this seems to be of the common subgenre of scif where any new technology must have terrible costs, and when there aren’t any plausible costs, the power of plot will provide them.
I think this is more of the Anthropic Principle than a Space Whale Aesop. In other words, the guy’s being chased so there’d be a plot, not because they think think nootropics are bad and show you via an unlikely scenario.
Captain America isn’t as cost-less as you think; to quote from the Marvel Wikia about the ‘super-soldier serum’ that makes a Captain America:
But the more powerful variants come with strange side-effects that may also include mental deficiencies.
(In one random comic—I have no idea which—that I read as a kid, S.H.I.E.L.D. had apparently put Captain America into cryogenic suspension specifically to stop the serum from killing the cap’n, in the hopes that the future could fix him. Quite a side-effect.)
In fairness, in the 1940s nootropics would have been hyped as the salvation of humanity (and any potential side effects carefully swept under the carpet).
Yep. Something tells me this will be similar to caveman science fiction.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that it wasn’t.
I think this is more of the Anthropic Principle than a Space Whale Aesop. In other words, the guy’s being chased so there’d be a plot, not because they think think nootropics are bad and show you via an unlikely scenario.
Warn before linking to TV Tropes! Does bad things when combined with akrasia!
Predictable, really. There’s not much of a Hollywood movie story in ‘guy takes a pill and becomes really really awesome. The End.’
Wait, so they’re not making the Captain America movie now?
Captain America isn’t as cost-less as you think; to quote from the Marvel Wikia about the ‘super-soldier serum’ that makes a Captain America:
(In one random comic—I have no idea which—that I read as a kid, S.H.I.E.L.D. had apparently put Captain America into cryogenic suspension specifically to stop the serum from killing the cap’n, in the hopes that the future could fix him. Quite a side-effect.)
In fairness, in the 1940s nootropics would have been hyped as the salvation of humanity (and any potential side effects carefully swept under the carpet).
Cavemen science fiction is awesome.
Regardless, I think I will be watching this. It has something I like. Even if Hollywood doesn’t understand it.
Thank you for the heads-up. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a movie about anything I’m even remotely interested in.