Another Threat to Mankind - Infertility
October 13th 2007 03:52
Science Fiction is often an avenue to express certain fears. Fears about the future, about the state of the world today and fears about ourselves. One common fear is the end of the human race. This has been explored in many ways and fairly recently a couple of films have arisen about the human failure to reproduce. Both Aeon Flux (Based on the MTV Cartoon) and Children of men address the posibility of women becoming infertile and thus ending the future of all mankind. How could this happen?
In Children of Men the reason is uncertain. It could have been polution, genetic mutation - who knows? The reason given in Aeon Flux is human intervention. After an industrial disease threatens to eliminate mankind scientist Trevor Goodchild invents a cure. Victory is short term however as it is discovered that this miracle cure has caused women to become infertile. The threat to mankind continues. Thus Goodchild comes up with a temporary solution - cloning. The problem with this solution - with all of Goodchild's solutions - is that it is artificial. How does man overcome these problems? Man doesn't. The answer is in nature's hands or perhaps God's hands.
The same occurs in Children of Men. The world is in turmoil for it seems that Man is dying out. They can no longer reproduce therefore the world is in a mess. Immigration is illegal there are terrorist attacks. What hope is provided? In a miracle. A young illegal immigrant has become pregnant and needs to get to a fabled research facility. Finally she gets there after everyone who helps her - including the hero of the story - has died.
Both stories offer hope after fear, however it is not in our hands. Is this good or bad? I believe it is good for man is limited but God is not. What do you think?
In Children of Men the reason is uncertain. It could have been polution, genetic mutation - who knows? The reason given in Aeon Flux is human intervention. After an industrial disease threatens to eliminate mankind scientist Trevor Goodchild invents a cure. Victory is short term however as it is discovered that this miracle cure has caused women to become infertile. The threat to mankind continues. Thus Goodchild comes up with a temporary solution - cloning. The problem with this solution - with all of Goodchild's solutions - is that it is artificial. How does man overcome these problems? Man doesn't. The answer is in nature's hands or perhaps God's hands.
The same occurs in Children of Men. The world is in turmoil for it seems that Man is dying out. They can no longer reproduce therefore the world is in a mess. Immigration is illegal there are terrorist attacks. What hope is provided? In a miracle. A young illegal immigrant has become pregnant and needs to get to a fabled research facility. Finally she gets there after everyone who helps her - including the hero of the story - has died.
Both stories offer hope after fear, however it is not in our hands. Is this good or bad? I believe it is good for man is limited but God is not. What do you think?
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Comment by GlenB
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Althogh this causes ecological collapse in most continents, The Australian native fauna flourishes with the extinction of introduced mammals, and humankind hangs by a thread.
Like Children of men, our fate is out of our hands. I actually meant that nature has a series of checks and balances, but you could call it God if you wanted to look at it that way.
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