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  • Re: Gattaca is now 10 years old

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to vorange on Fri May 19 23:58:09 2023
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.

    https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/gattaca-25-years-genetic-scientists/

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Sat May 20 18:56:17 2023
    On 2023-05-20 06:58:09 +0000, gggg gggg said:

    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.

    https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/gattaca-25-years-genetic-scientists/

    It's a well worn sci-fi theme that goes back at least to Logan's Run
    but yeah I always enjoy rewatching it.

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to vorange on Thu May 25 18:39:02 2023
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.

    "10 Things You Didn’t Know About “Gattaca”":

    https://www.thegeektwins.com/2011/11/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-gattaca.html

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to vorange on Thu May 25 18:48:00 2023
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.

    According to this:

    - ...The film is not about inferior or superior people, but about the very definitions of inferiority and superiority, why we believe them, and what they do not mean.

    https://medium.com/ogplexus/the-hidden-meanings-of-gattaca-25-years-later-4a83a260c8bf

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Thu May 25 18:49:52 2023
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:48:02 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.
    According to this:

    - ...The film is not about inferior or superior people, but about the very definitions of inferiority and superiority, why we believe them, and what they do not mean.

    https://medium.com/ogplexus/the-hidden-meanings-of-gattaca-25-years-later-4a83a260c8bf

    That article also says:

    - The film is less a story about the powers of genetics than it is the pervasiveness of othering people, and how it often looks the same, whether we are talking about race, religion, or genetic identity.

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Sat Jun 10 20:25:38 2023
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:49:55 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:48:02 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.
    According to this:

    - ...The film is not about inferior or superior people, but about the very definitions of inferiority and superiority, why we believe them, and what they do not mean.

    https://medium.com/ogplexus/the-hidden-meanings-of-gattaca-25-years-later-4a83a260c8bf
    That article also says:

    - The film is less a story about the powers of genetics than it is the pervasiveness of othering people, and how it often looks the same, whether we are talking about race, religion, or genetic identity.

    In addition:

    - ...People are denied their humanity, only to decide that enough-is-enough, and that its time to teach the world a lesson about the glorious pliability of human potential.

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to vorange on Sat Jun 10 20:27:56 2023
    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:18:30 PM UTC-7, vorange wrote:
    Wow. Has it been that long.
    It was released back in 1997.
    It still ranks as one of my favourite movies.
    I like the musical score as well.

    According to this article:

    - The movie is about free will and fate.

    https://news.usc.edu/10492/Gattaca-seperating-fact-from-fiction-and-right-from-wrong/

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