Thoughts about "Tuck Everlasting"
Apr. 29th, 2004 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritWe rented "Tuck Everlasting" on DVD the other night, and it was very interesting and not at all what I expected. I wasn't familiar with the source material, so it was all fresh for me. For a "children's" movie, it brought up some pretty deep issues of life and death.
The Hubby asked me after it was over...would I choose to drink from the spring, knowing that I'd get perfect physical immortality, stay at the same age forever, and never ever die. And I thought about it really hard, because I love new technology and watching it all unfold around me forever would be fascinating.
But then you have to think about the logistics. Back when the movie takes place, around 1914 or so, they didn't have to worry about social security numbers or income taxes or paper trails. Now? You can't just disappear into society like you could back then. Back then, you could just move, tell everyone you were whoever you wanted to be, and boom, there you were, no problem. That's impossible today.
And what if you got sick of being around? You drink from that spring, and you don't ever die--even if you try. Okay, that's ideal if you want to be a test pilot or an astronaut, but I'd think that being around forever like that would just get tedious after awhile. Watching your friends age and die around you...Ugh.
So. I decided that I wouldn't drink from it.
YMMV, of course.
The Hubby asked me after it was over...would I choose to drink from the spring, knowing that I'd get perfect physical immortality, stay at the same age forever, and never ever die. And I thought about it really hard, because I love new technology and watching it all unfold around me forever would be fascinating.
But then you have to think about the logistics. Back when the movie takes place, around 1914 or so, they didn't have to worry about social security numbers or income taxes or paper trails. Now? You can't just disappear into society like you could back then. Back then, you could just move, tell everyone you were whoever you wanted to be, and boom, there you were, no problem. That's impossible today.
And what if you got sick of being around? You drink from that spring, and you don't ever die--even if you try. Okay, that's ideal if you want to be a test pilot or an astronaut, but I'd think that being around forever like that would just get tedious after awhile. Watching your friends age and die around you...Ugh.
So. I decided that I wouldn't drink from it.
YMMV, of course.
