Essays on Gattaca

Gattaca a world where people that are considered “perfect” are “valid”. A Godly born man named, Vincent, constructs an identity to follow his dream of becoming a space traveler. Gattaca is a made-up place where an excellent society is created by cloning. Even though Vincent...

Technology and the rate of use by people have been growing exponentially and much more than the last 50 years combined. The line is only expected to get steeper meaning more and more humans are using technology. Other than the overwhelming growth in technological use...

Science fiction texts comment on the present, made evident through the exploration of various fictional futures. Composers of science fiction texts highlight the differences between the present and their speculative fictional futures through the utilisation of conventions, specifically by manipulating the setting and characters to...

The film Gattaca is a futuristic movie released in 1997. The film was written and directed by Andrew Niccol. In the movie, children are conceived genetically by keeping only the best genetic materials of their parents. One of the four main characters, Vincent, is the...

In science fiction films, it is often hard to juggle real science, fiction, and plot. Sometimes, only two of these things are able to be well maintained throughout a movie. Gattaca manages to handle all three in a way that, although futuristic, seems realistic and...

Many humans have tried to predict the future of humanity. While the predictions of futurism are often vastly different, they often have a similar underlining. The feature films Gattaca and WALL-Ediffer in regards to the current state of the Earth, the physicality of humans, and...

Equus and Gattaca correspond in their development of similar ideas surrounding the societal and behavioral connections between power and control, although Shaffer and Niccol differ in their approach to these concepts through filmic and theatrical techniques. Both Gattaca and Equus explore the influence and control...