Justice League story
Justice League is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the follow-up to 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the fifth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Zack Snyder, written by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, and features an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, and J. K. Simmons. In the film, Batman and Wonder Woman recruit The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg after Superman's death to save the world from the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons.
16 total · 2 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy | major | Steppenwolf and his legions tried to conquer the Earth and terraform it into a world similar to the hellish one he came from. |
| speculative terraforming | major | Steppenwolf plotted to terraform the Earth into something similar to his own hellish world. |
| ability to communicate with animals | minor | Aqua Man could communicate with fish. |
| ability to see through solid objects | minor | Superman used his X-ray vision to inspect the other Justice League members. |
| aquatic ability | minor | Aqua Man could swim around in the sea and talk to fish. |
| Atlantis | minor | Aqua Man was an Atlantean and visited Atlantis under the sea. |
| cyborg | minor | The superhero Cyborg was as his name suggests. |
| father and son | minor | The Flash struggled with his father being incarcerated. |
| female-only society | minor | Steppenwolf went to the female-only city-state Themyscira to retrieve the Mother Box. |
| immortality | minor | Wonder Woman was an immortal. |