The cruel truth behind loneliness

Alden 2022-04-20 09:01:14

It's a low-budget sci-fi movie. At the beginning of the film, the scene of the lonely moon surface is shown. It can be said that this scene is still very well done. There is a workstation here. In the future, human beings have successfully mined a large amount of helium on the moon as a new energy source that is both clean and efficient, completely solving the energy crisis.

The whole film basically has only one role, that is, Sam, who is arranged to monitor the exploitation of new energy on the moon. Sam's contract period is 3 years, and after 3 years of loneliness, he can go home and reunite with his wife. Only the kind-hearted robot Gerty is accompanying him on the moon.

Everything seemed normal until one day Sam had an accident while driving the rover. He wakes up in the base, it seems that Gerty rescued him, he drives to the accident site, only to find another himself lying in the damaged car...

Gerty is very interesting, an LCD screen shows his current expression, which is a chat tool The simplest expression among the 3, smiley, expressionless, unhappy. Although simple, it is very cute. And Kevin Spacey dubbed it, making this robot full of charm. In science fiction movies, we have seen countless examples of robots rebelling and destroying human beings, and it is rare for robots with independent personalities to be so kind. And it is its kindness that plays a key role in the plot.

The above section can be used as an anti-spoiler needle eye buffer. Now let's get to the main topic after the spoiler.

What would you do if one day you found out that you were a clone? The homecoming you look forward to, your wife and daughter, are just memories transplanted into your brain. And as a clone, you have serious physical defects, you can only live for 3 years, and by the third year you will have hair loss, internal bleeding, and organ failure. You were born in the underground secret room of the lunar base. After being activated, your spiritual pillar was "being able to go home in 3 years". After 3 years, you ended up being completely smashed by a laser in the so-called "deep hypnosis return capsule". The next activated clone will start working with the exact same initial memory...

of course you may never realize that you are just a clone because you have full memories and emotions...until what happened at the beginning of this article The description is wrong, the truth can be revealed...

The protagonist in this film is facing this cruel fact. The film also discusses the ethics of human cloning. If a robot, even an animal, activate-operate-destruct, we wouldn't feel anything. What if it was a real person just like you? The same need to eat, drink and Lhasa, the same emotional needs, with the memory copied from the body (the real Sam), with a life destined to be only 3 years, what I look forward to is the day I can never wait to go home.

In this film, due to a bug, both clones are active simultaneously for a period of time. That is, you have to face the exact same self, and you have to live with him, and he is the only companion other than the robot. What will you do to him? After friction and fighting, the two (one) protagonists in this film decided to unite and challenge the conspiracy. At this time, the brilliance of human nature appeared. Who should go back to Earth to see the wife and children in his memory? And in the end, the one who was activated later had to witness the failure of the other self and die suddenly in front of him, and this was also his own destiny...

In the process of challenging the conspiracy, the computer Gerty contributed greatly. The most valuable thing about him is that his highest priority task is to protect and assist Sam, no matter which Sam, after facing hundreds of active-work-destroy Sams, his kindness is always the same. Based on this principle, he told Sam the truth that you are a clone, and he assisted Sam in returning to Earth to prosecute this inhumane crime.

Of course, the film also has its shortcomings. When Sam saw his clone for the first time, the shock was obviously not enough. It seemed that he accepted it quickly (probably he thought he was the real body). In addition, some parts of the film are not smooth enough, not exciting enough, which makes it easy for the audience to play sometimes.

But the idea of ​​this film and the thinking and feeling it brings to people are indelible.

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Extended Reading

Moon quotes

  • Sam Bell: Well then I'm goin back, that's it for me.

    Clone #2: Pfft!

    Sam Bell: What?

    Clone #2: Is that what you really think?

    Sam Bell: Yea, I've got a contract... I'm, I'm goin home.

    Clone #2: You're a fuckin' clone, you don't have shit!

    Sam Bell: Hey, I'm goin home!

    Clone #2: You're not going anywhere! You know you've been up here too long man, you've lost your marbles. Whuddya think, that Tess is back home waiting for you on the sofa in lingerie? What about the original Sam, Uh?

    Sam Bell: I'M THE ORIGINAL SAM... I'M SAM FUCKIN' BELL, ME! ME!

    Clone #2: Hey, whoa!

    Sam Bell: Gerty, am I clone?

    GERTY: Are you hungry?

    Clone #2: Hey, hey... don't get your fuckin' panties in a twist. I'm in the same boat, asshole!

  • Sam Bell: [crying] I wanna go home.