Yesterday, Dr. Will Caster was only human...

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
In Transcendence, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “singularitarian digital realm”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing technology, consciousness, power, control, mortality.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Outside the Wire (2021)E8/E10 · consciousness, control
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)E8/E10 · control, power
Hello World (2019)E8/E10 · control, mortality
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)E8/E10 · consciousness, mortality
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)E8/E10 · mortality, power
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)E8 · control, powerThe same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)E11/E14 · rare rung · power, technology
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)E12/E14 · rare rung · mortality, technology
WarGames (1983)E12/E14 · rare rung · control, technology
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · power, technology
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · power, technologyOther films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Ex Machina (2015)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Lucy (2014)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Atlas (2024)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The Lawnmower Man (1992)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Ghost in the Shell (1995)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Companion (2025)alters at E8 · same rung · looseOther films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Blade Runner (1982)consciousness in machines · future corporate dystopia
Morgan (2016)consciousness in machines · synthetic bio‑lab
Terminator Genisys (2015)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)consciousness in machines · mecha-quantum universe
I, Robot (2004)consciousness in machines · AI dystopia
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)consciousness in machines · android-regulation thrillerThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Morbius (2022)consciousness in monsters · control, mortality
The Room (2019)consciousness in monsters · control, mortality
The Man with Two Brains (1983)consciousness carried elsewhere · consciousness, mortality
Gantz (2010)consciousness in the dead · control, mortality
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)consciousness in animals · control, power
Puppetmaster (1989)consciousness in objects · consciousness, control