Mission to Mars story
Mission to Mars is a 2000 American science fiction adventure film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Jim Thomas, John Thomas, and Graham Yost, and inspired by Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. Synopsis: When the first manned Mars exploration mission goes awry, a rescue mission is dispatched to return any survivors to Earth.
14 total · 4 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien origin of the human race | major | A grand revelation of the film is that Martians had seeded Earth with complex life some 100 million years ago. |
| crackpot theory | major | The film is predicated on the notion that the so-called "Face on Mars", which is widely explained away as a case of facial pareidolia, is actually an artificial structure resembling a humanoid face. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The first half of the film depicts a pioneering manned spaceflight from Earth to Mars. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | A grand revelation of the film is that Mars had been inhabited by intelligent, red humanoid aliens some 100 million years ago. |
| asteroid impact | minor | It was revealed that an asteroid had done in the Martians some 100 million years ago. |
| colonization of Mars | minor | A manned mission was sent to Mars as a prelude to colonization. |
| coping with a massive loss of comrades | minor | Luke was devastated that only he out of the crew of four on the first manned mission to Mars had survived the dust storm. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Jim was torn up over the tragic passing of his wife, Maggie. Terri watched helplessly as her fellow astronaut and husband, Woody, died in space. |
| father and son | minor | Bobby was feeling sad that his astronaut father Luke was going to be away from home for a long time. |
| husband and wife | minor | The happily married astronauts Woody and Terri went together on the rescue mission to Mars. Luke bid his wife Deborah farewell before departing on the first manned mission to Mars. |