Movie Substrate · Film
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
★ 6.4 · 9,017 ratings on TMDB
A new era of wonder begins.
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
DirectorPatty Jenkins
The emergence reading
Wonder Woman 1984 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing wish, desire, power, greed, identity.
zero-distanceUSwishdesirepowergreedidentity
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E0wishwishes are instantly realized, overriding natural causality whenever the Dreamstone is used (physics · universal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)E8/E9 · greed, identity
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)E8/E9 · greed, power
Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000)E8/E9 · desire, identity
The Book of Clarence (2024)E8/E9 · greed, identity
Thor (2011)E8/E9 · identity, power
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E8/E9 · identity, powerSame 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 · identity, power
TMNT (2007)E6/E11 · rare rung · greed, identity
The Big Short (2015)E10/E13 · rare rung · greed, power
Return to Oz (1985)E10/E13 · rare rung · identity, power
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)E11/E12 · rare rung · identity, powerAlso 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.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Marvels (2023)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Disenchanted (2022)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Nines (2007)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
