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    Gattaca Film Review

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    Gattaca: A reflection-reaction paper Gattaca is a sci-fi thriller that puts questions of perfection and being human at the forefront. We identify with Ethan Hawk because he personifies someone who yearns to travel in outer space with a full heart’s desire and passion which are truly human virtues. Despite having difficulties like heart problems which were discovered when he was born‚ this did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. One thing philosophical about it is the pursuit

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    The film Gattaca is an American film that premiered in 1997‚ about a future society where babies are conceived through genetic manipulation to ensure that they possess “favorable” traits. The film is about Vincent Freeman‚ who was born outside of genetic manipulation and faces genetic discrimination because of it. Gattaca takes place in the not so distant future where eugenics‚ the practice of “improving” genetic quality is common. In this society‚ there is a database that classifies those as “valid”

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    Gattaca Opening Scenes

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    ‘Gattaca’ is a 1999 futuristic thriller directed by New Zealander Andrew Niccol. In it‚ Andrew Niccol explores the themes of genetic modification and its possible future use in human engineering. The opening scenes are stylishly designed and subtly introduce the themes and main character of the film. As mentioned‚ genetics plays a very large role in the film ‘Gattaca’ and is introduced in several ways in the opening scenes. The very first images the viewer sees after starting the film is a quote

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    Gattaca Research Paper

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    Essay #3: Gattaca The human genome project is a great scientific advance but is society ready for it? Gattaca is a futuristic film that portrays the social ramifications of the problems of the project. We have to be very cautious and restrictive on how we use these new advances or we will turn into Gattaca. The genes in the human body have been completely mapped out in Gattaca and they can produce the perfect babies. They have the technology available to remove diseases or enhance looks and abilities

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    Social Control In Gattaca

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    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

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    1. In the movie‚ ‘Gattaca’ Vincent and Irene both have heart problems which is very thematical. They both shared a common goal‚ to fly in space‚ but are unable to because of their higher risk of heart failure. Vincent’s was more prone to his dreams than Irene‚ he makes his way to the space office by taking someone’s identity. Further‚ in the middle of the movie he gives up but as soon as he learns about Irene’s heart problem and her dreams‚ he gets motivated. Because if he wasn’t for her‚ Vincent

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    happiness. They don’t say that anymore." The sci-fi‚ thriller Gattaca was written and directed by Andrew Niccolin in 1997. The name‚ Gattaca‚ is composed of the letters used to label the nucleotide bases of DNA. Overall‚ the movie is about a genetically inferior man‚ or invalid‚ who buys the identity of a superior one‚ or valid‚ in order to pursue his life long dream of working at Gattaca and going into space. According to the movie‚ Gattaca‚ genetic engineering should not be used because it leads to

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    GATTACA‚ a movie representing the flaws in the human code and having the option to have the perfect human being‚ takes place in a dystopian genre where the director Andrew Niccol takes our interpretation of the world and makes it a perfect society in the movie. The main character Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space‚ but is grounded by his status as an "in-valid". He is told in the beginning of his life that he will only live upto the age of 30 causing him to be

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    Why Is Gattaca Unethical

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    If our world ever became like the one presented in the movie‚ “GATTACA”‚ I might go insane. I don’t think I would ever be able to accept the fact that babies would be treated as science projects or the latest toy‚ “customized to your own desire.” A parent that has the choice to enhance their child’s features‚ simply‚ should not. Beauty is undefined. A parent should love their child‚ no matter what their physical appearance‚ and accept whatever unique beauty God gave them. Selecting the traits of

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    Gattaca Moral Analysis

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    the inferior non-genetically modified. This type of societal isolation is perfectly exemplified in the film Gattaca in which the naturally conceived become worthless to society and work only the lowest and least important of jobs while the modified people dominate society. While this problem could‚ in theory‚ be slightly plausible there are many reasons to doubt

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