Movie Substrate · Film
Shadow in the Cloud (2021)
★ 5.8 · 1,056 ratings on TMDB
Every mission has its demons.
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
DirectorRoseanne Liang
The emergence reading
In Shadow in the Cloud, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “wartime bomber gremlin horror”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, gender, war, monster, survival.
↷ monsters and creaturesNZprejudicegenderwarmonstersurvival
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
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Gnome Alone (2017)E8/E9 · monster, prejudice
Wonder Woman (2017)E8 · gender, war
Underworld: Awakening (2012)E8 · prejudice, survivalSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)E13/E14 · rare rung · survival, war
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)E6/E11 · rare rung · survival, war
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)E6/E11 · rare rung · survival, war
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)E11/E13 · rare rung · prejudice, survival
Independence Day (1996)E12/E13 · rare rung · survival, warAlso hides consciousness here
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Priest (2011)consciousness in monsters · theocratic vampire apocalypseSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)consciousness in animals · prejudice, survival
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)consciousness in animals · prejudice, survival
Captain Marvel (2019)consciousness in aliens · prejudice, war
Barbie (2023)consciousness in objects · gender, prejudice
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The Borrowers (1997)consciousness carried elsewhere · prejudice, survival
