Paying attention to the fate of human beings is indeed a heavy topic. The "Clone" that is being released is such a film. Compared with those funny popcorn movies, "The Clone", which is a little more serious and serious, is not welcomed by the market. within reason.
But "The Clones" is undoubtedly a movie with deep thoughts. In fact, this film is heavy but not dull. Although there is no particularly big scene, the whole process is full of tension and suspense. On top of "Fantastic Beasts", it is a pity that the publicity is not enough, resulting in too few films. The current box office is only 5.06 million, which makes many viewers miss such a former film in vain.
In addition to the box office, Hollywood has a lot of thoughts and feelings about the future of mankind, such as "Alien", "Blade Runner" and so on. The film tells the story of neuroscientist Will Foster who lost his wife and three children in a car accident. With the help of his friend Eddie, he cloned his body and transmitted consciousness to give his wife and children a second next life. In order to revive his family, he did not hesitate to fight against the police, the boss who kills without blinking an eye, and even challenged all scientific restrictions and ethics, and finally created a new species for human beings - clones. Whether you like it or not, in reality, with the birth of gene-edited babies that are immune to AIDS in our country, genetic humans have actually appeared.
While creating the resurrected family, the film actually hints at another, more serious issue - eternal life. Regarding immortality, the movie "Clone" gives the answer. Using his own genes for 17 days to clone a new body, this body does not have its own consciousness. Eddie said that in today's science, cloning one's own body is either a must or a thing. After a person has his own cloned spare tire, he can copy his neural consciousness into a new body. This is a bit difficult, and the protagonist Will also did it. So the combination of these two steps is that as long as they want, they can copy their body at any time, copy their consciousness into it, or directly copy it to the immortal robot, then their life will be infinitely extended, thus realizing eternal life. The movie "Clone" finally extended the life of the Arab rich and made immortality into a business.
The ethical conflicts of various possible technological breakthroughs in this film have been given considerable expression. It is the thought-provoking part of this movie, such a good movie that is willing to lose money is not easy to come by, so watch and cherish it. Starring Keanu Reeves is a conscientious movie star who has lost children and girlfriends. From The Matrix onwards, most of his films are very different. Will's crazy act of playing God in the movie seems to be strongly condemned, but the movie with God's perspective does not seem to do so, he may feel that people with miserable lives need solace and dreams, so that Will and his The clone family can live a happy life. Judging from Will's resurrection of his young daughter, the resources he can mobilize are already very powerful, and he is already a superman in real life.
In the film, the government has no supervision on this, and has little awareness and plan for the moral dilemma that mankind is about to face. The owner of the laboratory let it develop after knowing it, ready to steal the results, use it in the military, and rule the world. If human cloning succeeds and spreads, the earth will be overwhelmed, and there will be not only moral and ethical issues, but also the survival of natural persons, which must be faced by the entire human society. If the cloning technology is mastered by the laboratory boss The consequences in the hands of such a villain are even more unimaginable, and Will still holds the bottom line even in the face of death.
Regarding clones, Will and Eddie hesitated during the period. Eddie advised Will to restrain himself many times, but the reason given by Will was to resurrect true love. The moral and ethical issues of human cloning mainly involve two levels: the first is the threshold of human cloning. If the technical threshold is not high, ordinary people can also use it. Since the emergence of clones, it will inevitably lead to the inevitable pursuit of immortality by humans. Humans are immortalized in advance. Before developing the universe, discovering countless habitable planets and having the ability to immigrate, they must limit the birth of the next generation. Then the emergence of clones is equivalent to depriving the next generation of the right to be born, and at the same time, the old guys on earth are exchanged for it. This is a matter that must be treated with caution. Secondly, if the threshold of cloning technology is very high, although the current mainstream view cannot accept human cloning, its boundary will soon be broken. People without exception hope that they are a special case. This is also considered human nature. They secretly will do whatever they can. With the help of mad scientists, there may indeed be two groups of clones and non-clones in human society in many years. At this time, the whole human society The moral and ethical issues that must be faced, because the cloned group is "superhuman", and the non-clones are at a disadvantage, and the situation may even evolve into a new privileged class: that is, a few rich people can obtain new organs or even new births through cloning. , the vast majority of the poor cannot afford the cost of cloning, and the situation is even more vulnerable. In such a future society, fairness has disappeared. We cannot predict whether and when this will happen because it depends on changes in human moral values. But morality and ethics are not immutable values, and the results of new scientific explorations constantly overturn traditional values.
Over time, clones will have superhuman abilities and intelligence. And the special class formed by them will be unimaginable and resistant to us ordinary human beings. With further development and evolution, the two classes will become farther and farther apart, with obvious differentiation. Then the difference between us ordinary humans and super clones will be very obvious. Just like our current humans and animals, we ordinary humans may only have the functions of making fun and being enslaved in front of them, just like living animals. Under their shadows, the super-powerful combat power shown in the film Will's consciousness after entering the robot is worthy of our alertness. What if they are not only as simple as resurrecting their relatives, but have other ambitions?
With technological development, human cloning is no longer out of reach. It is entirely possible for human beings to enter the era of human cloning in advance, and even break the singularity on the basis of human cloning and gain immortality. This is the basis for exploring the universe. At that time, hundreds of millions of light-years will not be Distance and time are meaningless to human beings.
But before the age of cloning, we must formulate corresponding laws and guidelines. We can’t just hope to be restrained by morality. Before the new technology of human cloning comes out, our global legal system must ensure that all human beings have a fair chance. Even if there is such technology, it cannot be bought because of money. Go, or because of the monopoly of rights can be used. In fact, we do not exclude the motivation of human beings to develop clones. After all, this is also a process of pursuing the road to immortality. However, the emergence of the technology of human cloning cannot make human beings fall into a dead end. Just like the animals we protect now, it's just that we have compassion and sympathy for these animals. If it is true that these animals will die, we will not be sad for long, if we need, we will destroy them mercilessly. If there are really two classes, then the fate of us ordinary people is similar to those of these animals.
That's what this film expands on our thinking.
In this case, we hope that those superhuman beings are all moral and good people like Will. It is not desirable. We should make laws while we are still a civilized society to prevent problems before they occur, and we cannot let the technology related to the fate of mankind only serve specific purposes. The country and a certain class, which is why most of us criticize He Jiankui.
Although relevant organizations in the world today have multiple links of review and control measures for scientific research projects involving stem cells and genetic human beings. However, discussions and norms regarding human cloning have obviously not kept pace with the rapid changes in science. The emergence of genetic technology is the natural evolution of scientific exploration, and it will definitely be gradually applied to the human body. It is not an exaggeration to say that the appearance of human clones in the movie is just around the corner, but we are not yet ready to accept this change. Pessimistically speaking, at this stage, the issue of human cloning is only viewed as a science fiction movie and a joke, and the self-control and moral restraint of scientists are also at stake. Don't talk about rising to the legislative level, what to do if the law does not prohibit it, moral constraints are like a piece of paper, which can be broken with a stab, so this film that cares about the ultimate destiny of mankind is precious.
There is a detail in the movie, when the Wife of the Faithful Soul learns that she is a replica, she quickly chooses to accept it. This plot shows that for the beneficiaries of science and technology, the vested interests are indisputable facts, and they will not be given up and will not be shaken. Only the law can regulate and punish mad scientists, and only legislation can be made in advance. When the superhuman class has already emerged, it will be too late to legislate. At the end of the film, the appearance of the little daughter looks like a beautiful nightmare, and after thinking about it, the director's deep meaning for Nu Reeves has come out.
View more about Replicas reviews
