Starman story
An alien comes to Earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the Voyager 2 space probe.
15 total · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | major | We saw the Starman struggling to understand such basic human customs as money, eating desert after one's meal, and the hunting of animals for food. |
| coping with memories of a lost love | major | Jenny was far from over her deceased husband Scott. She was watching 8mm films of them together at the start of the film. Then she spent the rest of the film reliving memories of him in the company of the Starman who had assumed Scott's appearance. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Jenny was struggling to get over the loss of her husband Scott, who had died in an accident a year prior. It didn't help matters when a friendly, incorporeal alien took on Scott's appearance and befriend her. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | An alien came to Earth in response to an invitation it found in the Voyager 2 space probe. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Jenny and the Starman were pursued by the feds from Wisconsin all the way to Arizona. |
| problem of language and meaning | major | A variety of comical misunderstandings occurred during the course of Starman trying to learn English. In general, he struggled with communicating with people using human languages. |
| romantic love | major | Jenny and the Starman fell in love on the road to Arizona. |
| coping with saying goodbye forever | minor | The Starman bid an emotional farewell to Jenny before joining his alien friends on their ship. |
| flying saucer | minor | The U.S. government shot down the alien's flying saucer and subsequently recovered it. |
| healing ability | minor | The Starman (a.k.a. Scott Hayden) revived a hunter's dead dear to life and let it run off into the woods. The hunter was not happy to say the least. He likewise healed Jenny of critical injuries sustained in a car crash. |