did not watch the famous "Next" until today. From my usual eyes, the film is quite good. Some people criticize the film because of the paradox in the film, but even In the scientific world, "seamless clothes" is sometimes an unattainable luxury.
As soon as the film was filmed, I knew it was adapted from Philip Dick’s "The Golden Man". After watching the film, I looked back to see what stories The Golden Man told. It was also a good choice.
Both the protagonist of the story and his fiancee belong to a government department, which specializes in hunting down mutants, and sterilizes them or eliminates them altogether after they are caught. Mutants are physiologically abnormal and even possess superpowers, such as being able to pretend to be someone else or steal the memory of others, which makes mutants a threat in the eyes of normal humans. The so-called "golden man" was named Kreis, he was covered in golden skin, and he didn't look very smart on the surface, but he had the ability to peer into the future. (Specifically, it is to be able to start from any action and see all possible derivative results, just like a chess player can know all the changes within 5 moves) The capture department does its best to capture Kreis , But Qu did not immediately execute him because he wanted to study his abilities. However, Kris also possesses an ability that others don't know: his golden skin is like a lion's mane, able to seduce the opposite sex. Kris seduces the protagonist's fiancée to release herself, then enlarges her belly and escapes safely. At the end of the novel, the protagonist reflects on how animal instincts defeated human wisdom, and if the "Kreis" successfully replace humans, evolution will develop in this new evolutionary direction.
Finally, I have to confess that the prevailing view in the science fiction world at that time was that mutant humans had many advantages, (maybe because of the prevailing scientific optimism at that time. After World War II, science and technology are changing with each passing day. What else can stump us? ), so when Dick submitted the novel, John Campbell even refused to publish the novel.
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