"good scifi requires a certain suspension of beliefs."

I couldn't disagree more about a statement than this. If it requires a suspension of beliefs than it is not SCIENCE-Fiction. If you look at it based on science and then say, "No, you can't look at it that way." then it's not science-fiction, it's fantasy and all you have to say is "Well, that goo is magic!"

You can't open a film with DNA exploding and then say, "Uh, no, you have to ignore how DNA actually works..."