human enhancement technology theme
A novel technology is used to alter a person's physical or mental ability. Typically it is used objectively to enhance abilities, though whether a given alteration diminishes or enhances a person can be controversial.
11 total · 9 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e2x02 | major | At the center of the story was the contrast between Sedgewick and Fletcher: Fletcher had been enhanced by technology that gave him superhuman strength, speed, and other abilities that were hinted at. Sedgewick resented the fact that he had not been similarly improved. |
| movie: Body Melt (1993) | major | The Vimuville dietary supplement pills were designed to produce the ultimate healthy human, but they caused horrible side effects, including madness, mutations, and ultimately rapid, body-wide cellular degeneration. |
| movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) | major | Steve, a frail young man, was enhanced to the peak of human ability by means of an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. |
| movie: Her Husbands Affairs (1947) | major | Prof. Emil Glinka invented a razor-less shaving cream. But in a dramatic twist, the cream turned out to make hair grow at a super accelerated rate instead. |
| movie: Iron Man 3 (2013) | major | The scientist Maya Hansen invented an experimental regenerative treatment named Extremis that allowed recovery from crippling injuries. |
| movie: Scream and Scream Again (1970) | major | Dr. Browning was making super human composite people by patching together the choice body parts of ordinary people. |
| movie: The Nutty Professor (1963) | major | Nerdy professor Julius Kelp invented a serum that turned him into Buddy Love: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster. |
| movie: The Nutty Professor (2008) | major | Julius Kelp invented a serum that his nerdy grandson Harold Kelp used turned himself into Jack: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster. |
| tftc1989e4x02 | major | George and his partners were conducting research into an experimental virus-cell hybrid that somehow showed the potential to be a panacea. |
| tftc1989e3x04 | minor | The medical researcher Martin developed a glowing, green serum that mimicked bodily death, while the brain was kept alive. |