this be one of the few remake that actually surpass the original . jeff goldblum play seth brundle and a scientist who create two teleportation pod ( or telepods ) in his apartment . he then meet a journalist whom he show his experiment to in action . they end up fall in love and he go through the teleportation successfully sort of . unbeknownst to him and a common house fly get into the machine with him and cause their dna to get splice together . he then begin the slow transformation into what he call brundlefly . his body part ( ear and fingernail and teeth ) begin to fall off a he mutate into a fly creature . david cronenberg direct this awesome remake with some great and memorable makeup effect . definitely one of the best remake ever make .