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Huevo Short Film Dialouge
Introduction
Homosapien… Neanderthal… Mankind… human being… No matter how we are
defined there are limits to our existence. Boundaries have been set that cannot
be broken or exceeded because of our biological form. How we are conceived,
what genes dictate our characteristics of colour, size and behaviour, our
potential strengths, weaknesses and the inevitable ageing process that is
programmed into our bodies constantly defines us. We are a species that science
claims to have evolved from the apes but natures’ evolutionary cycle has lead us
to be the dominant race on this planet by our advanced intellect. This evolution
process that takes hundreds or millions of years to progress in any biological
creature will be challenged and overcome in the future.
Title
Adolescent Beginning
My name… it’s irrelevant. My purpose… my purpose is my own choice to share
what I believe to be a perversion of our given right by nature or the cosmic
powers that be to populate this planet. Our future is filled with technological
advances that are unimaginable at some points with many advantages for the
human race… but these advantages come with a price as all pros must have cons,
yin and yang, some forms of balance must be kept.
In the beginning our conception was a random act of shared chromosomes and
gene combinations relative to our parents. That random act of nature has been
infiltrated and exposed as an algorithm, a code… a formula to the alteration of
our growth. We are not randomly born with unknown characteristics; we are
modified… customized, personalized by our creators who wish for the model
child they could be proud of. We are not allowed the right to prove our potential
through years of trail and error, we are already expected to fail and disappoint.
With our engineered potential, we are expected to prevail and succeed. But being
an enhanced human doesn’t mean the absence of failure but the expectation of
greater accomplishments, with the allowed margin for error reduced to a
miniscule molecule. Potential is not based on perseverance but the fact that our
genes dictate our output. If your genes were altered to be an Olympic athlete, you
had better break records or be labelled a massive disappointment. Such is the life
of an evolved adolescent to a teenager who has to realise his true potential
without choosing his own path.
Rebellious Change
As with all teenagers rebellion is a necessity, if they are to experience they’re
own freedom and grow as individuals. While being genetically enhanced at birth
the rebellious behaviour of teenagers is still present within our race. However,
their experiences are far more troubling than the early days of drug abuse and
peer pressure. Some drugs in the early days were detrimental to your health and
illegal because of the side effects. Our future consists of drugs that alter the body
and mind, but are very legal. The side effects experienced are not harmful to
oneself, but rather to those in society who cannot afford to pay for the medical
marvels. For example, in the early days, the fashion industry still insisted
perfection could be grasped with chemicals that would improve your appearance
tenfold and a skinny body was still the most desirable form. Those who could not
afford these chemicals felt imperfect and unfit to socialise with the so-‐called
“perfect”. Some bought medication to suppress this side of depression but only
as long as they could afford it. Others managed to continue living without the
medication while others went as far as ending their lives because they felt
separated from society and could not overcome their feelings of a detached
existence. Sadly, our future is still plagued with the idea of physical perfection.
This idea of perfection is mostly seen within young adults who have either failed
to live up to their parents’ expectations or they were not happy with their
parents’ genetic choices at birth. These young adults become the augmented
cyborgs of fictional stories told countless times in the media. The technology was
originally developed for victims of sudden unfortunate accidents that left them
dismembered in some aspect, but there were other instances where laws
allowed modified humans the right to alter themselves as they saw fit because
the choices made for them before birth were not their own. So those who could
afford to alter their organs would do so, but as with most societies based on
capitalism, there were those who could not. They had to either learn to accept
their original form or find other means of accepting their present existence
through coping medication. Yes… stronger forms of anti-‐depressants exist in the
future to combat depression. It was all a façade… lying to the world that this
technology of enhanced beings created a world of happiness when there was still
ongoing suffering. However, they were those strong enough to continue their
lives through other means such as religion or support from family and friends.
The future is not always bleak as some would make it out to be.
This fusion technology, which grew from biological and cybernetic technology,
allowed humans to alter themselves even further and gave rise to another form
of enhanced human, an Augmented Human.
The End?
The fusion technology used to replace dismembered limbs with cybernetic limbs
is a powerful technology. It continues to incite much debate because of it’s
potential to expand an individual’s life span. With it, biological organs can be
grown according to an individuals’ body type or manufactured with cybernetic
technology. But this is where our race begins to segregate itself from being a
naturally born human with a limited life span to a semi immortal being, which is
reminiscent of a machine in both divisions. Replacing biological parts with new
ones is the equivalent of a machine replacing it’s dilapidated parts. But I know
what your thinking… this extension of our life span would cause an alarming
increase in our population on the planet, but as mentioned earlier, we live in a
society based on capitalism and as we all know… ‘Things do not always come
cheap’. Replacing biological parts with fresh ones are far more expensive and
time consuming than manufacturing bionic organs. Human tissue must be grown
using the same DNA or risk rejection and contamination. All blood types are not
the same.
This brings us to the questionable end … well depending on much you earn …
this concludes a typical humans life cycle in the future. Now I know what you
must be thinking, how is it I know so much about our history and future? Well…
you could say I’m a pioneer. I’ve been living and observing what has taken place
over the last few centuries on our planet. And how is it I’m able to send you this
message from the future… well… I did say the future was filled with technological
advances that are unimaginable. In any case, remember my words and receive