Figure 1: Film Still from THE ISLAND
The first film still from The Island is of clone Lincoln meeting the real Lincoln. When watching the film it was a good scene where the real Lincoln was shocked to find out bout the clone escaping and finding him. in this scene they are siting face to face and you can see that clone Lincoln is happy to find his original while the original Lincoln is just astonished and curious to find out more about his clone.
Figure 3: Film Still from THE ISLAND
The second film still I chose from The Island is of the scene where it is revealed how clones are made and stored. Unlike premature babies in the womb, the clones are fully grown in a blue liquid being fed and nurtured. Embryos are small, cute and very delicate and when watching the movie I saw the the was the opposite. These were fully grown human clones that are being downloaded with what they should know. The film still shows this with the embryotic sac type of storage and blue build and shadows of the clones in really weird and unnatural positions.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
My Research So Far
After extensive research and comparing topics, I decided to do my research paper on Research Paper Idea #4 -Portraying Human Clones in Film . With Research Topic 4, Portraying Human Clones in Film, I would choose the film The Island (2005) -- Unaware they are clones, Lincoln and Jordan seem to live in a paradise. They don't know that they were created to one day have their organs 'harvested.' Eventually, Lincoln figures out what's going on and escapes along with Jordan.) Cloning has been a controversial topic for a long time. It has moral and ethical questions in regards to the use of the clones and their self identity. The movie is about clones being made to harvest their organs and that is a problem in the real world because some people view the clones as people and others see them just as life saving carriers.
I had never seen the movie before so it was great to see something as interesting as this topic being portrayed in Hollywood. Before I saw the movie I had questions that I wanted answered. Questions such as, how does Hollywood show clones? Is the movie realistic? What are the clones being used for? After watching the movie (which was great by the way), was pretty mesmerized by the first 30-40 minutes of it. It had a good portrayal of clones and their uses. This movie focused on using clones as therapeutic purposes and organ harvesting. People paid to have a perfect identical clone of themselves to use in case anything ever happened to them. They called them their “insurance policies” and also gloat that they are cheating death.
With my topic, generally I want to explore clones and their uses in the real world. I want to see the legal processes and regulations for them, the ethical and moral questions that arise with them and also if there are attempts of cloning now or anywhere in the near future. I have used my new found skill of using the Gale Research Library to find reliable texts and publications to help my research. A lot of what I have found answers my questions about clones. There are a few informative links which also give historical context of past attempts at cloning. Also I have found that many countries have banned cloning and any related processes due to public demand.
All of my questions and interests relating to the topic can be answered with multiple sources such the texts and the movie. In summary, I will focus on Research Topic 4, Portraying Human Clones in Film and use the movie The Island(2005) to understand and reiterate my findings on clones. The movie shows clones being used for therapeutic and organ harvesting purposes and also it is shown that people have moral concerns of the clones being living organisms. They are misled to believe that they are only genetic organisms that contain organ or organic matter that can be used by a sponsor. This is prevalent in the real world where many countries such as the UK have banned cloning altogether. Past attempts such as the sheep named Dolly were successful in their own right but still need more scientific research to advance. So far there aren't much attempts because of the advancement in science to use stem cells and 3d printing to help people.
I had never seen the movie before so it was great to see something as interesting as this topic being portrayed in Hollywood. Before I saw the movie I had questions that I wanted answered. Questions such as, how does Hollywood show clones? Is the movie realistic? What are the clones being used for? After watching the movie (which was great by the way), was pretty mesmerized by the first 30-40 minutes of it. It had a good portrayal of clones and their uses. This movie focused on using clones as therapeutic purposes and organ harvesting. People paid to have a perfect identical clone of themselves to use in case anything ever happened to them. They called them their “insurance policies” and also gloat that they are cheating death.
With my topic, generally I want to explore clones and their uses in the real world. I want to see the legal processes and regulations for them, the ethical and moral questions that arise with them and also if there are attempts of cloning now or anywhere in the near future. I have used my new found skill of using the Gale Research Library to find reliable texts and publications to help my research. A lot of what I have found answers my questions about clones. There are a few informative links which also give historical context of past attempts at cloning. Also I have found that many countries have banned cloning and any related processes due to public demand.
All of my questions and interests relating to the topic can be answered with multiple sources such the texts and the movie. In summary, I will focus on Research Topic 4, Portraying Human Clones in Film and use the movie The Island(2005) to understand and reiterate my findings on clones. The movie shows clones being used for therapeutic and organ harvesting purposes and also it is shown that people have moral concerns of the clones being living organisms. They are misled to believe that they are only genetic organisms that contain organ or organic matter that can be used by a sponsor. This is prevalent in the real world where many countries such as the UK have banned cloning altogether. Past attempts such as the sheep named Dolly were successful in their own right but still need more scientific research to advance. So far there aren't much attempts because of the advancement in science to use stem cells and 3d printing to help people.
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