Movie Substrate · Film
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
★ 5.8 · 661 ratings on TMDB
Kick Some Asteroid.
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save the universe.
DirectorKevin Munroe
The emergence reading
In Ratchet & Clank, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “galactic frontier”. The story fights on E13/E11/E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing colonialism, exploitation, technology, power, environment.
↷ animalsUScolonialismexploitationtechnologypowerenvironment
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Mortal Engines (2018)E8/E13 · rare rung · environment, power
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)E8/E13 · rare rung · colonialism, power
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)E13 · rare rung · colonialism, environment
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)E13 · rare rung · colonialism, power
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)E8/E11/E13 · rare rung · colonialism, power
Transformers One (2024)E8/E11/E13 · rare rung · power, technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Wolfwalkers (2020)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · colonialism, environment
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · environment, power
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · environment, exploitation
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · environment, power
Frozen II (2019)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · colonialism, environment
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (2021)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · colonialism, environmentAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)consciousness in animals · dinosaur‑rescue
King Kong (1976)consciousness in animals · giant‑ape spectacle
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic animal galaxy
Super Mario Bros. (1993)consciousness in animals · dinosaur metropolis
Rampage (2018)consciousness in animals · giant animal rampage
Princess Mononoke (1997)consciousness in animals · forest‑industrial clashSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)consciousness in monsters · environment, exploitation
Stargate (1994)consciousness in aliens · colonialism, power
Jupiter Ascending (2015)consciousness in aliens · exploitation, power
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)consciousness carried elsewhere · colonialism, environment
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)consciousness in machines · exploitation, power
Monster Trucks (2016)consciousness in monsters · environment, exploitation
