Movie Substrate · Film
CJ7 (2008)
★ 7.3 · 783 ratings on TMDB
It's out of this world.
A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.
DirectorStephen Chow
The emergence reading
In CJ7, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “alien pet”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing family, poverty, hope, sacrifice, friendship.
↷ aliensCNfamilypovertyhopesacrificefriendship
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Also hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)consciousness in aliens · cosmic superhero saga
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)consciousness in aliens · suburban alien encounter
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)consciousness in aliens · alien quest
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)consciousness in aliens · cosmic crew
Lilo & Stitch (2002)consciousness in aliens · ohana alien adoption
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)consciousness in aliens · Hawaiian alien familySame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)consciousness in monsters · family, sacrifice
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)consciousness in animals · family, friendship
IF (2024)consciousness in monsters · family, friendship
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)consciousness in animals · family, friendship
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)consciousness carried elsewhere · family, hope
Angels in the Outfield (1994)consciousness carried elsewhere · family, hope
