Movie Substrate · Film
Midnight Special (2016)
★ 6.3 · 2,033 ratings on TMDB
He's not like us.
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
DirectorJeff Nichols
The emergence reading
Midnight Special keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E0lightlight emitted by certain humans can create a dome that reveals and opens a portal to a hidden parallel world (physics · personal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)E13/E14 · Adventure, Drama
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)E12/E13 · Adventure, Drama
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)E9/E11 · Adventure, Science Fiction
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)E9/E13 · Adventure, Science Fiction
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)E11/E12 · Adventure, Science Fiction
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)E11/E12 · Adventure, Science FictionAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Doctor Strange (2016)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Back to the Future (1985)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Interstellar (2014)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Twelve Monkeys (1995)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
