"Wonderful news, comrade! Based on the results of your tissue match, you have been awarded an all-expenses-paid vacation to..."

It's a really bad sign when dystopian sci-fi tropes start showing up in the news and people just shrug it off..

From the Guardian:

The authoritarian strongmen Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have mused on how organ transplants might lead to immortality, during a brief exchange of small talk caught on a hot mic at a military parade. [If you're going to have this conversation, a military parade is the perfect backdrop -- MP]

The Russian president was in Beijing on Wednesday with the Chinese leader, who hosted allies for a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war.

As Putin and Xi walked at the head of a delegation of foreign leaders, state media aired live footage that captured parts of what appeared to be a private conversation. While they made their way towards a raised platform in Tiananmen Square, Putin’s interpreter could be heard saying in Chinese: “Biotechnology is continuously developing.”

After a brief inaudible passage, the interpreter added: “Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality.”

 

Also a familiar plot element from hard-boiled thrillers.

 

 

Tastes vary, but Get the Gringo is probably the better of the two. No one does a violent but charismatic borderline sociopath like Mel Gibson.