Originally, I didn't want to write a film review of "Moon", because there are already too many good film reviews, and they have written about all aspects of this film. But during this time, I talked with some friends in the sci-fi dream factory, and found that there are still some interesting topics, the identity of clones, the relationship between clones.
clone's identity
In "Escape from the Clone Island", before Ivan knew the truth, we always thought he was a normal human with his own thinking. In "Moon", Sam Five and Sam Six have distinctly different personalities, one is quiet, the other is lively, the other is calm, and the other is wise. Of course, this and Sam Five have stayed in this dull place for three years, while Sam Six has just been activated related. So is there a difference between clones and humans? Needless to say, of course not. Although in "Moon", the clone is designed to live only three years, but, during these three years, can you say that he is not human? Friends who have watched "Escape from the Clone Island" all know that the end of those clones is also miserable. They are the organ providers of "original" humans. What these two films have in common is that the clones were instilled with the memories of normal humans, thinking that they were normal humans, with their own lives and their own futures. After knowing the truth, they fought hard. In "Escape from the Clone Island", Ivan fought the most thoroughly. He directly thought of getting rid of the bad-hearted "original" person and became the original. This is really a great irony. In "Moon", Sam Six escaped back to Earth with the help of Sam Five, taking revenge on the Moon Energy Company that didn't treat them as human beings. The Governor's "Sixth Day" is about fighting side by side with clones and coexisting peacefully. Seeing this, I found that these movies all portray human clones as sympathetic and human beings. Cloning human beings are just the unscrupulous behavior of individual companies, not like the production of robots, which most people think is a good thing. That is to say, clones should not have been produced. However, if they have already appeared, they should be treated as human beings. Otherwise, it is inhumane, so it is normal for them to do anything to fight. Also, you really can't tell them apart in terms of appearance or thinking, unless they are designed to be different from humans. We learned from the mainstream media that human cloning is prohibited by legislation, so only a few people who are greedy will do such a thing. By now, then, most people should assume that individual clones would be recognized as normal human beings, not as commodities or slaves.
The relationship between clones
In "Escape from the Clone Island", a prototype corresponds to a clone, so in the clone base, there are different clones, and the relationship between them is the same as the relationship between humans, and even if they enter human society, there is no Different ways, and human beings will also be a normal relationship. In "Moon", because two clones of the same prototype appeared at the same time, the problem of the relationship between clones appeared. At the beginning, he was arguing that he was the prototype, and then he fought again to find the secret of the base. But why? Why do they all want to prove that they are the archetypes? In this closed space, there is no way to communicate with the earth. Is it meaningful to fight for this? Even if you prove that you are a prototype, so what? Just one rank higher than the other? Very dramatic scene. However, over time, they slowly got along and began to think about why this happened. After finding out the whole story, the two were united again than ever before, and one even made a sacrifice (of course, he didn't have a few days to live). So what is their relationship?
A friend also said that in the future, there will be a relationship between clones and human beings, hate relationships, etc., which is very imaginative. These episodes are likely to be filmed in the future, so that the ethical issues of human cloning have been discussed again. In this film, I even want to see the plot of the two cloned Sams meeting the original Sam.
Why make clones
However, we still look down on human nature. Why do humans make machines? Make it to play? It is a device that can help human development and liberate human labor. Robots have now been created as our tools. In various sci-fi movies, humans have also created intelligent biochemical humans ("Blade Runner") and intelligent robots ("I, robot") as slaves, but now these two categories are still It is difficult to manufacture, but clones are relatively easy to manufacture, and they are easy to use and not expensive. This point, "Moon" has made it very clear. Then, clones are likely to be put on the agenda when human beings really enter the space age. At that time, if intelligent robots have not yet been formed, then the dangerous work will be done by clones. The history of human beings using slaves is very long. Friends with a little historical knowledge should know that until the Civil War in the United States, it was still a war about slave liberation. Japan invaded China, and many Chinese were also used as slaves to work. People get along like this, so is it strange to enslave clones for the benefit of the country?
Although we have watched these films and sympathized with enslaved clones, mainstream thinking does not approve of enslaved clones. However, over time, in order to develop, must human beings not create clones as slaves? Just as we make robots to serve us, can we recognize robots as our equal friends? This point, "I, robot" and "The Matrix Animated Edition" have already talked about it very clearly.
Are we entitled to enslave clones?
So are we "original" humans entitled to enslave clones just like us? Humans create clones in order to make "them" serve us. That's what the individual unscrupulous companies of "Moon" and "Escape from Clone Island" are doing.
I've been watching the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" cartoon these days, and when I saw the 16th episode "The Traitor", I felt that I had discovered something. The opening line of this episode is: "The truth makes people wake up, but it does not necessarily make people happy". A certain clone acted as a traitor and betrayed the Republic's army and Obi-Wan, resulting in the tactical defeat of the Republic's army and the loss of many clones. When he was caught, there was the following dialogue:
Jedi: how could you do such a thing to your brother
Traitor: Only the Jedi would ask such a question, you enslaved my brothers. We are obedient to you. I love my brothers, you are all blinded, but what I do is for all the clones.
This "truth" in the film may mean that clones will also betray the Republic, which is very unhappy. But what I see is that clones should see this "truth", why should we work for the Republic? What did you get for selling your life? Because according to the setting of "Star Wars", clones will always be slaves used to fight, not the people of a certain joined country, in the Republic, in the Empire as well. Therefore, if a large number of clones wake up, the consequences are self-evident. At that time, the clones would say: "Although you created us, you must also give us freedom, otherwise, we will not hesitate to destroy our creators."
They wrote so many nonsense, just some of their own thoughts, I hope everyone Discuss together.
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