Star Trek: The Motion Picture story
A mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS Enterprise, to lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine V'Ger's origins. It is the first installment in the Star Trek film series, and stars the cast of the original television series.
27 total · 11 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI point of view | major | We saw sentient probe V'Ger's point of view through the Ilia android. |
| attack from outer space | major | Admiral Kirk led a mission to confront a powerful space cloud that was approaching Earth. |
| facing an overpowering adversary | major | The Enterprise crew versus the sentient probe V'Ger. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | The Enterprise crew versus the sentient probe V'Ger. |
| interstellar space travel | major | Travel among the stars is a fundamental reality in the Star Trek universe. In particular, the Voyager probe had traveled a vast distance in space and return to Earth as some sort of super intelligence. |
| maker and machine | major | It turned out that the Voyager probe returned to Earth in search of its creator. |
| old flames | major | Decker and Ilia. |
| romantic love | major | Decker and Ilia. |
| sentient space probe | major | V'Ger was described by Spock as a living, conscious machine. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The USS Enterprise. |