Invaders from Mars story
A boy learns that Martians are taking over the minds of people on Earth as a prelude to invasion. It is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
13 total · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy | major | A spacecraft from Mars landed on Earth and started abducting people and mind controlling them as part of an elaborate plot to steal Earth's copper. |
| child's point of view | major | An impending Martian invasion was depicted from the child David's perspective. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | major | Nobody save the school nurse and the general took even the least bit seriously David's claim that he'd witnessed an alien spacecraft land over the hill beyond his house. |
| human childhood | major | We saw David doing typical childhood things, like collecting coins, dissecting frogs in science class, playing in the schoolyard, and trying to avoid getting captured by Martians. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | A spacecraft from Mars landed on Earth and started abducting people and mind controlling them as part of an elaborate plot to steal Earth's copper. |
| mind control technology | major | The Martian invaders mind controlled people, using receivers on the backs of their necks, as part of an elaborate plot to steal Earth's copper. |
| what if people around me started behaving strangely one by one | major | Everyone around David became co-opted by Martians one by one. |
| brain-shaped being | minor | The supreme Martian intelligence was a essentially beach ball sized brain. |
| father and son | minor | David felt creeped out after his father had become co-opted by Martians. |
| husband and wife | minor | George and Ellen Gardner. |