Most of us do not like the world we live in. There is some problem or the other with which we are not happy. From the penniless wanderer in the street to the ultimate millionaire, everybody complains. Perhaps it is a genetic disease that compels us to never be satisfied.

The city dweller endlessly circuits the educational system, the social ladder, the health system leaving a trail of mechanical doings reflected in equal measure in paperwork and documentation.
It is very easy to snap from pressure as did happen with the protagonist of this movie.

What I loved in it was the futility of his protest rather than the nature of it. Most historic figures who have dared to raise their voices have been tragically silenced (Mahathma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr).

Movies have this unique quality of awakening the voyeur in all of us. In the end of the movie, the hero is exalted and the rest of the human population who quickly forgets him are compared to flies feasting on a dead rat, competing in a mad rush to have a bite of the decaying morsel. I agree that we may be no different.

What can be done about this ? Does the answer lie in superhuman bodies and immortal lives ? I do not think so. This is why I believe that the system in which an immortal shall come into being should itself be rich in it's disposition. If we become perfectly alike in our genetic perfection, would it make us any different from what we are now ? We would still need money. We would still need love, a family, a social acceptance amongst our peers for our values. Is this not why we constantly seek out this hyperbola of online communities and penfriends ? Virtual worlds and real worlds still are going to be filled with people. Artificially intelligent life forms that emerge shall also base itself on our nature. Just what is our nature. Are we really as innocent as Alice in Wonderland ? Hardly !

In the quest for immortality, I somehow fail to see our social structure evolving. We may become more intelligent. But will we become more human...or rather.. more humane ? I ask this because there are a lot of futurists who are already on the slippery slope that we can escape the need to be moral. I hope we direct our evolution properly and not in the current monotonous direction we are experiencing.