Supernova story
Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as "Thomas Lee." Synopsis: A search and rescue medical ship crew in deep space discovers a potentially dangerous alien artifact form after responding to a distress signal.
19 total · 5 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| old flames | major | Kaela was astonished to discover that the man who'd sent the distress call was her former lover, Karl. Karl's attempts to rekindle their relationship was central to the plot. |
| romantic love | major | Nick and Kaela fell in love in the end. Danika and Yerzy were in love and longed to have children togehter. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The film is largely set aboard the 22nd century, faster-than-light traveling medical rescue vessel Nightengale 229. Another novel aspect of the ship is that it used rotation to generate gravity. |
| sun going supernova | major | The story culminated with the revelation that the nine-dimensional matter inside the alien artifact would make the blue giant star go supernova, and moreover that the resulting explosion would reach Earth within 51 years. This, the ship computer hypothesized, would either destroy life on Earth or "enable humankind to achieve a new level of existence". |
| unrequited love | major | One storyline follows Karl in his unsuccessful attempts to romantically reconcile with his former lover Kaela. |
| AI assistant | minor | The Nightengale 229 vessel was equipped with an advanced, but perhaps non-sentient onboard computer. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Danika and her boyfriend Yerzy planned to have children together. |
| drug abuse | minor | It came to light that Nick was a recovering "Hazen" addict. |
| faster than light travel | minor | The medical rescue vessel Nightengale 229 made a "dimension-jump" of 3,000 light-years to reach the ice moon Titan 37 in response to a distress call. |
| human overpopulation | minor | Danika's lover assured her that they'd get approved to have a baby, suggesting that some population control measures were in place. |