Sleeper story
The owner of a health food store is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later in an ineptly led police state. The film contains many elements which parody notable works of science fiction and was made as a tribute to comedians Groucho Marx and Bob Hope.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cryogenic technology | major | Miles cryogenically preserved without his consent in 1973. |
| post-scarcity economy utopia | major | People wanted for nothing in terms of material goods by the year 2173. There were robot servants, giant fruits and vegetables, giant chickens for meat, and people smoked cigarettes with not harmful consequences to their health. |
| resistance movement | major | The story followed a group of rebels who were trying to use Miles as a spy to infiltrate to infiltrate the secret government Aries Project. |
| totalitarian dystopia | major | The featured future society is a parody of stereotypical totalitarian states as depicted in contemporary film. In particular, it is set in a future in which the U.S.A. is police state, ostensibly ruled by a dictator known only as "The Leader". |
| what if I found myself in the future | major | Jazz musician Miles Monroe was cryogenically preserved without his consent in 1973 and revived 200 years later. |
| communism | minor | Some Marxists talked about bringing about a communist revolution. |
| human cloning | minor | The goal of Project Aries was to clone the secretly deceased leader of the U.S.A. from only his nose. |
| humanoid robot | minor | Domestic service robots were commonplace by the year 2173. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | Doctor Tryon told Miles about a man who detonated a nuclear bomb 100 years prior. |
| romantic love | minor | Miles Monroe and the artist Luna Schlosser. |