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* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Despite looking pristine and well-organized, the world of Gattaca is not a nice place to live for anyone with less than perfect genetics.
* [[Days of Future Past]]: Specifically, a blend of early 60s style and 30s noir. The plot and theme has a very 50s [[Science Fiction]] feel as well.
** Particularly, there are a lot of notable similarities and parallels in both atmosphere, setting, and characterization to indie and/or sci-fi works by [[Philip K. Dick]] (very much so, ''especially'' those written in the 60s), and 90s movies by [[the
* [[Designer Babies]]: This film is the former [[Trope Namer]]. The embryo products of in-vitro fertilization are screened for genetic predispositions to unwanted traits. Embryos without genetic defects are brought to term and these children are considered superior to children born by random chance. Whether they actually are or not is played with:
** Vincent has a high probability for developing a heart condition, but his heart is fine. Despite this, he can't match Jerome even with his training.
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