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Eat this I need an objective opinionIt could use some finesse but it tastes like a steakNow try this teleported halfA monkey just came apart in there Baboon EatIt tastes funnyFunny how It
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The Fly

Flesh. The poetry of the steak. So, I'm gonna start teaching it now

Seth Brundle:
Okay. Eat this. I need an objective opinion.Seth Brundle: Yes?Veronica Quaife:Well, it could use some finesse, but um, It tastes like a steak.Seth Brundle:Okay.Seth Brundle:Now, I want you to try this - teleported half.Veronica Quaife:Oh, are you serious? A monkey just came apart in there.Seth Brundle:Baboon. Eat.Veronica Quaife: Oh. Oh, It tastes funny.Seth Brundle:Funny? How?Veronica Quaife:It tastes um - synthetic.Seth Brundle: Mmm-hmm.Veronica Quaife: So, what have we proved?Seth Brundle:The computer is giving us its interpretation - of a steak. It's, uh translating it for us; it's rethinking it, rather than *reproducing* it, and something's getting lost in the translation.Veronica Quaife:Me. I'm lost.Seth Brundle:The flesh. It should make the computer, uh, crazy. Like those old ladies pinching babies. But it doesn't; not yet. I haven't taught the computer to be made crazy by the -Seth Brundle:flesh. The poetry of the steak. So, I'm gonna start teaching it now

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Eat this I need an objective opinion
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It could use some finesse but it tastes like a steak
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Now try this teleported half
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A monkey just came apart in there Baboon Eat
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It tastes funny
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Funny how It tastes
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synthetic
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What have we proved
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The computer is giving us its interpretation
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of a steak It's translating it rethinking it
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rather than reproducing it
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Something gets lost in the translation
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Me I'm lost
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The flesh
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It should make the computer crazy Like old ladies pinching babies
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But it doesn't yet
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I haven't taught the computer to be made crazy by the flesh
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The poetry of the steak
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So I'll teach it now
Available in 7 languages
Duration
87 seconds
Views
686
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:54
Uploaded
Mar 09, 2026
Production
SLM Production Group,Brooksfilms

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Movie Summary

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

Actors

Jeff Goldblum
Seth Brundle
Geena Davis
Veronica Quaife