Slipstream story
A bounty hunter tries to turn in a strange man who has been accused of murder.
8 total · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android | major | The virtuous android Byron. |
| compassion | major | The android Byron was noticeably kind toward other people in a doggy dog post-apocalyptic world. |
| friendship | major | The bounty hunter Matt Owens ultimately befriended and freed his android captive Byron. |
| post-apocalyptic dystopia | major | The film is set not long after drastic climate change has swept away civilization as we know it, leaving few scattered settlements of survivors attempt to keep human life going. |
| the desire to be human | major | Sleeping with Ariel expanded the android Byron's range of emotional experiences, and made him curious to become more human-like, but in the end he decided that he was too dangerous to be among humankind. |
| anti-technology way of life | minor | Some cultists rejected technology and, moreover, attributed the recent apocalypse to out-of-control technological advancements. |
| force of nature existential risk to civilization | minor | The film is set sometime after drastic climate change has swept away civilization as we know it. A vast wind current, the Slipstream, encircles the globe, and a few scattered settlements of survivors attempt to keep human life going. |
| love vs. friendship | minor | Upon being granted his freedom, Byron briefly wavered over whether he'd go with his old friend Matt or his new love interest Ariel. |