The Wall story

tz1985e3x23 · 1989-02-25

A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. After sending one team, the Army calls upon a career soldier to investigate, where he finds an idyllic planet. He has to decide whether to stay or go back to his old life. Directed by: Atom Egoyan. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.

5 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 1 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
duty vs. conscience choice Should Major Alex fulfill his duty and allow humanity access to a peaceful little utopia that we would undoubtedly wreck havoc upon?
kumbayah utopia major The community on the other side of the portal lived in peace and the community members had no possessions, no religion, and no laws except to be kind to each other.
neo-Luddist utopia major Alex described the community on the other side of the wormhole as a totally agrarian society, and they seemed to get along just fine without and machines.
traversable wormhole major General Slater explained that the portal appeared at a time when a research team was running an experiment on wormholes, so it stands to reason that the portal was such a thing.
nuclear weapons minor A man discussed the possibility of using such portals to launch tactical nuclear weapons.