spoiler
Yeah, it's a silly premise -- "I'd rather die than be immmortal". Star Trek NG made the same mistake with Data, he always wanted to be more human. I guess it's just the bias of the writers (who I assume are human).
re: spoiler
>"people dont usually get along with transhumanism"
Transcendence was a box office flop for that reason, I think. It was one of the better films of this century, but people didn't understand that he was moving to the next step. Movie critiques were complaining that what was going on was beyond the laws of physics, without understanding more advanced tech will use quantum to, e.g., implement programmable matter.
(sorry, spell-check is on on fritz, you'll have to live with my dyslexia for now)