Alien Planet

Alien Planet

Year: 2023

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Echo Score: 70

Budget: $66K

Science Fiction

Kameen warrior Brocheet journeys to the hostile world of Rockachie in search of a rare vial that could restore sustainable drinking water to his drought‑stricken home. The planet’s treacherous landscape and its fierce native species, the Lokkein, fiercely oppose his mission, forcing a deadly confrontation.

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Timeline & Setting – Alien Planet (2023)

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Time period

Location

Darwin IV

Darwin IV is a distant world with diverse habitats, including pocket forests, meadows, and rugged mountains, plus a shallow sea shaped by amoebic life. It hosts a range of unusual lifeforms encountered by the Horus probes, and harbors a sapient floating species. The reconnaissance mission is conducted from an orbiting mothership named Von Braun, which guides the probes and projects holographic messages to potential intelligent life.

🪐 Alien world 🧬 Diverse lifeforms ⛈️ Planetary storms

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Main Characters – Alien Planet (2023)

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Ike

Ike is the more cautious Horus probe, tasked with studying plant life and navigating Darwin IV’s hazards. He relies on data from the Von Braun and carefully weighs risks as storms and dangerous fauna loom. Ike’s findings form the backbone of early understanding about the planet’s ecosystems and its unseen lifeforms.

🔎 Explorer 🤖 AI

Leo

Leo is the risk-taker among the probes, pursuing big-game analogs and exploring diverse habitats. He drives active inquiry, often pushing the mission toward direct interaction through the holographic message. Leo’s bold approach complements Ike’s caution, expanding the scope of discovery.

🎯 Explorer 🧗 Adventurer

Eosapien

The Eosapiens are a floating, sapient species that trails the probes. They demonstrate intelligence comparable to early humans and gradually reveal themselves while reacting to Ike’s holographic message. Their presence marks a pivotal point in the narrative about contact and mutual understanding.

👽 Sapient 🌀 Floating

Von Braun

Von Braun is the orbiting unmanned mothership that directs the reconnaissance mission. It processes data, broadcasts holographic messages to potential life, and coordinates the probes’ search, acting as the central hub of the expedition’s intelligence.

🚀 Mothership 🛰️ Control

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Major Themes – Alien Planet (2023)

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🧭 Exploration

The film centers on humanity’s drive to explore the unknown and catalog life on Darwin IV. It follows autonomous probes as they encounter diverse ecosystems and dangerous fauna, testing the limits of technology and curiosity.

🤝 First contact

The discovery of the sapient Eosapiens introduces the ethical dilemma of engaging with intelligent aliens. The holographic messages and the misinterpretation of Ike’s camera disk demonstrate how fragile communication can be when cultures meet.

🤖 Reliance on AI

Horus probes, with individual personalities, depend on a supercomputer in orbit to process data and guide exploration. The story examines how artificial intelligence balances risk and curiosity, and how it perceives alien life through its programmed personas.

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