Even though this film is now 18 years old, it actually deals with an issue that has moved to the forefront of American medicine, which is the identification of treatments that match the genetic patterns of individuals. Gattaca, which was released in 1997 deals with the theme, presented by Blair Underwood, that multiple egg-sperm combinations by a couple could be analyzed to determine which combination of their genes would produce the most advantageous child. Love children or children born of parents who did not use this form of genetic selection are thus less beautiful, less intelligent, and less talented or athletic than children born of random combinations of sperm and egg.