The second installment of the Star Wars series Attack of the Clones presents a terrifying vision of cloning and the armies that could be created through biological manipulation.
In Attack of the Clones, thousands upon thousands of clones are born, bred and trained into massive armies. All the clones created from a single bounty hunter, Jango Fett, who donated his genes to the clone manufacturers. Every clone is the same in every way possible. They are engineered specifically to be mass-produced.
Mass production to meet demand, as seen in Attack of the Clones is not a new idea to our everyday world. The key idea behind capitalism is the desire to make the most amount of money possible. In order to do that, producers need to market their product to as many people as possible, and sell as many units as possible, to make the most possible profit.
The problem with this idea of 'mass production' is dealt with in Attack of the Clones.
The clones in the movie are a critique of ourselves as a people. By buying into 'pop culture' and allowing our selves to be treated as a mass group of people with the same needs, we are no better than the clones.
The clones are not treated as individuals, but are instead treated as soulless units to be traded and sold, and are all assumed to have the same needs, wants and desires.
As a people we should be critical of the reality that George Lucas is illustrating in Attack of the Clones. We need to wake up and realize that we are all unique individuals with our own set of personal needs and desires, our own personal problems and our own unique life purpose. If we do not come to realize this, then we are no better than the clones in the movie, which are soulless and condemned to be slaves without purpose.
Tyrone is pretty sure that he is not a clone, however if you are his clone, please tell him, in case he gets into a serious accident, and needs your liver. Copyright 2002 iamnext.com. May not be used without permission.
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