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Wonder Woman (2017)

★ 7.2 · 20,858 ratings on TMDB

Power. Grace. Wisdom. Wonder.

Wonder Woman poster★ 7.2

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

DirectorPatty Jenkins
CastChris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Eugene Brave Rock, Ewen Bremner
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy
The emergence reading

In Wonder Woman, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “mythic-war”. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing war, mythology, gender, power, heroism.

↷ monsters and creaturesUSwarmythologygenderpowerheroism
Also inFilms about warConsciousness hiding in monstersFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

The Return of Godzilla (1984)E12 · rare rung · power, warWatchmen (2009)E8/E12 · rare rung · power, warGodzilla (2014)E8/E12 · rare rung · powerMaleficent (2014)E8/E12 · rare rung · powerDracula Untold (2014)E8/E12 · rare rung · powerValkyrie (2008)E8/E12 · rare rung · power, war

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)E6/E11 · rare rung · power, warSkylines (2020)E6/E13 · rare rung · power, warStargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)E9/E13 · rare rung · power, warThe Keep (1983)E11/E13 · rare rung · power, warThe Transformers: The Movie (1986)E11/E13 · rare rung · power, warWizards (1977)E9/E13 · rare rung · power, war

Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)consciousness in monsters · mythic superhero realmThe Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)consciousness in monsters · mushroom kingdom adventureAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)consciousness in monsters · vampire‑infested civil warJack the Giant Slayer (2013)consciousness in monsters · giant-kingdom clashBloodRayne: The Third Reich (2010)consciousness in monsters · vampire-warWarcraft (2016)consciousness in monsters · fantasy warworld

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

Krull (1983)consciousness in aliens · heroism, powerDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993)consciousness in aliens · heroism, powerTransformers: The Last Knight (2017)consciousness in machines · mythology, powerThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)consciousness carried elsewhere · power, warThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)consciousness carried elsewhere · power, warKung Fu Panda 2 (2011)consciousness in animals · power, war

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)dir. Patty JenkinsMonster (2003)dir. Patty JenkinsJustice League (2017)Connie NielsenPerfect Sense (2011)Connie NielsenNaked (1993)David ThewlisThe Conspirator (2011)Danny Huston