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The first scene in Blade Runner 2049 takes place in a 'protein farm'. The farmer grows parthogenic worm-like creatures in pits filled with some sort of nutrient
by jlawson 7y ago
The first scene in Blade Runner 2049 takes place in a 'protein farm'. The farmer grows parthogenic worm-like creatures in pits filled with some sort of nutrient goo.
Parthogenic means they can reproduce asexually, and they're all clones of each other. Indeed, the few animals that reproduce like this can do so extremely fast.
- byproxy 7y agoExactly what I was thinking of. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we go from insects->livestock->humans to insects->humans as shown in Blade Runner 2049.
- jlawson 7y agoI believe in the movie it is implied that the protein is used on replicants of humans, or of animals which are then consumed by humans. Though it's never really that clear, I suppose.
- adrianN 7y agoI'd eat insects as soon as they're available in my local supermarket at an acceptable price. I've seen insect burgers in the supermarket, but they were about twice as expensive as beef.
- imvetri 7y agoAnd movie screen writers are not fiction story tellers. They talk to people while travelling across countries, know their cultures and mix and match. Tada - scene ready. Pay detail attention to movie scenes, it speaks of truth.