Red Dwarf: The Promised Land story
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land is a 2020 British science-fiction comedy television film and the thirteenth installment of the British science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. Synopsis: The Red Dwarf crew of Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, the Cat, and Kryten face-off against Rodon, the leader of a band of feral cats, who has pledged to annihilate all those who don't worship him as their god.
18 total · 6 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The crew encountered a race of cat-like humanoids who'd evolved from house cats over the span of some three million years. Much is made of the main character Cat being a feline-like humanoid. |
| god and follower | major | The trio of cat clerics worshiped Lister as a god to Lister's bemusement and dismay. In general, the story is all about Lister being the god of the cat people. |
| humanoid robot | major | Much is made of the main character Kryten being a humanoid robot. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The film is largely set aboard the futuristic spaceships Red Dwarf and its shuttle craft the Starbug. The cat people traveled in a fleet of futuristic spaceships the assemblage of which resembled a cat when flown in formation. |
| to tell the truth vs. to offer a comforting lie | major | Lister grappled with whether or not he should break it to the trio of cat clerics that he was not their god. If he did, he risked "breaking their hearts and crushing their souls", but he felt some responsibility to be honest with them. |
| virtual person | major | Much is made of the main character Arnold Rimmer being a humanoid robot. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Kryten and Cat confronted Lister about his heavy drinking. |
| black hole | minor | Holly planned to dump the Red Dwarf engine core into the nearest black hole. |
| brother and brother | minor | In a surprise twist, the feral cat leader Rodon turned out to be Cat's older brother. |
| cowardice | minor | Rimmer lamented that he'd forgotten to bring his surrender flag, which he generally carried with him everywhere, with him when the cat people were bombarding him and the crew. |