Voyagers story

movie: Voyagers (2021) · 2021-04-09

Voyagers is a 2021 American science fiction film written and directed by Neil Burger. Synopsis: A group of teenage astronauts are sent on a multi-generational mission in the year 2063 to colonize a habitable exoplanet amidst runaway climate change and declining habitability on Earth.

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society consisting of only children choice In short, the film is essentially "The Lord of the Files" set on a spaceship.
friendship major Important to the story was the disintegrating friendship between Chris and Zach.
interstellar space travel major The story follows a crew of 30 teenage astronauts as they set out on a 86 light year journey that would see their grandchildren reach and colonize a habitable exoplanet.
leadership major Much was made of Chris struggling to maintain his legitimacy as elected leader of the crew in the face of Zach's insubordination and ultimate revolt.
multi-generational spaceship major The story is set aboard the interstellar generational spaceship Humanitas. It was to sustain three successive generations of human being on their journey to a habitable exoplanet located some 86 light years from Earth.
persuasion of groups by rhetoric major Much was made of Zach playing to peoples fears about the possibility of a malevolent alien being aboard the ship in order to secure his de facto position as group leader.
romantic love major The story built up to Chris and Sela falling in love and ultimately having a family together.
space colonization major The story follows a crew of 30 teenagers on their mission to set on on what was to culminate in their great-grandchildren colonizing a habitable exoplanet that lay some 86 light years distant from Earth.
computer hacking minor Chris hacked into the Humanitas ship computer to find that the chemical substance that he and the other teenagers was being given to drink contained an emotion suppressing neurotoxin.
global warming minor The teenage astronauts were sent to colonize a new habitable exoplanet amidst runaway global warming on Earth. Climate change and the declining habitability on Earth was, however, only treated briefly at the start of the film.