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For some reason Gattaca doesn't seem like that much of a dystopia. Poverty and disease are largely conquered. It's a harsh future that fosters alienation (or th
by iwwr 11y ago
For some reason Gattaca doesn't seem like that much of a dystopia. Poverty and disease are largely conquered. It's a harsh future that fosters alienation (or there wouldn't be much of a movie), yet the problems of that world seem fewer than those of today.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoI didn't ever figure out why it was 'distopian'. Guy with a heart condition was cheating to get in an astronaut program. Disguised his cheating by playing on folks sympathy for a natural-born citizen (vs genetically designed). He was a real conniving bastard, through and through.
- maxerickson 11y agoIt's never really made completely clear if he actually has a heart condition or whether his genes just predict one.
- specialist 11y agoEugenics. How may society adapt to genomics. Gattaca society used your genes determine your worth, your opportunities, our future. Stuff like nature vs nurture, triumph of an individual over prejudice, the apathy of genetic winners, etc.
- juliangregorian 11y agoLike Brave New World, it appeals to (most of) our distaste for treating people differently based on their class. Meritocracy and all that.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSure I get all that. But that theme was poisoned by the fact that, he should not have been in the astronaut program, because heart condition. Which leaves him just a lying cheat, and not sympathetic.
- juliangregorian 11y agoHe didn't have a heart condition, that was the whole point, congrats on an epic whoosh.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago" high probability of several disorders and an estimated life span of 30.2 years"