Thursday, February 25, 2010

Movie Idea: Nelson, Dave, Laura, Jeff and Colin

In the year 2115, the world is far different than what it was before.

The mass breeding of livestock eliminates the need for farms and the agricultural industry deteriorates.

Forests are cut down for the sole purpose of creating more living space for humans and the oxygen supply on earth becomes limited. Oxygen creators are then put into place to artificially generate oxygen.

After the discovery of an inexpensive way to create unique human beings in an artificial manner, the people of the free world began to create mentally insufficient humans that could be used to complete simple tasks. The owners of these genetically engineered humans began to take advantage of their fake human counterparts by treating them unfairly and using them for slave labor. The ruling class consists of real humans that were not genetically engineered. They called themselves bloods. Because they were created artificially inside test tubes, the lower classes were given the derogatory name “Tubes”. The Tubes eventually serve no purpose once the Bloods realize that there are no simple tasks left to complete in the world. Machinery has reached the point of self-sufficiency and therefore require no human attention to function properly.

The Tubes are then relegated to mass camps that are separate from the cities where the humans live. Czechoslovakia is home to four Tube cities (TC’s); TC 316 being the biggest.

A Czech member of the bloods and Tube social worker named Montgomery Chase travels into TC316 on a mission to bring some form of education to the Tube population. On his excursion, Montgomery falls in love with a Tube and they have a child. This becomes the firstborn hybrid child. The hybrid child exhibits the traits of a highly intelligent blood and he becomes widely known among the Tubes as a leader. The Bloods know him as TX and he is considered by most Bloods a highly dangerous individual.

TX begins to educate the Tubes and creates an intelligent working class. TX and his group of intelligent Tubes then leave TC316 and enter adjacent camps in hopes of educating the rest of the Tubes. The Bloods attempt to assassinate TX on many separate occasions but fail repeatedly because of their inability to track him down. Years pass and the spread of Tube education reaches England. TX decides that it is time to overthrow the oppressive rule of the Bloods and organizes a mass Tube mobilization. The Tubes are successful in their Coup but TX becomes a casualty of war. The Bloods were able to kill him by luring him into a trap. They capture his parents with the knowledge that TX will try to save them. TX attempts this and fails when he is shot by a sniper awaiting his arrival at the hostage location. TX did not die in vein however because his death makes him a Martyr to the rest of the Tubes across the globe. A worldwide battle ensues resulting in a Tube victory. The Bloods and Tubes learn to live equally amongst themselves. The movie ends with a still shot of a statue of TX in the middle of the Red Square in Russia and a plaque beneath it that reads “You may have shaped our souls, but we will shape our Destiny.”

5 comments:

Hannah said...

It is really interesting that you envision genetic engineering being used to produce inexpensive labor. A lot of the mechanical technology introduced to society is produced in order to reduce the need for humans to do menial labor. Therefore, it is very fitting that you make the connection that humans may eventually be produced with similar intent. It made be think about how through industrialization we minimized cost be creating interchangeable parts. I wonder if some day humans will be genetically engineered to have interchangeable organs and such, so that it is easier cure ailments or injuries (essentially "fix" your tube people).

Dave B. VIl said...

ayo i still think that if we engineer ppl to do expensive labor then a lot of normal people like us will be out of jobs. im pretty sure not everyone is trying to be a scientist or a lawyer or a doctor...But i agree with this all around, it seems like all medical issues would be solved.

Mara said...

You envisioned an elaborate movie plot for this future society (it was fun to read), but this fatalistic and horror-like scenario is very reminiscent of such Hollywood movies as The Island or The Sixth Day. This is very interesting, because you might not even realize the effect that popular culture has on your subconscious and the way that you envision or fear certain things. You should ask yourselves how much of your own idea and feelings about genetic engineering and cloning has been shaped by what you see in popular media and how much is shaped by your own individual perception of it? (or can you separate the two??) So, I’m very glad you came up with this great movie plot because it ties up perfectly with our next paper assignment!
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De Pina said...

This is Crazy, it is a different way of envisioning our future but im pretty sure this could evantually be some truth in this

Anonymous said...

Interesting how you guys created a future where the genetically engineered people were the oppressed minority instead of the ruling power; it's usually the other way around. I like it!