Immortality is a grand and profound topic. The first feeling after watching "Copy" is to feel sorry for this drama. How much social, ethical, philosophical, and storytelling can a "copy" potentially contain. However, "Copy" abandoned all these, and finally ended the uncontrollable story hastily, which is dwarfed by the exploration of the ethics and society behind immortality.
The background setting of "Dungeon" is grand. This is a highly technologically advanced society, a universe in which human beings have completed their migration to other planets, and a world that has technically achieved immortality. How many wonderful questions can be asked in such a context, and how many thought-provoking stories can be deduced? The show, however, ditched those backgrounds and focused on solving crimes and the bond between siblings. Granted, there is no problem with the reunion of siblings and the experience of hundreds of years ago as the main thread, but the interspersed plot can explore the world and explore the ethics of this world.
The male protagonist in "Dungeon" appeared after being frozen for more than 200 years, but the male protagonist in the play did not have much discomfort with the new world. If the changes in technology and society are really small, then the past few hundred years have been a huge stagnation, and such stagnation will inevitably bring about countless social problems. Countless shots have the opportunity to bring this experience to the audience.
In addition, the psychological and mental state of the richest man in the cloud who hired the male protagonist can be explored in depth. When the time limit given to human beings by nature is broken, and when human beings break through time and space, how will individuals feel? What kind of behavior will there be? When a person lives for centuries, can he/she be called a god? (As said by the mustache thug in the play). What is the life of this god like? What is God thinking about every day? This angle can lead to countless new plots, not just the resistance leader simply saying to break it all.
The scene in the play is typical of the progress of the humanities and social sciences not keeping up with the development of the natural sciences. Immortality is technically possible, but the social and ethical levels associated with it have not kept up, and technology has become a new means of poverty. In the era of "Dungeon" where productivity exploded, all living beings are still suffering. Medical methods are extremely advanced, but many people still cannot afford to see a doctor.
I hope that immortality is not such a topic in reality, and I hope that human beings can construct an ethical framework related to immortality before obtaining immortality. Hopefully, the next burst of productivity can benefit everyone fairly.
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