Spaceman story
The film tells of a man adjusting to life on Earth, with one problem: he has been trained only to be a killer since he was abducted as a toddler.
19 total · 7 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| adapting to life in a foreign culture | major | Spaceman struggled mightily to adapt to his new life on Earth. In addition to being unacquainted with Earth customs, he struggled to function outside of the organized command structure that he'd known for practically his entire life. |
| alien abduction | major | The story is premised on a four-year-old boy getting abducted by aliens and assimilated into their warrior culture. |
| coping with living in a foreign culture | major | Spaceman struggled mightily to adapt to his new life on Earth. In addition to being unacquainted with Earth customs, he struggled to function outside of the organized command structure that he'd known for practically his entire life. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | Spaceman (a human being) was abducted by aliens at the age of four and assimilated into their warrior culture. The film follows Spaceman after he is marooned on Earth as an adult. This theme is topical as a major theme on account that he behaved as a stereotypical "alien stranded on Earth" character - his name is Spaceman after all. |
| hitman occupation | major | Spaceman formally applied at Mr. Lynch's barbershop to become a hitman. Mr. Lynch was running an underground hitman ring from his barbershop. Mr. Lynch dispatched one hitman after another to take out Spaceman - all failed. |
| purpose in life | major | Spaceman was trained from childhood to fight people to the death. After getting marooned on Earth, he felt empty from no longer being able to engage in his preferred occupation and went about seeking a job that challenged him. He ultimately became a happy hitman. |
| what if I had to fight to the death | major | Spaceman engaged various people in what were fights to the death from Spaceman's alien point of view. Spaceman bested a plumber-become-hitman in a formal fight to the death. Spaceman ultimately bested a martial arts hitman in a fight to the death. |
| boss and employee | minor | The supermarket manager took on Spaceman as an employee and taught him the ropes. |
| childish bullying | minor | Spaceman made a stereotypical street bully pay for picking a fight with him. |
| gender bending | minor | Spaceman encountered a man clad in a woman's pajama-style dress in the hospital psychiatric ward. |