Conanthecontrarian
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My wife and I watched Passengers last night.
*SPOILER ALERT* Part of the plot of the movie will be revealed. So, if you don't want to spoil the movie, stop reading now.
Chris Pratt plays Jim, one of 5000 passengers sleeping in suspended animation on a journey through space to a new home they will colonize. The journey is 120 years long and due to a malfunction in his hibernation pod, Jim awakens 30 years into the journey. With the rest of the passengers and crew in suspended animation, Jim can access all the ammenities and luxuries on the ship. He attempts to contact help back on Earth. But, due to the distance they have travelled, any help or answers will take about 55 years to arrive.
His only companion is an android bartender. After about a year of living by himself, Jim decides to "wake up" another passenger, Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora. He has studied information about Aurora, watched recordings of her and decided she is his ideal mate.
So, this raises the moral dilemma. By awakening Aurora, Jim has given her the same destiny that fate has dealt him. He (now they) will live out the rest of his days on the ship and will die before the ship reaches its destination, a planet called Homestead Two.
The dilemma is,if you were in the same situation as Jim, would you "wake up" one of the other passengers and change their destiny from awakening 120 years into the future on a new planet to living out their days on the ship with you? Or do you continue to live out the rest of your days on the ship by yourself and not "play God" with someone else's life?
*SPOILER ALERT* Part of the plot of the movie will be revealed. So, if you don't want to spoil the movie, stop reading now.
Chris Pratt plays Jim, one of 5000 passengers sleeping in suspended animation on a journey through space to a new home they will colonize. The journey is 120 years long and due to a malfunction in his hibernation pod, Jim awakens 30 years into the journey. With the rest of the passengers and crew in suspended animation, Jim can access all the ammenities and luxuries on the ship. He attempts to contact help back on Earth. But, due to the distance they have travelled, any help or answers will take about 55 years to arrive.
His only companion is an android bartender. After about a year of living by himself, Jim decides to "wake up" another passenger, Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora. He has studied information about Aurora, watched recordings of her and decided she is his ideal mate.
So, this raises the moral dilemma. By awakening Aurora, Jim has given her the same destiny that fate has dealt him. He (now they) will live out the rest of his days on the ship and will die before the ship reaches its destination, a planet called Homestead Two.
The dilemma is,if you were in the same situation as Jim, would you "wake up" one of the other passengers and change their destiny from awakening 120 years into the future on a new planet to living out their days on the ship with you? Or do you continue to live out the rest of your days on the ship by yourself and not "play God" with someone else's life?
