The War of the Worlds: Next Century story
The film starts with the arrival of a more advanced civilization from Mars which purports to have a friendly attitude towards Earthlings. The place visited by the Martians resembles a police state in which a huge role is played by television, which is used as a propaganda tool.
9 total · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| authoritarianism | major | The film is set in a harsh police state that heavily relies on using television as a propaganda tool. |
| growing as a person | major | Television propagandist Iron Ivan came to see the sinister role that television, and he himself, was being used for during the course of the film. |
| having a preconception challenged | major | Television propagandist Iron Ivan came to see the sinister role that television, and he himself, was being used for during the course of the film. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | Diminutive, silver-skinned Martians paid a visit to a police state on Earth. |
| television as a control mechanism | major | Television was used as a propaganda tool by the police state. This was a central and ever-present feature of the film. |
| first contact | minor | The film opened with Martians landing to Earth quite out of the blue. It appears that they chose to establish formal relations with a police state and visit there. |
| husband and wife | minor | The secret police disappeared Iron Idem's wife at the start of the film and returned her to him in a body bag at the end. |
| legal occupation | minor | Iron Idem was put on a televised show trial for aiding and abetting the Martians, and sentenced to death by a magistrate. |
| what it is like in a legal proceeding | minor | Iron Idem was put on a televised show trial for aiding and abetting the Martians, and sentenced to death by a magistrate. |