Sphere story
It is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| speculative device | major | A main novelty of the film is a perfect sphere with a gold-colored fluidic surface that makes the thoughts of anyone who goes inside it manifest into reality. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The story follows a team of experts as they go the the floor of the Pacific Ocean to investigate a newly discovered spacecraft, initially presumed to be of alien origin, estimated to have been there for nearly 300 years. |
| time travel | major | It turned out that the crashed spacecraft was not alien as was original supposed, but rather was a super high-tech American vessel from the future. |
| voyage under the sea | major | The story follows a team of experts who venture to the floor of the Pacific Ocean to investigate a newly discovered crashed spacecraft. There they stay for some days mostly cooped up inside a state-of-the-art underwater living environment located near the spacecraft. Due emphasis was placed on the perils of staying on the seafloor for an extended period of time, and true to form, most of them didn't make it back alive. |
| what if my thoughts became reality | major | It gradually dawned on the surviving experts that the sphere had all along been manifesting their unconscious fears into reality. |
| black hole | minor | One gathers that it was an encounter with a black hole that resulted in the spacecraft crashing to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. |
| fear | minor | The experts fears were manifesting into reality. For instance, Harry's phobia of squids manifested itself as a giant squid that attacked the experts' underwater living environment located near the spacecraft. |
| giant monster | minor | The experts were attacked by a giant squid that turned out to be a manifestation of Harry's fears. |
| hologram | minor | The experts were shown a holographic reenactment of the spaceship crew encountering a black hole. |
| human vs. beast | minor | Fletcher was attacked and killed by a school of jellyfish. |