Planet of Dinosaurs story
Set in an unspecified future, the film follows the journey of Captain Lee and his crew after they crash land on a planet with similar life conditions as Earth, but millions of years behind in time. Encountering a wide variety of dangerous dinosaurs, the crew decides that its best chance for survival lies on finding higher ground and setting up a defensive perimeter on a higher plateau for refuge to wait for when (or if) their rescuers arrive. They soon encounter a deadly tyrannosaurus and must figure out a way to defeat the creature and survive on the planet.
10 total · 8 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hope | major | Some of the stranded crew members never lost hope that a rescue ship would arrive, while others had a more bleak outlook about their future. |
| human vs. beast | major | The crew was under almost constant threat of being attacked by dinosaurs while stranded on the planet. The conclusion of the film saw the crew hunt down and kill tyrannosaurus. |
| isolated prehistoric land | major | A crew became spaceship wrecked on a distant planet with similar conditions to prehistoric Earth. |
| leadership | major | Captain Lee's cautious approach to leading his crew was contrasted with Jim's more aggressive approach to dealing with potential threats. |
| living dinosaur | major | The planet on which the crew was stranded was full of dinosaurs. |
| rivalry | major | Lee and Jim were at odds with each other about what was the best approach to surviving on the planet. Lee wanted to build a stockaded settlement while Kim wanted to hide out in the caves. |
| stranded on a deserted planet | major | A crew became spaceship-wrecked on a distant planet with minimal provisions and had to figure out a way to survive until such time as a rescue party arrived. [prehistoric] |
| wilderness survival | major | After finding themselves were stranded on a distant planet, the crew set about finding shelter and securing a food supply. [prehistoric] |
| interstellar space travel | minor | A crew became spaceship wrecked on a distant planet with similar conditions to prehistoric Earth. |
| the theory of evolution | minor | Captain Lee attributed the existence of dinosaurs on an Earth-like aline planet to convergent evolution. |