How much of who you are was decided before you were even born? If science could predict your intelligence, health, appearance and potential from your DNA, should we use it? And if your biology says you'll never be exceptional, can determination prove it wrong? In this Watch & Talk, Davie, famous for movie sessions combining deep thinking, silly jokes and somehow making you see films in a completely different light, will take us into Gattaca, the brilliant 1997 cult classic about a society where genetic engineering has transformed human life. What was futuristic science fiction when the film was released now feels remarkably close to home: we can already edit genes, screen embryos and learn increasingly powerful things about people from their DNA.

We'll watch some of Gattaca's most memorable scenes and use them to explore its central question: Are we more than our biology? If we could give our children genetic advantages, would it be wrong not to? What happens to equality when some people can afford to engineer better opportunities from birth? And how much of human achievement comes from natural ability anyway, compared with ambition, environment, luck and sheer refusal to give up? You don't need to have seen the film or know anything about genetics to join. Come for a beautifully made piece of science fiction that has become more relevant with age, and stay for a smart, funny and potentially very deep conversation about DNA, destiny and what ultimately makes us who we are.

Let's sit back with good friends in comfy chairs, watch scenes from a mind-blowing film, and, of course, let's have an unforgettable discussion about our mutual journey!

你这个人，有多大一部分在你出生前就已经被决定了？如果科学能通过你的DNA预测你的智力、健康、长相和潜力，我们该不该用这个技术？如果你的生物学数据说你永远成不了顶尖，那决心能不能证明它是错的？在这场“观影聊片”中，Davie——以那种能把深度思考、无厘头笑话和让你彻底换一个角度看电影的本事而出名——会带我们走进《千钧一发》，这部1997年的经典邪典电影讲的是一个基因工程彻底改变人类生活的社会。当年看着像是科幻未来的设定，现在却觉得离我们特别近：我们已经能编辑基因、筛查胚胎，也能从DNA里读出越来越多关于人的信息。

我们会挑几段《千钧一发》里最让人印象深刻的片段，然后围绕它的核心问题展开讨论：我们真的不只是生物学产物吗？如果我们能给自己的孩子基因优势，不做是不是反而错了？当有些人从出生就能买得起更好的基因条件时，平等还剩下什么？人类的成就有多大比例来自天赋，又有多少来自野心、环境、运气和死不放弃？你不需要看过这部电影，也不用懂任何遗传学知识。来就行，为了这部年代越久反而越有现实意义的科幻佳作，也为了后面那场聪明、有趣、可能还挺深刻的对话——关于DNA、命运，还有最终到底是什么塑造了我们。

跟好朋友们窝在舒服的椅子里，一起看一部让人脑洞大开的电影片段，然后当然要围绕我们的共同观影经历来一场难忘的聊天！