Moon story
A experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Moon.
15 total · 8 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| a person and their clone | major | A rapidly deteriorating Sam Bell and his clone were stuck on the Moon base left to figure out what two Sam Bells were doing there. |
| colonization of the Moon | major | Sam manned Lunar Industries Moon base. |
| fusion power | major | The film is set in near future where nearly 70 percent of planet Earth power is generated from lunar soil extracted helium-3 fusion. |
| human cloning | major | Lunar Industries was using a series of Sam Bell clones to manage its helium-3 mining operations on the Moon. |
| loneliness | major | Sam had been alone on the Moon with only an artificial intelligence to keep him company and he was counting down the days to when he could return home to be reunited with his wife and daughter. Then he met his clone. |
| sentient computer | major | Sam's only companion on the Moon was an artificial intelligence named GERTY. It assisted him with the base's automation and provided comfort for him. |
| unethical business practices | major | The Lunar Industries executives hatched a nefarious plot to use a series of Sam Bell clones to managed their helium-3 mining operations on the Moon. This was all in an effort to save money on sending engineers back and forth to the Moon. In the end, the fresh Sam clone returned to Earth as a whistle blower and the company's stock fell 32% and it seemed that that would be just the beginning. |
| what if I met my double | major | A rapidly deteriorating Sam Bell and his clone were stuck on the Moon base left to figure out what two Sam Bells were doing there. |
| anger | minor | The fresh Sam clone admitted that he had to work on controlling his temper in the aftermath of having flipped over the rapidly deteriorating Sam clone's table top model. |
| anger management issues | minor | The fresh Sam clone admitted that he had to work on controlling his temper in the aftermath of having flipped over the rapidly deteriorating Sam clone's table top model. |