Was I the only one who thought that the world of Gattaca looked awesome instead of terrifying? For those of you who don't know, basically the movie was set in this futuristic society where genetic science technobabble crap has made it so that it so that it's possible to make babies with no genetic mutations or problems whatsoever. However, this is displayed as a terrible, horrific dystopia and honestly, I can't figure out why. I mean, yeah, the protagonist gets kind of screwed because his parents were stupid enough NOT to take advantage of this fantastic new technology, and as a result, he totally sucks, but that's just his parent's fault. The way it's portrayed, it seems like the service is available to pretty much anyone.
So basically, the filmmakers are showing a world where we can be safe from horrible, life-ruining birth defects, and then telling us that this would be a bad thing. I just really can't get my head around that. It seems like this would be the kind of thing we would want for our society. It's not like they're using it to pull crap like the Nazis did and trying to eliminate races or anything. There are clearly a variety of different people around, and they all have awesome genetic superpowers too. So what's the problem?
I kind of think it has something to do with the fact that Hollywood has pretty much decided that the future is gonna suck, so anything showing the future has to be HORRIBLE AND TORTUROUS. Even if it's totally awesome. Okay then.
Still a good movie though.
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