Редактирование: Zardoz (раздел)

== Transhumanist Elements ==

The movie begins with Arthur Frayn (Who at this point calls himself "Zardoz") introducing himself as a man who wishes to die, but he says it is [[involuntary immortality|no longer possible]] because he is immortal.

There are some kind of birthing/re-animation chambers similar in appearance to those in [[The Matrix]] and one of the characters mentions a "third death" hinting that a person has been either re-animated or re-born. It's not made clear whether this is some kind of cloning technology or a kind of biological backup system.

During one scene, One of the characters asks Zed (Sean Connery's character) if he; "Would like to see immortality at work?". The 2 men arrive at an old folks home like area where the geriatrics have been "shunned" and The character mentions that they live a life senility. This is clearly a more negative/dystopian or [[Deathism|deathist]] view of immortality, and one that would not be well thought of by longevity advocates.

We learn that the Eternals get their immortality from an [[AI]] known as the Tabernacle.

There are also various retro-futuristic and futuristic technologies shown throughout the movie including holographic devices and hydroponic-like plant growing devices.

Zed is also revealed to be the result of a [[Eugenics]] experiment.