The Earthmen story
Two expedition teams went to Mars were never heard from again. A third discovers why. Directed by: Graeme Campbell. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
11 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | A point of the story is to speculate that humans and, for example, Martians might fatally misunderstand each other due, for example, the Martians having telepathic abilities that humans do not. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | Mr. X thought that Captain Williams hallucinated the other humans into existence because Martians were telepathic and could do such things. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The story concerns a group of space explorers sent from Earth to find out the fate of two previous expeditions. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | The story featured numerous purple-tinted, telepathic Martians. |
| telepathic society | major | The Martians were naturally telepathic and had a society which reflected that fact. |
| commander and subordinate | minor | There were several notable scenes regarding Captain Williams and his men's attitudes towards one and other. |
| creative writing | minor | In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing. |
| death ray | minor | Mr. X took out Captain Williams and his crew with a directed energy handgun. |
| suicide | minor | Mr. X took his own life in the end. |
| the nature of creativity | minor | In his introduction, Ray Bradbury gave his viewers an intimate window into his writing room, and some of the self-professed sources of creativity that lay about within it. |