Movie Substrate · Film
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)
★ 5.8 · 1,775 ratings on TMDB
Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.
DirectorLuc Besson
The emergence reading
In Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “minimoy realm”. The story fights on E8/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing scale, colonialism, family, identity, conflict.
↷ monsters and creaturesFRscalecolonialismfamilyidentityconflict
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)E8/E13 · rare rung · family, identity
The Marvels (2023)E8/E13 · rare rung · colonialism, identity
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)E8/E13 · rare rung · colonialism
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Mortal Kombat II (2026)E8/E13 · rare rung · conflict
Return to Oz (1985)E13 · rare rung · identitySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Frozen II (2019)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · colonialism, identity
Wolfwalkers (2020)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · colonialism, identity
TMNT (2007)E6/E11 · rare rung · family, identity
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)E9/E12 · rare rung · colonialism, identity
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)E9/E12 · rare rung · colonialism, identity
Asterix in Britain (1986)E9/E12 · rare rung · colonialism, identityAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Shrek the Halls (2007)consciousness in monsters · fairy‑tale swamp holiday
Hellboy (2019)consciousness in monsters · mythic modernity
Eragon (2006)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑rider fantasy
Underworld: Awakening (2012)consciousness in monsters · vampire‑werewolf dystopia
The NeverEnding Story (1984)consciousness in monsters · fantasy realm
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)consciousness in monsters · mythic war realmSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)consciousness in aliens · colonialism, family
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008)consciousness in aliens · conflict, family
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)consciousness in animals · family, identity
Finding Nemo (2003)consciousness in animals · family, identity
Shazam! (2019)consciousness in abstractions · family, identity
Beetlejuice (1988)consciousness in the dead · family, identitySame people
Shared director or cast.
