The End of the World story
A comet hurtling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions people have to the impending disaster. Scientist Martial Novalic who discovers the comet, seeks a solution to the problem and becomes a fugitive after skeptical authorities blame him for starting a mass panic.
13 total · 10 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| a danger shared can bring people together | major | The One World Congress which unanimously agrees to unite all governments into a single harmonious entity after the people of Earth are miraculously spared from a cometary collision. |
| asteroid impact | major | a comet is detected hurtling toward Earth on a collision course |
| Christianity | major | The films opened with a Jesus Christ passion play, which prefigured the Jean Novalic Messiah complex, and end of the world motif. |
| close encounter with a passing astronomical object | major | An errant comet passes by Earth and causes natural disasters. |
| mass hysteria | major | a mass panic descends upon the people of the Earth as news spreads of an impending cometary collision |
| messiah | major | Jean Novalic fancies he will become the shepherd of humanity after cometary impact event and Genevieve sees a vision of Jean as Christ. |
| Messiah complex | major | Jean Novalic fancies he will become the shepherd of humanity after cometary impact event and Genevieve sees a vision of Jean as Christ. |
| romantic love | major | Jean Novalic and Genevieve de Murcie |
| the religious end of the world | major | Jean Novalic fancies he will become the shepherd of humanity after cometary impact event and Genevieve sees a vision of Jean as Christ. |
| transnational institution for peace | major | The One World Congress which unanimously agrees to unite all governments into a single harmonious entity after the people of Earth are miraculously spared from a cometary collision. |