Battlefield Earth (2000)
Take back the planet.
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
In Battlefield Earth, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “alien colonized Earth”. The story fights on E6/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing colonialism, exploitation, rebellion.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)E6/E9 · rare rung · exploitation
Shivers (1975)E6 · rare rung · exploitation
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)E6 · rare rung · colonialism
Swamp Thing (1982)E6 · rare rung · exploitation
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6 · rare rung · exploitation
King Kong Lives (1986)E6 · rare rung · exploitationSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ratchet & Clank (2016)E8/E11/E13 · rare rung · colonialism, exploitation
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)E8/E13 · rare rung · colonialism, rebellion
Office Space (1999)E8/E11 · exploitation, rebellion
The Lone Ranger (2013)E8/E11 · colonialism, exploitation
Tarzan (2013)E8/E11 · colonialism, exploitation
Tank Girl (1995)E8/E11 · exploitation, rebellionAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Outlander (2008)consciousness in aliens · viking alien frontier
Species III (2005)consciousness in aliens · alien hybrid laboratory
Skylines (2020)consciousness in aliens · alien invasion war
The Predator (2018)consciousness in aliens · alien hunt
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)consciousness in aliens · minimoy realm
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)consciousness in aliens · sealed monster music boxSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
A Bug's Life (1998)consciousness in animals · exploitation, rebellion
Two Brothers (2004)consciousness in animals · colonialism, exploitation
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)consciousness in monsters · exploitation
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)consciousness in monsters · exploitation
*batteries not included (1987)consciousness in machines · exploitation, rebellion
Maximum Overdrive (1986)consciousness in machines · exploitation, rebellion
