Sometimes there are TV shows I watch where I ask myself afterwards why I kept watching them, because all rational thought defies the notion. One of them is SyFy's Helix -- a scientific fail-fest on so many levels.
Truth be told, I only "watched" some of the episodes while doing the ironing, so some of the details might have gone straight over my head.
I think the Japanese dude (Hatake) developed the virus (Narvik-B) to alter DNA, possibly to change the telomers so that people live forever. What he didn't anticipate is that while the virus did that, it also infected people to turn them into those zombie-like creatures. He eventually also found a cure to reverse the zombie effect, but the immortality stayed.
I'm not sure how the spinal fluid transfer of the cured Narvik survivors can also cure other people's cancer without infecting them. A long-shot explanation could be that they possess a form of a virus that targets defective cells and eliminates them without causing any other bodily harm. But didn't that also pass along the immortal thingie? Because the young chick with the brain tumour suddenly had the light blue eyes, didn't she?
Gosh, I should have paid closer attention. And the science is still total BS, if you ask me.
As for the evil immortals, I guess the whole idea to create a virus that would let people live forever came from the Ilaria corporation that funded the whole project and made sure it was all conducted in a middle-of-nowhere station out on the ice. Making people immortal would be a humanity-changing ability, and of course they'd want to keep it under wraps before they have a way of making tons of money, once the science and procedure is halfway safe.
At least that's my take on it. Not sure if that makes any sense.
I think the Japanese dude (Hatake) developed the virus (Narvik-B) to alter DNA, possibly to change the telomers so that people live forever. What he didn't anticipate is that while the virus did that, it also infected people to turn them into those zombie-like creatures. He eventually also found a cure to reverse the zombie effect, but the immortality stayed.
I'm not sure how the spinal fluid transfer of the cured Narvik survivors can also cure other people's cancer without infecting them. A long-shot explanation could be that they possess a form of a virus that targets defective cells and eliminates them without causing any other bodily harm. But didn't that also pass along the immortal thingie? Because the young chick with the brain tumour suddenly had the light blue eyes, didn't she?
Gosh, I should have paid closer attention. And the science is still total BS, if you ask me.
As for the evil immortals, I guess the whole idea to create a virus that would let people live forever came from the Ilaria corporation that funded the whole project and made sure it was all conducted in a middle-of-nowhere station out on the ice. Making people immortal would be a humanity-changing ability, and of course they'd want to keep it under wraps before they have a way of making tons of money, once the science and procedure is halfway safe.
At least that's my take on it. Not sure if that makes any sense.
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