There is a more obvious reference to it, as he must spend a night inside a cave where he sees cave art, and reverts to a cave drawing to get his bearings straight. In one scene, Kitai finds himself all alone with no way to communicate with his father, and has basically reached the cave-man era.
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But as the movie progresses, the lone survivors have to make do with less and less technology as gadgets either break down or are unable to perform at their optimal level. At the beginning, we see the most advanced technological equipment imaginable, with spacecrafts voyaging through deep space, hand-held x-ray machines, "rollable" tablets, 3D virtual screens, etc. I enjoyed the connection these organic fabrics make with the environment.Īnother interesting theme that I liked was the devolution of technology throughout the movie. Then there are the beautiful white sail-shaped fabrics used for the housing on Nova Prime, the spongy fabrics used inside the spacecraft, the earthy tones of the clothes Faia wears, etc. For example, the bodysuit changes its color when the temperature fluctuates.
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The most obvious one is the very sensitive bodysuit that can detect the highs and lows of several elements in the environment. One of the most interesting things to note is the use of organic fabrics in the movie. He must reach the tail of the spaceship that fell a 100 km away while crashing, with a state-of-the-art "cutlass" as a self-defense weapon, in order to retrieve the signal emitter that will inform the rescuers of their location. Kitai has to face the challenges of this dangerous planet, such as low-oxygen levels, sharp and strong shifts in temperatures, wild animals, and the threat of an Ursa that might be on the loose. This is the setting in which father and son begin to communicate, develop a relationship and trust one another, because that is their only chance of survival and hope to reach their home planet.
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Due to unforeseen series of unfortunate events, Cypher and Kitai are the lone survivors of their spaceship crash and find themselves on a hostile planet, where "everything has evolved to kill humans": Earth. Kitai's mother Faia convinces Cypher to take Kitai along with him on his last mission before retirement to spend some bonding time with him and to save him from "drowning". These ferocious creatures (known as "Ursa") are blind, but can "sense" their prey through their fear. "Ghost" rangers are part of the special army who have no manifestation of physical fear and can therefore fight the man-eating aliens who have been sent to this multi-moon new planet, Nova Prime, to invade it.
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Storyline: In a family that obviously has some communication issues, Cypher (Will Smith) is seen as a disciplinarian father to Kitai (Jaden Smith) who is trying hard to please his father with his training performance as a cadet to become a "ghost" ranger.
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After Earth Poster (Image courtesy official facebook page of the movie)