I happened to watch this film after watching a documentary introducing Nietzsche. In this film, the eugenic gene is classified as valid, and the natural voice gene is inferior, and the question of existence and destiny is discussed. After accepting the influence of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche agreed that life is indeed meaningless, and that life is to suffer, but Schopenhauer believes that the happiest life is to avoid suffering as much as possible; on the contrary, Nietzsche believes that to live is to enjoy this kind of suffering, and proposes permanence. The extreme concept of reincarnation, even if you have to suffer these hardships forever, it is better to obtain happiness in the hardships, because every time you experience hardships, you are also challenging your own limits; those who are good at this way, in Nietzsche’s view, are superhumans (Übermensch ). Of course, the concept of superman and his will to power It was distorted by his sister Elizabeth for political purposes and used as a brainwashing textbook for the Nazis. The Nazis' misinterpretation of Nietzsche's theory and the eugenic genes in this film all serve the same goal, hoping to improve the human race, to 'produce' superior human beings in large quantities according to human will, and at the same time, for those aliens or The disabled and the weak are ignored and even persecuted. On the issue of improving the human race, Nietzsche's superman is definitely not a biological improvement, nor is it Darwin's survival of the fittest. Darwin's theory focuses more on how people survive and reproduce offspring. This is basically the survival instinct of animals. Nietzsche believes that the characteristic of human beings is that they can accomplish higher goals, such as surviving or multiplying for the sake of ideals. Create greatness unique to human beings. Again, Nietzsche was definitely against gene preference. If genetic improvement theoretically makes it easier for people to achieve success from the beginning, then there will be no trials and tribulations, no need for people to hone their will, and it is even impossible to challenge themselves. Therefore, genetic improvement does not provide people with the ability to quickly become superhuman. On the contrary, it deprives people of the preconditions for trying to overcome their own insufficiency and surpass themselves to become a real superhuman. This is basically Eugene's situation. Although his genes are extremely good, the effortless effort made him lose the will to achieve what he wants to achieve. In the end, he doesn't even have the will to survive. On the contrary, Vincent was cursed by his own genetic disadvantage from the very beginning, and the dream of becoming an astronaut seemed to be as difficult as 'going to the sky'. The distant goal and the hardships of the road turned into the driving force of struggle, and finally fulfilled the dream and became a real astronaut. superman. In such a sci-fi setting, the movie still expresses the spirit of humanism. Fate depends on the individual rather than being determined by others in advance. Even a natural person like Vincent, whose diseases are high probability events in all aspects, may stifle his fate. Throat, become your own master. As Sartre said, existence precedes essence, and how it exists is determined by oneself. However, another problem is that such a plot is very nostalgic, it seems that in the face of new technology and new world, people can't imagine it as a real beautiful and ideal future, always feel that there will be problems, and the old existing general Yes, more reliable. The aura of the protagonist is always placed on those marginalized people outside the system, and the audience also has a relationship with me, but is it actually covering up a certain truth, that is, no one is on the edge, no one is the protagonist , change has happened, the past is gone, we just don't know it. essence, and how it exists is determined by itself. However, another problem is that such a plot is very nostalgic, it seems that in the face of new technology and new world, people can't imagine it as a real beautiful and ideal future, always feel that there will be problems, and the old existing general Yes, more reliable. The aura of the protagonist is always placed on those marginalized people outside the system, and the audience also has a relationship with me, but is it actually covering up a certain truth, that is, no one is on the edge, no one is the protagonist , change has happened, the past is gone, we just don't know it. essence, and how it exists is determined by itself. However, another problem is that such a plot is very nostalgic, it seems that in the face of new technology and new world, people can't imagine it as a real beautiful and ideal future, always feel that there will be problems, and the old existing general Yes, more reliable. The aura of the protagonist is always placed on those marginalized people outside the system, and the audience also has a relationship with me, but is it actually covering up a certain truth, that is, no one is on the edge, no one is the protagonist , change has happened, the past is gone, we just don't know it.
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