Gattaca Analysis - Humanity and Class Struggle in Hard Sci-Fi
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- Gattaca - Humanity and Class Struggle in Hard Sci-Fi
Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman
Director - Andrew Niccol
Released in 1997, director Andrew Niccol weaves a narrative that raises issues of determinism and discrimination while establishing a grounded sense of familiarity. Gattaca’s enduring legacy as a sci-fi classic is owed to the use of established scientific logic, a creative use of setting, and a familiar story of class struggle. - Zábava
Excellent analysis. The moment at the end of the film when the doctor lets him through is so touching so heartwarming and yet the film remains a profoundly sad one for me. An excellent and intellectually stimulating film and one that I have long loved.
not sad. Just another slave story. As for Jerome. I used to think it was sad too but have changed on that. Watch again and see him stare when he says he is "traveling too". He means it. To die will be a journey itself.
Gattaca’s vital message holds up even more today. I understand why it qualifies as hard sci-fi. 👍🏻
Also, the name Eugene suggests that he denounced his individuality and personality and become just a eugenic genetic material .
This made me choke up. What a beautiful analysis for a great and underappreciated movie.
This channel is a gem. Keeping doing what youre doing.
Great job walking us through the movie and explaining its valuable points! I wish this movie was analyzed in schools as a classic staple like great gatsby, so many ways of showing how science and technological advances have shaped our culture into what it is today. I wish more discussions focused on the two dynamics set up between being a perfect valid man like Jerome created had failed at his potential and wanted to commit suicide, even failed at that with his first attempt, and Vincent was born with no expectation and no responsibility to motivate him to try and he was never afraid of failure or the odds of success because of the movies main theme of the human drive. The movie gives Vincent the epic moment to highlight this struggle with him telling his brother “I never saved anything for the swim back.” There could be a discussion around Jerome enjoying Vincent’s dream with him having supported him to provide his DNA test material and identity. The doctor and the brother would also be great subtopics cause little time is given to them but they receive pivotal moments in the film. The mature topics of free will vs determination is an obvious theme as well as self development with limitations would give children a grounded view of adulthood as they are just grasping the basics of material and spiritual attributes of life.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in the 90's with my dad and i loved it although i didn't fully understand the messages i loved the undercover operation ethan hawkes character went through to avoid getting exposed i always remembered the name of the movie as it was unusual so this week i got around to watching it again around 25 years later and loved it.
The dating thing makes me think about how we choose partners modern day which is not by good qualities but more or less looks , earning potential, and current income level.
When I saw this in the theatre it became one of my favorite movies.
Great content! Can't wait to see what your next one is
Fantastic essay about one of my favorite movies!
The ending is kind of dubious, no?
The speech by Vincent " they say we were all stars once, so maybe I am not leaving, maybe I am coming home" suggests that he thinks he would not survive the trip.
So, it's like double suicide..
This is by far the VERY BEST video on my favorite film. Amazing job my friend! ❤❤❤
Children of Men is my favorite Hard Sci-fi movie
Awesome video! Can't wait to see how this chanel develops
This already happening with plastic surgeries and rich / famous ppl pushing and making their kids models, actors and singers thru Connections and Cosmedic procedures …
Man in remember watching This while going to cal poly Pomona and seeing the CLA. RIP CLA
Solid video! Keep up the good work
Fantastic video! I really enjoyed learning more about the filming locations. Thanks so much
Love this movie. This is one of the best analyses I've seen on it. Bravo
It's available on Netflix if you haven't seen it yet! So please go watch it and I’m so thankful my HS biology teacher showed it in class cause wow, what a film! ❤️
Fantastic analysis. Thank you!
Frank Lloyd Wright's futuristic Marin civic center is used in the film as a monument of perfection - a setting for the Eugenic superiority utopia. Soon after it's completion (and still to this day) on rainy days, it is prone to leaking. Ironic isn't it?
Your movie analysis are potent!
What a great movie, keep up the awesome content
I think we are already there.
omg this is great thanks!! i just watched and im amazed
Well worth a rewatch!
Very accurate Gattaca analysis!
Great analysis!
Could you please analyze V for Vendetta or The Platform? I watched V for Vendetta the other day for the first time and it was one of those films where I know there’s an idea there but I can’t dig it out. I also thought The Platform was an interesting film, but it was in Spanish and I'm not sure if that would make for a more difficult analysis or not. Thanks!
You're right, there are definitely some big ideas in both of those films. They are on my radar to look into a bit further and see if I can construct a good analysis after I knock out a few other essays I'm already working on. Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed it, great.
Excellent analysis 👍🏻
This movie scares the living daylight out of me, not gonna lie.
Why
@@kitt7531 Think on it for a second, would you wanna live in a world like that? Because we're hadding that way fast.
It definitely makes you hope that scientific advancements will be used ethically and responsibly.
@@bodiesatva Ah yes because the current people alive totally read up scientific publications and see the benefits of Tissue and Genetic engineering not only to eradicate every know diseases known to man and the potential answer to immortality. There totally wont be the formation of multi religious causes and civilian militias that vehemently despise and prevent GMOs, its not like people in the 2020s are soooooooo misinformed.
Ignoring the practicality of a world like Gattaca. I'd like to ask: Do you love myopia? Do you love sitting in a wheel chair?
Fear and dread sells. Like it or not, not everyone is ok with dying because they believe sky daddy will save them in heaven. So men and women all around the world will fund or research cures. Then they hope one day these will be usable for THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES. Do you think an invalid will exist or do you think they'll pay to cure themselves of mortality and diseases.
What you should be worried about is who controls the tech and monetises. I swear everyone thinks MNC biofirms are run by super well organised cults or something. They are run by the most insidious greedy pigs who only care about money, you think they'll bother with imposing politics? Answer is, depends on the highest bidder. Are you an invalid? Just bribe! EVEN THE MAIN CHARACTER DOES IT.
Also Gattaca implies we have mastered the human genome. So why would ultra developed and enlightened humans not impart their super well thought out philosophies and advocate for the rights of invalids. Also why can't i buy healthy body parts to fix my damaged ones??? Do charities not exist anymore? Is science and common problem solving gone because valids cant design stuff to accommodate invalids?
TLDR REAL HARD science disproves gattaca because its built on the flimsy foundation that super humans get sympathy, problem solving and greed magically deleted from their psyche.
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WOWW!!! GREAT video!! Bravo!!
Thank you!
Great analysis, man
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
You kinda should have mentioned the deleted ending of the movie where it lists notable people of the 20th century who had disabilities
Genes, talents and determination do not decide much because we do not live in a meritocratic society. You family's money and connections mostly determine what your life is going to be.
💯Gattaca is coming to real now....scary as hell...
Moon is soft sci-fi by your description though I don't know if that's a common way to differentiate sci-fi films
Also the legbreaking scenes, yeesh
Imagine if Vincent drowned as a 10 year old.
9:45 I'd argue that she's a borrowed ladder aswell, and the movie is just subtle about it, because technicly speaking, if someone were to be genetically engineered, why would they have a defect? The intro of the movie says exactly that they figured it out, they've got it down pat, a heart condition showing up accidentally is really unlikely.
They can only select the best embryos.
This movie does not represent any type of worldI would like to have any part of, to me it is just plain creepy, scary and brings the terms Eugenics, Frankenstein and discrimination to mind.
You should do the Godfather
Invalids are known as working class in the UK
I like alita batte angel
Appalachian class structures have the same result.
wtf are you talking about "IMAGINE" .. its RIGHT HERE.. RIGHT NOW.. the eugenics wet dream
It is human nature to discriminate. So next time when u discriminate other people, u will be judged harshly too.
Hidden in plain sight 😜
2021 MRNA genome therapy aka covid19 vaccine
Ex-machina is soft sci-fi bro, we are so so far from actual AI, and might not even ever manage to teach them how to resemble humans, moral and value wise.
Ex-Machina is hard sci-fi. Hard Sci-fi doesn’t mean it needs to be possible right now. It’s more about emphasis on detail and context to make something fictitious feel plausible. In this case, Ex-Machina exposes the practical limitations of the Turing test and our current understanding of passable AI. Other than a moment where Nathan describes collecting user data to create a framework, the film cleverly steers away from focusing on exactly how Nathan creates Ava and instead it focuses on exploring what it might be like to interact with such advanced AI. We’re basically pushed to accept we’re watching a world where AI exists so we can then shift our attention to other related principles. I’ll admit it’s not quite as Hard Sci-fi compared to Gattaca (few films are), but it still fits the definition.
@@PopFluent I guess if you put it that way it's understandable. I did say tho that it might not even be possible to ever replicate human behavior and that's not my own take but one from many experts and AI enthusiasts. Anyway thanks for your input.
@@olddohko9037 I see where you're coming from. I think you're right about AI being pretty far off, at least in the way shown in Ex Machina. Sci-fi movies are just taking their best guess right now about how AI could work. It's interesting to see how movies change as technology inches closer to smarter AI though. Makes me wonder what kind of sci-fi we'll get a hundred years from now.
8:45 It can be argued that the in-valids are a stand in for neurodivergent people, and the movie would still make as much sense as it does normally
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Irony and blasphemy, you have your point here. The famous gender and gene in a pot, panned and pinned. Obscure trend and trending. Utopia.
like we give a fuck what NASA ranks anything ? lol