What is more terrible than death is an inescapable fate. When this fate is the desire for primitive reproductive methods, it is even more desperate. I thought that human cloning could jump out of this strange circle, but it seems that it will only repeat the same mistakes.

Biologists take pains to tell us in various ways that the meaning of individual living is actually not great. The external structure and function of all living things are nothing more than tools and strategies that genes try their best to keep themselves going. This kind of guiding information left in the depths of biological cells has not only evolved into an ever-changing biological world, but also left a cultural symbol that cannot be ignored in the history of human beings entering civilized society. The mother earth unearthed in the two river basins is the image of big breasts and fat buttocks, symbolizing the prosperity of future generations. The jade long-necked bird unearthed in China is also a typical example of reproductive worship, which implicitly concentrates men's power and desire on a jade article.

These worships are closely related to the way of human existence, because there is no future without reproduction. However, when the perspective cuts into the future, technology has leapt to another stage, and the emergence of replicators has completely divorced from the initial sexual reproduction. The replicators in Blade Runner 2049 still have an obsession with sexual reproduction and regard it as the cornerstone of the legitimate existence of their own race. It's hard to understand, even it feels like an act. I seem to see a primitive man in modern clothes playing with a gun, one eye staring at the muzzle curiously, and one finger has inadvertently reached into the trigger hole. They seem to be joking about the fate of their own race.

Why do you say that? Because Blade Runner 2049 continues the setting of replicators in blade runner. Simply put, they are still creatures composed of cells, but some properties have been enhanced by gene editing technology. You can think that they are similar to terrestrial organisms in essence, and they all use the same set of trait control mechanisms. They are not liquid metal warriors from the future, alien creatures from outer space, artificial intelligence systems from the mother, or humanoid robots pieced together with organic materials. The only difference between them and humans may be artificial reproductive isolation.

However, this difference has foreshadowed a completely different future. Taylor may have inadvertently played the role of God when making clones. However, unlike the "technology" of "God created man", all the technologies and raw materials used to make clones are traceable. For replicators, the problem of reproduction has been transformed into the problem of how to obtain the technology and raw materials for manufacturing replicators. The problem of the continuation of their race and the self-realization of the group has become a struggle for the means of production. There is no room for the hardships of pregnancy in October, and there is no need to regard childbirth as a miracle. As the core driving force of the plot, this setting has become an indelible flaw.