Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Expand your universe.
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
In Jupiter Ascending, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “galactic aristocracy”. The story fights on E8/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, class, exploitation, technology, inheritance.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Mortal Engines (2018)E8/E13 · rare rung · class, power
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)E8/E13 · rare rung · power
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)E8/E13 · rare rung · power
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)E8/E13 · rare rung · power
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)E8/E13 · rare rung · power
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)E8/E13 · rare rung · exploitation, technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · exploitation, power
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · exploitation, power
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · power, technology
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)E11/E14 · rare rung · class, power
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · exploitation, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Stargate (1994)consciousness in aliens · ancient alien gate world
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)consciousness in aliens · interdimensional alien war
Masters of the Universe (1987)consciousness in aliens · interdimensional fantasy war
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)consciousness in aliens · Feebla‑Oot alien world
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)consciousness in aliens · interstellar religious war
Status Update (2018)consciousness in aliens · symbiote‑host worldSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Space Sweepers (2021)consciousness in machines · class, exploitation
Super Mario Bros. (1993)consciousness in animals · class, power
Ratchet & Clank (2016)consciousness in animals · exploitation, power
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · class, power
Sleepy Hollow (1999)consciousness in the dead · class, inheritance
Victor Frankenstein (2015)consciousness in monsters · class, power
