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ACT 1
INT. INTERNET EXPLORER AGEBOOK MAIN WEBSITE NIGHT When arriving on the site the person scrolls down and clicks the drop box proclaiming immortality.
IMMORTALITY BOX TEXT The theory of immortality is largely based on the telomere theory of aging, it is believed that as our cells replicate they breakdown and dont regenerate as strong, our strands of DNA have protective tips called telomeres which get damaged as our cells replicate. It is believed that if we can stop these tips
from degrading that we can live forever. An enzyme known as telomerase is said to protect these protective tips of our DNA from breaking down as they replicate, however telomerase has been linked to cancer causing our cells to become unstable. The person scrolls back to the top of the site and notices a play button beneath what appears to be a wide screen video. The person clicks play, the video buffers and expands to the size of the screen. ACT 2
INT. INTERNET EXPLORER INSIDE FACEBOOK DIGITAL DNA (CGI VIDEO) - NIGHT
The camera descends deep down into a tunnel of light past walls of programming code. A digital world appears illustrating electronic blue facebook DNA spirals. VIDEO NARRATOR Welcome to the digital realm, what you are seeing in this field are the DNA strands which make up our cells and our entire existence. The camera floats over to a dying DNA spiral which perishes and is replaced by another VIDEO NARRATOR DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid is in every cell of our bodies and it is what we are comprised of but like everything the cells die and so does our DNA. DNA replication occurs continuously but replication is not without its faults. The replaced DNA strand is not as perfect with the telomere tips slightly degraded. VIDEO NARRATOR When our DNA replicates damage occurs particularly to the tips which protect our DNA strands. These tips are called telomeres think of them as your DNAs bullet proof vest. As time passes by the telomeres degrade causing our age to manifest physically aging us from young kids to old age pensioners.
The camera returns to the digital passage. VIDEO NARRATOR The question therefore becomes can we protect our cells from time itself? Or is the very meaning of life to perish and pass on our legacys to our children? Maybe we are just not ready to make these kinds of decisions, so for now and as ever time does it for us. The camera turns and reverts back the way in came, through programming code the video disintegrates reverting the viewer to their facebook profile.