Uglies - Not Just Science Fiction

Centered around the theme of the science fiction novel "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld, a short movie about our nation's disgusting obsession with beauty, and the resulting rise of teenage plastic surgery.

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Education

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• uglies
• appearance
• teenage
• plastic
• surgery
• westerfeld
• model
• supermodel
• fake
• MSU
• trailer
• movie
• pretty
• science
• fiction
• ugly

[RoseCheval]

wow amazing video! i just want to point out that the book is called Uglies not The Uglies.

[evanjorgensen]

lol yes I know that. my mistake.

[candychicken]

That was a great vidoe personally. I'm a little vain. But to tell you the truth i don't have a perfect body or flawless skin. It's just my hair that rocks! lol. Everyone is beautiful it just depends if they know how to show that to the rest of the world.

[evanjorgensen]

truth.

[Ruletheworld3]

evanjorgensen I REALLY like that movie ( so true) It was really GREAT!

[evanjorgensen]

thanks!

[OwnedByZoe]

@Venus13Aphrodite Nobody said looks didn't matter. They just aren't the most important thing in the world.

[OwnedByZoe]

This made me cry. Earlier today I felt bad for being awkward and not as skinny as many of the girls at my school. Now I feel horrible for feeling that way.

[claire9256]

im 13 and i would say that im pretty. yes, my skin isent perfect and i am a little fat but i still think im pretty. and i dont need plastic surgy or any thing els. i love my green eyes and brownish gold hair. i have friends who think im pretty inside and out. i have a nice personality and thats all there is. what other people think is not my problem!

[sunnysillysara]

@Venus13Aphrodite tht is kinda stupid cuz were sayin if people looked at your personality instead of look.. and i mean EVERYONE looked at personality our world would be much better. just to let ya know im 13 and i am saying this, and HOW? old are you.

[sunnysillysara]

i loved this vid and i am only 13... i wish people could see me for who i am on the inside like my personality. i am relly skinny for my age i try to be normal size but its hard... and i dont have the best face or hair in the world but im fine with the fact im beautiful on the inside, i bet if people looked like how they act there would be alot of ugly people...

[Venus13Aphrodite]

who ever said whats on the outside doesnt mater is kinda stupid. lets say u go in for a job? your wearing sweats and a reatty old t-shirt w/ holes in it, hair all limp and looks like it hasnt ben washed in weeks. but your orginized and have a great personality. your prob. not gonna get the job. but if you came in w/ nice slacks, a clean collor shirt, hair up, and some clean proffecinal shoes. your chances are alot beter. so yeah, "looks dont matter"

[Venus13Aphrodite]

yeah, its so evil, a girl is distorted in her most feminine part, shes a gorgease girl inside and out, but know one can notice cuase one breast is A' and the others like a C'. so she gets it corrected. and feels alot beter about everything, its atroutuouse isn't it?

[Hexiva]

I don't think it's fair to say it's a satire of teen plastic surgery. If you notice, in the post-Mind Rain society and also in the freer Diego, the people aren't more natural looking - in fact, they've made even more exotic changes to their bodies. That's one of the things I like about the series. It feels non-judgemental in a way I hadn't seen before. Shaming people for choosing to have plastice surgery is just the other side of the coin from shaming people for not being supermodel-pretty

[ed14chan]

good video!!!

[gilloth]

Good sci-fis are about real problems (or the danger of these problems) so I think you're right. And this is so in many countries now.

And your video is a very good job.