Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea story
An experimental nuclear submarine comes to the rescue when a meteor shower causes the Van Allen radiation belt to catch fire, resulting in a world- threatening increase in heat all across the Earth.
5 total · 3 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| planet scorching atmospheric conflagration | major | A meteor shower set the Van Allen radiation belt on fire. |
| speculative submarine | major | The film was centered around the new, state of the art nuclear submarine Seaview. |
| voyage under the sea | major | A crew voyaged to the Marianas in a high-tech nuclear submarine. |
| cracking under pressure | minor | Two submariners erupted into a fist fight stemming from the pressure of making it to the Marianas in 16 days. |
| human vs. beast | minor | Two diving suit wearing submariners trying to splice into an ocean cable were assailed by a shark. The nuclear submarine was attacked by a giant octopus deep in the Marianas Trench. |