Species story
A motley crew of scientists and government agents try to track down Sil, a seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid, before she successfully mates with a human male. It is the first installment in the Species film series.
12 total · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| female seeking to find a superior mate | major | The story follows the seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid Sil as she instinctively seeks out a peak human male with whom to mate. |
| femme fatale | major | The seductive human-alien hybrid Sil used her ravishing looks to lull men into a false sense of security before killing them. |
| human-alien hybrid | major | The story follows the seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid Sil's efforts to successfully mate with a human male. |
| invasive life form from outer space | major | Dr. Laura Baker speculated that the human-alien hybrid Sil was a biological weapon sent to Earth by a species who thought humans were like an intergalactic weed. Whatever the case, it was apparent that Sil's offspring had the potential to eliminate the human race. |
| the dangers of sending information out into space | major | SETI scientists received two replies from an alien source to a transmission that they'd sent out into space. The first contained information about how to create an endless supply of fuel. But one gathers it was a ruse, because the second message contained instructions for how to splice alien DNA with human DNA. When scientists followed these instructions, the result was a seductive extraterrestrial-human hybrid that scientists feared would mate with human males and produce offspring that could eliminate the human race. |
| the desire to have children | major | Sil was driven by an instinct to procreate her kind my mating with a peak physical human male specimen. |
| infatuation | minor | Laura and Chris had the hots for each other and they eventually made love in Laura's hotel room. |
| psychopathy | minor | Sil was explicitly described as being a psychopath, and indeed, she showed no hint of any ability to understand the suffering she was making other people go through. In one example, she acted extremely callously to a woman who'd she kidnapped and seemed unable to understand the source of the woman's distress. |
| search for extraterrestrial intelligence | minor | It was explained how in 1974 SETI researchers sent a message with information about Earth and its inhabitants into outer space from the Arecibo Observatory. |
| self-healing ability | minor | Physical damage to Sil's body healed almost instantly. For instance, her thumb grew back almost immediately after she scissored it off. |