2010: The Year We Make Contact story
It is a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and is based on Arthur C. Clarke's sequel novel 2010: Odyssey Two (1982).
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| competition among nations | major | On Earth the United States and the Soviet Union were rivaling for world domination. But at the same time they did agree to cooperate by sending a joint mission to Jupiter to find out what was going on with a mysterious monolith that was in the vicinity of the planet. |
| group bonding | major | The American and Soviet crew members of the Leonov bonded while their respective nations slid toward war back on Earth. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The story focused on a joint Soviet and American mission to Jupiter. |
| sentient computer | major | The iconic HAL 9000 was reactivated. R. Chandra's sentient computer with female voice named SAL was also briefly featured. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The film is largely set aboard two futuristic spaceships: the Soviet vessel Leonov and the American vessel Discovery. |
| the Cold War | major | A drama similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded on Earth while the joint Soviet/American mission to Jupiter was underway. |
| father and son | minor | Dr. Floyd had to explain to his young son about how he was going to be away for a long time on a mission to Jupiter. |
| habitable moon | minor | Europa was made habitable when the monolith transformed Jupiter into a small star. |
| husband and wife | minor | Dr. Floyd's wife Carolyn was apprehensive when he suddenly had to leave on an extended mission to Jupiter. |
| mother and son | minor | CVarolyn and her young son Christopher. |