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by ksherlock 3840 days ago
SPOILER ALERT

There is no Theranos. It's a marketing campaign for a sci-fi movie being released in 2016. (Look at Elizabeth Holmes' (an actress, btw) dress code. Look at their website. Try to find a reference to the company before 2015. It simply doesn't exist!).

After the surprising success of Soylent, MGM decided to cash in with an updated version of Soylent Green. In the future, instead of eating food, people just insert their finger into a machine which analyzes their blood chemistry and makes a delicious beverage optimized for your individual needs. Of course, it also scans your calendar (final exams? Add some ritalin. Important business presentation? Add some xanax. Hot date? Add some viagra).

I don't want to give away any more of the plot, but it stars Elizabeth Holmes and Will Smith (note this is the second remake where he replaces Charleston Heston, the first being Omega Man/I am Legend).