Andayon, Patricia Carmela V.
2011-02035
The Fly
“The
Fly” is about a scientist that made a device that successfully can, in a split
second, transport anything from one place to another. Until that’s when he
decides to try to transport himself, his arm turned into a fly’s arm and his
head turned into a fly’s head because a fly is also inside the device when he
tried the device for himself.
The plot of the film is a commentary
about the possible effects of scientific experiments that scientists perform in
order to find new knowledge. But why do scientists conduct experiments that
involve animals and humans when they are fully aware of the possible
consequences and ethical issues? This is because in order for the new knowledge
to be scientific, it needs to be empirical. This means that a hypothesis should
be verified through observation and or experiment. Hence, experiments cannot be
separated from any scientific discovery. Many scientists challenge the morals
and the natural order of things just to verify their hypothesis
The result of the experiment of the
scientist on him shows that experimenting on animals and humans can make people
“animals” in a sense since he did not consider the morals and ethics that
humans have. Since the concept of the movie is created within the 1950s, this
shows that people in that time are scared about the scientific experiments but
despite of this, many scientists continue to experiment and search new
knowledge.
Overall, the film is entertaining and at
the same time enlightening because the positive and negative effects of
scientific experiments are presented in the movie. Even though the plot may
seem too science fiction for now, but we will never know if this will happen in
the near future unless we be careful in all of the actions that we do.
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