i know a lot of them are one-man doc brown/brundlefly "i'll test the serum on myself!" style experiments but itd be nice to just once see the evil corporation/government/whatever giving placebos to some of the unwitting subjects. what's the point of an experiment where everyone receives the same treatment?
― and what, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i think firestarter did but i can't remember
― am0n, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Scanners
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
that too
― am0n, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
X-Files episode where the Vegan commune was the control group and the meat eating locals got the beef with alien DNA.
― mulla atari, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
does Brain Candy count (Brendan Fraser lolz)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The Thing (John Carpenter version), sorta.
― David R., Friday, 1 August 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The Cronenberg "The Fly" did have a control group, though, insofar as Jeff Goldblum has Geena Davis try the two steaks, one of which has been teleported, to see if she can taste a difference.
― Pancakes Hackman, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
didn't that horrible movie Extreme Measures center around this?
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 August 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, The THing definitely counts, where they're checking the blood.
― James Morrison, Sunday, 3 August 2008 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/brainstorm.jpg http://www.thecastrotheatre.com/calendar/2007/aug-sep/brainstorm.jpg
Does Brainstorm count? All the researchers - mostly Walken - test the 'reading other people's memories/experiencing other people's experiences'-machine, but they also bring in a monkey, let it be used by CEO's of the company and monitor them. Others 'use' it for sexual pleasure, oh, and Walken's son uses it (although by accident).
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 3 August 2008 12:40 (sixteen years ago) link