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X-Men (2000)
★ 7.0 · 12,351 ratings on TMDB
Trust a few. Fear the rest.
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
DirectorBryan Singer
The emergence reading
X-Men keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E10/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, identity, power, authority, rebellion.
zero-distanceUSprejudiceidentitypowerauthorityrebellion
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
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Insurgent (2015)E9/E10 · identity, power
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Nimona (2023)E9/E10 · authority, identitySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
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Extinction (2018)E8/E14 · rare rung · identity, prejudice
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Doctor Who (1996)E8/E14 · rare rung · identity, power
Osmosis Jones (2001)E6/E8 · rare rung · authority, prejudice
Clash of the Titans (1981)E6/E8 · rare rung · authority, power
