Reminds me of that movie where the fit, perfect man isn't called into space, but had to take on the Identity of a crippled man who had been chosen, who, at the end, dies under the firing of the rocket the other dude travels on.
Was that it? Memory fails me, but I'd definitely pay to see the documentary of Elon crisping under his rocket for his *principles" after all the advertising dries up
Pretty dark future where they can manipulate the genome but can't fix the spinal cord. The crippled man was the one who was "perfect", yet he attempted suicide after he couldn't live up to expectations, taking a second place in a swimming competition.
You remember it wrong since Jerome's death and him treasuring his glorious past is juxtaposed with firing a rocket and Vincent leaving towards his dream https://youtu.be/UZDLTM8LpP4?si=vAZ5N3fUQkDty-z-
Pretty sure he dies in the incinerator they set up to destroy the evidence of their ruse. Also the guy that goes into space is not a perfect man, the guy who was disabled by the accident was genetically engineered to be one.
Ok. For the sake of character limits I choose to be simplistic. Please, oh please, do forgive me. The dude who met the requirements wasn't the dude who was chosen bc the one who was chosen was physically unable to comply and the one who was chosen ended up dying by fire in the end. Is that better?
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'rapid unscheduled disassembly'
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!