The movie "Moon" tells a similar story. Sam is the only employee of the "Lunar Industries" company stationed on the moon, responsible for mining the rare energy helium-3. Although the days on the moon are extremely boring, fortunately, the three-year contract is about to expire, and he can return to the earth to reunite with his wife and daughter. However, an accident made Sam discover that there is actually another "self", and as time went on, more terrifying truths were unearthed one by one...
This film takes the path of science fiction and suspense, although there is no The special effects are dazzling, but deep and delicate, slowly peeling off the layers of the shell in the calm, quietly revealing the core rich in ethical thinking. Of course, as a so-called "soft sci-fi", logical flaws are unavoidable. To give one of the most conspicuous examples, the artificial intelligence computer "Kodi" manufactured by the company to assist Sam in his life and work should not reveal the truth to Sam. Could it be that the "betrayal" of "Kodi" is because of his relationship with generations of The friendship that Sam forged in getting along with each other because of it? This is indeed debatable. However, if the focus is on a deeper level, "Moon" has every reason to forgive Duncan Jones for omissions, especially since this is his self-written and directed debut.
The genetic engineering developed in the middle and late 20th century can be regarded as a major breakthrough in the history of human biology. However, like many other technologies, genetic technology is a sharp double-edged sword, which not only benefits mankind, but also contains the destruction of mankind. the power of. Just as Jules Verne said, "We have reached those worlds before the power of science and technology arrives." Science fiction movies have the same forward-looking as science fiction. After viruses, nuclear weapons, robots, and artificial intelligence, genetic Technology has become yet another proposition that fills our fantasies and thinking.
In fact, cloning technology, one of the important branches of genetic technology, was adopted by the film industry as early as 1996 before the birth of the world's first real cloned animal lamb "Dolly". In the most representative sci-fi movie "Blade Runner" in the 1980s, in addition to the decadent and charming dystopian world and cyberpunk style, it is about the relationship between human beings and clones and how to "find identity" and "know the mother of oneself" The title is the heart of the film. If you turn the hour hand forward, I am afraid that when Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" almost two hundred years ago, the topic of "Can human beings turn on God's mode to create life" has been put to the world. before.
Can humans clone themselves? How should humans treat human clones? Do clones have their own rights?
"Moon" does not give positive answers to these ethical questions, but uses ordinary lenses to show the life of clones on the moon, and let the audience judge and think for themselves. The director placed the mining base on the sun side of the moon, which implied a hidden secret, while the cold, gray, desolate and monotonous on the moon corresponded to Sam's life as a year. The damage to the long-distance communication facilities with the earth forced him to pass the time by fiddling with flowers and plants or making miniature models. The only partner he could talk to was a smart computer. Occasionally, he received a video message from his wife via Jupiter. It can comfort him for a long time.
If the previous life can be described as "loneliness", then when the truth is gradually revealed, Sam's situation becomes even more "sad". As I described at the beginning of the article, everything turned out to be false. Sam is just a clone, acting as a "worker ant" on the moon to ensure the supply of helium-3 on Earth. The lifespan of each "Sam" is only three years, and a new "Sam" will take over after it is scrapped. In fact, there are also many mass-produced spare tires stored in the base's secret storage room. What's even more tragic is that the memories of the wife and children are all pre-implanted programs. The real world has long been different, and the dream of going home and reuniting has become an illusory bubble.
The humanistic care and philosophical thinking in this is self-evident. Humans created clones in the identity of God, but did not give them the dignity and rights of "human beings", and regarded them as tools rather than life with thoughts and feelings. There is neither sense of responsibility nor humanity at all. For the cold and ruthless "Moon Industries" company, the clones' way of resisting continued the film's usual subtlety, without any excesses (such as retaliatory destruction of the base), but the new and old Sams worked together to use the company The loopholes achieved the best results, and the wisdom and humanity displayed in them (Old Sam knew his time was running out and gave up the chance to return to Earth to New Sam) was precisely the cry they were born to be, and to the company The loudest slap in the face from management.
From the information given in the film, it can be inferred that the clone "Sam" should have a human prototype. It is foreseeable that at the end of the film, the "Moon Industries" company fell into a dual crisis of morality and economy due to allegations of human cloning. It is not the end of the event, and perhaps the real trouble has just begun. When countless "Sams" return to Earth, their identities will create extremely complex and difficult situations. At least it would be ridiculous and terrifying that the first generation of Sam's daughter Eve would suddenly have hundreds of dads! Of course, these are all for later.
Although "Moon" is a science fiction movie, it undoubtedly shows a certain possibility in the future and gives us a certain degree of alertness. With the further development of genetic technology (cloning technology), human beings will face more and more problems. Once the consequences are out of control, it will be like opening another Pandora's box. Maybe one day we will eventually become our own grave diggers. people.
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