but you chose to come back here instead, you are unique, Six-Echo.

  Lincoln Six-Echo : My name... is *Lincoln*!

• Merrick : [putting microsensors in Lincoln Six-Echo's eyes]  Don't worry, it's painless.

  Lincoln Six-Echo : [in pain]  It hurts.

  Merrick : [nonchalant]  Not really.

  Lincoln Six-Echo : Yeah, it does.

  Merrick : No it doesn't.

  Lincoln Six-Echo : Yeah, it really, really does.

  Merrick : [after all microsensors went under Lincoln Six-Echo's eyes]  The microsensors will move along your optic nerve. They will be uploading readings over the next 24 hours, after which you will pass them through your urine. Now *that* might hurt.

• Merrick : I love that Picasso. Do you like Picasso, Mr. Laurent?

• Merrick : We control them with the memory of a shared event. A global contamination. It keeps them fearful of going outside. The Island is the one thing that gives them hope. Gives them purpose. Everything we expose them to their programs, their cartoons, books, the games they play are designed to manage aggression and reinforce simple social skills. To avoid obvious complications they aren 't imprinted with an awareness of sex. We find it simpler to eliminate the drive altogether. In a very real sense they're like children. Educated to the level of a 15-year-old.