In the twenty-eighth century, space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian (Dane DeHa...
In the twenty-eighth century, space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian (Dane DeHa...
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques human military expansion and cover-ups, advocating for the rights and justice of a displaced, peaceful alien species, aligning with anti-colonial and environmentalist progressive ideologies.
The movie features a visually diverse cast of alien species and some supporting human characters of color, though its primary human leads are white. The narrative includes a subtle critique of military overreach through a white antagonist's past actions, but it does not explicitly portray traditional identities negatively, with its white protagonists serving as clear heroes.
The film features Bubble, a shapeshifting alien, who utilizes her unique physical abilities to defeat multiple male opponents in close-quarters combat during a rescue mission.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, there is no discernible portrayal or impact on queer representation within the film's narrative.
The film adapts the "Valérian and Laureline" comic series. The main protagonists, Valerian and Laureline, retain their original genders. No other significant characters established with a specific gender in the source material were portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The film adapts the French comic series "Valérian and Laureline." The main protagonists, Valerian and Laureline, are depicted as white in the source material and are portrayed by white actors in the film. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race in the comics is portrayed as a different race in the movie.
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