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Thunder Force (2021)
★ 5.5 · 1,324 ratings on TMDB
Newly super. Almost heroes.
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
DirectorBen Falcone
The emergence reading
Thunder Force keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E4powersDNA can be rewired by cosmic radiation to grant superhuman abilities to sociopathic individuals (biology · universal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)E11/E12 · Action, Comedy
Men in Black (1997)E11/E13 · Action, Comedy
Iron Sky (2012)E12/E14 · Action, Comedy
Death Race 2000 (1975)E12 · Action, Comedy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)E11/E12/E13 · Action, Science Fiction
Pacific Rim (2013)E11/E14 · Action, Science FictionAlso bends a rule of reality
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Jurassic World (2015)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Logan (2017)alters at E4 · same rung · rigorous
Jurassic Park (1993)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
X2 (2003)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Annihilation (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
