I happened to see a very interesting fragment of a larger show or movie. Some scientists discovered a fragment of a metal glove that they found DNA on. They then used that DNA to “3D print” a person. The show then had a very interesting following after the print process was complete. The person screamed and struggled at the very beginning, was confused as to why they were trapped inside a glass tube chamber, then the people in charge of the process came to her, showed her a badge, and started talking. (Alas, I saw this on a TV screen with no sound or closed captions.) After showing her the badge, she punched the sides of the glass tube broke through, and hit the person on the other side showing her the badge. The rest of the tube was opened up, and the medical staff came in with wrenches in hand of some sort. She then made a break for escaping the room.
On the other side after escaping, the police started chasing after her. They cornered her, and on their police visors, they tried to search for information on her. “Select category: Person or Animal. No file found.”
So, now this is very interesting. What was it that I saw? Well, I go a-searching, on the channel I saw SYFY in the corner, so surely that station name should have a website of a sort. And they do. It has a schedule…
20181205/https://www.syfy.com/schedule/
…but alas, they only allow you to see the future schedule.
Okay, now that wasn’t much help because it didn’t allow you to view the schedule in the past. So, here about I go to searching on the greater Internet.
20181205/DuckDuckGo find past schedule syfy
And indeed, I found something.
20181205/http://www.innermind.com/sfc/lists/sfc1812.htm
Reading carefully the show plots around the time that I recall seeing it, I found out that the show in question is a movie, The Fifth Element.
20181205/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element
Now, this is very interesting as I realize I was watching the segment with thoughts of it that are much different in hindsight. The movie was released in 1997. 3D printing as we know it nowadays wasn’t even a thing back then. Yes, there were industrial users, but the fundamental concept wasn’t yet a mass-market one on any imaginable level. So, definitely it’s one thing out of movies that sometimes becomes more of a hit long after it was originally produced and released.
The 3D printed person in the movie was portrayed as an alien given the name Leeloo. The actor in question that portrayed the 3D printed person is Milla Jovovich. Interestingly, Milla Jovovich says that acting as Leeloo in The Fifth Element was her favorite role.
20181205/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_Jovovich