The Stranger story
An astronaut crashes on a planet strangely similar to Earth.
5 total · 4 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Earth | major | NASA astronaut Neil Stryker crash landed on a planet in the same orbit as Earth, but concealed on the opposite side of the sun, so that it had gone unobserved by Earth scientists. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | Neil Stryker crash landed on a planet, called Terra, on the opposite side of the sun, but in the same orbit as Earth, that was populated by aliens that looked just like human beings. From the point of view of the Terrans, Neil was an alien visitor. |
| romantic love | major | Neil Stryker and Bettina Cooke. |
| totalitarian dystopia | major | The Perfect Order brought peace and harmony to the planet Terra, but at the expense of making their world a drab and joyless place. The history books only went back 35 years which coincided with the founding of The Perfect Order. People who didn't accept The Perfect Order were considered mentally ill and "treated" accordingly so that they could be reintegrated into society. Religion was also outlawed. |
| interplanetary space travel | minor | The film opened with three NASA astronauts returning from a mission to deep space. |