Social Control In Gattaca
Richard Parker
April 22, 2010
Movie assessment-Gattaca
Ordering of Inbreed Superhumans
The movie Gattaca written and directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997, bring about very controversial topics in today’s world. It makes us step back and take a good look at where we are going with our science and technology. It shows gene manipulation, forms of cloning and technology that can only be seen in some distant future. Not to mention it is almost the ultimate form social control.
In Gattaca there is one main form of social control and that is their government. Genetics is what the society drives for, becoming the perfect human. They strive for perfection. People are constantly tracked through urine test, hair follicles, blood and even dead …show more content…
To being with the whole birth process for Valids is new, babies are no longer born they are basically grown. Genes are chosen for them almost like going to a restaurant and ordering a meal is how Valids are chosen. The constant scans for Valids and In-valids are new technology also, all the finger print scans, finger pricks, DNA from dead skin and hair that has fallen off. Their whole genetics structure can be found out within minutes when in real life it takes about a month. Space seems the be one of the society’s main drive also with dozens of space launches a day. Don’t forget the incinerator with the button on the inside; cars were run on solar …show more content…
In high school I watched the movie just after reading the book A Brave New World by Aldus Huxley. I thought it was an ok interpretation of the book. This movie also brings up some interesting debates such as stem cell research, cloning and the whole human genome project. Is this really where our society is heading in the future of science and technology? The acting was not the best I have ever seen; there actions were very monotonous but then again people we breed to basically have no emotions. The way their future is seems to be extremely
April 22, 2010
Movie assessment-Gattaca
Ordering of Inbreed Superhumans
The movie Gattaca written and directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997, bring about very controversial topics in today’s world. It makes us step back and take a good look at where we are going with our science and technology. It shows gene manipulation, forms of cloning and technology that can only be seen in some distant future. Not to mention it is almost the ultimate form social control.
In Gattaca there is one main form of social control and that is their government. Genetics is what the society drives for, becoming the perfect human. They strive for perfection. People are constantly tracked through urine test, hair follicles, blood and even dead …show more content…
To being with the whole birth process for Valids is new, babies are no longer born they are basically grown. Genes are chosen for them almost like going to a restaurant and ordering a meal is how Valids are chosen. The constant scans for Valids and In-valids are new technology also, all the finger print scans, finger pricks, DNA from dead skin and hair that has fallen off. Their whole genetics structure can be found out within minutes when in real life it takes about a month. Space seems the be one of the society’s main drive also with dozens of space launches a day. Don’t forget the incinerator with the button on the inside; cars were run on solar …show more content…
In high school I watched the movie just after reading the book A Brave New World by Aldus Huxley. I thought it was an ok interpretation of the book. This movie also brings up some interesting debates such as stem cell research, cloning and the whole human genome project. Is this really where our society is heading in the future of science and technology? The acting was not the best I have ever seen; there actions were very monotonous but then again people we breed to basically have no emotions. The way their future is seems to be extremely