2067 story
In the year 2067, Earth has been devastated by climate change, and it is up to one man to travel 407 years into the future to set things straight.
18 total · 7 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | major | Ethan's beloved wife, Xanthe, was dying from a strange affliction that was a result of her breathing tainted oxygen. |
| destiny | major | Ethan was convinced that it was his fate (a word that is uttered five times in the film) that Jude would shoot him dead, and in so doing put an end to Ethan's effort to save humanity. Toward the end, however, Ethan changed his tune an resolved to change his own fate, and the fate of humanity by extension. |
| father and son | major | Central to the story was Ethan's dealing with his daddy issues. |
| global warming | major | The film is set 2067 when Earth has been devastated by climate change. All plant life on Earth had gone extinct, and civilization had collapsed around the globe with only one city in Australia still holding out. |
| husband and wife | major | Ethan was caring for his ill wife, Xanthe, and missed her deeply after he traveled into the future. |
| time machine | major | A main novelty of the film is the large, nuclear powered, stationary time machine that Ethan used to travel 407 years into the future. |
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | major | It was up to Ethan to travel 407 years into the future to find a cure for a strange sickness that was going to wipe out humanity. |
| choosing who dies and who lives | minor | Regina Jackson selected the "chosen few" who would be sent 407 years into the future to reboot civilization. |
| cold fusion | minor | The handheld computer Archie detected a corrupted cold fusion power feed in the time machine's nuclear core. |
| coping with being in a heat wave | minor | A reporter spoke of a record-breaking heat wave. |