Movie Substrate · Film
Children of Men (2006)
★ 7.6 · 7,798 ratings on TMDB
The year 2027: the last days of the human race. No child has been born for 18 years. He must protect our only hope.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
DirectorAlfonso Cuarón
The emergence reading
Children of Men keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E12/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceGB
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: rigorous
E6fertilityglobal infertility – no human births for 18 years (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.
Predator (1987)E8 · Action, Science Fiction
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)E8/E9/E11 · Action, Science Fiction
Insurgent (2015)E8/E9/E10 · Action, Science Fiction
The Terminator (1984)E8 · Action, Science Fiction
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)E8/E13 · Action, Science Fiction
Elysium (2013)E8/E10 · Action, Science FictionAlso 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.
Beetlejuice (1988)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Encanto (2021)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
I Am Legend (2007)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
