Contaminated Society

Went and watched The Island last night which I really enjoyed.

It was after all just a movie but the plot seemed too simple, but yet not really at the same time. Citizens of the Institute are led to believe that the world outside has been contaminated, and they are the survivors of a nuclear war or environment harard. They are also the special ones who will eventually be chosen by lottery to go to The Island.....the last non-contaminated site left in the world, to breed and create a new society.

However, Lincoln Six-Echo begins to question whether The Island is actually what people make it to be. There is no such thing as The Island. A nuclear war didn't happen. They don't have to wear matching white skin-tight suits and shoes. (you'll have to watch it to get this, but it's only a visual thing which you see alot in the movie anyway)

When the truth behind what the purpose of the Institute is for, you're suddenly thrust into the real world with the entire SWAT team chasing after you in the Arizona desert, eventually making it to Los Angeles. (complete with cable trains dangling in the air in downtown LA and videophones)

It's all about creating clones as life insurance policies for citizens living in the supposedly contaminated society.

One thing though that sprung to mind, was that the hope the people living in the Insitute was on making it to The Island, their paradise. It was scary in some aspects in that what they put their hope for was all a lie.

It does make me wonder how easy it is for skeptical people to think that the hope Christians believe in could also be a lie.

But my hope remains :D