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Nov 23, 2022 · Stubborn explorer Jaeger Clade ( Dennis Quaid) abandons his insecure son, Searcher Clade ( Jake Gyllenhaal ). Searcher wants his dad to follow his lead for once, and, in this case, pay attention to a mysterious green plant that he calls Pando, but Jaeger dismisses both Searcher and Pando.
Nov 25, 2022 · In Disney Animation Studios’ new feature film Strange World, farmer Searcher Clade (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his family stumble into a breathtaking land deep beneath their hometown of Avalonia.
- Petrana Radulovic
- What Is Pando (& How Does It Really work)?
- What Were The Reapers Trying to Do to Pando?
- Why Callisto Tries to Stop Searcher from Saving Pando
- Why Jaeger Clade Never Returned to Avalonia
- Why Strange World Tells Parts of Its Story Through Comics
- Avalonia Can Still Make Electricity, But How?
- Why Searcher Decides to Stop Farming Pando
- The True Meaning of Strange World’S Ending
Pando is a plant-based power source that is native to Avalonia and is found closer to the heart of the world. Rather than having its own roots, pando is connected through an underground series of roots that stem from the heart of Avalonia. After discovering the plant had electrical currents running through it and could provide energy, Searcher Clad...
The reapers initially seemed like the true villains of Strange World. They would attack the Clades and their crew, eat up anything that got in their way, and go after anything that seemed like it didn’t belong. The reapers even go after Avalonia’s heart. However, the reapers were simply doing their job to protect the heart and the system powering t...
Briefly, Callisto, the president of Avalonia, turns against Searcher, Ethan, and Meridian. She didn’t want to lose pando because the resource powered all of Avalonia. Without it, Callisto felt their society would collapse. Rather than have Avalonia die, Callisto was willing to kill the reapers trying to help the heart. Change can be scary and takin...
Jaeger Clade was excited about exploration, and he wanted nothing more than to share that with Searcher. After disappearing in the underground of Avalonia, Jaeger seemingly could have found his way back to his family. But he was stuck — not literally, but mentally. His life as an explorer was all he’d known, and it was hard to go back to a life hav...
Strange World is influenced by pulp magazines, which included popular fiction stories circulated throughout the early to the middle of the 20th century. In the animated film, the pulp fiction style is used to tell a chunk of story in a short amount of time, and bookends Strange World’s narrative as it comes full circle. The use of this style also l...
A year after the events of Strange World, Searcher Clade and his family began farming fruits and vegetables in lieu of pando, which was the center of their thriving economy for so long. While it’s unclear exactly how Searcher and the rest of Avalonia could still use electricity, it’s possible they discovered a different way to channel electrical en...
Searcher was very proud of his son Ethanand his legacy as a pando farmer. It was something that separated him from what his father did as an explorer, but could be passed down to Ethan. Ultimately, Searcher had to set his pride and ego aside to stop farming pando because to continue doing so would have killed the heart completely, and he didn’t wan...
Strange World is, at its core, about respecting the land and resources provided by the earth. Exploiting it for resources to the point of near-death is not good, no matter what these resources provide to people. Strange World’s story suggests there are always other ways to provide energy and power without causing destruction to the land and environ...
- Senior Critic
Sep 21, 2022 · Hall relates the movie to Pixar’s “Up,” which begins with the wordless, four-minute exploration of a couple’s love, before veering wildly into a South American jungle filled with magic birds,...
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- Drew Taylor
Nov 23, 2022 · As Strange World ends, we see Jaeger and Searcher looking over Searcher’s new crops and are now closer than ever. After disagreements and a quarter-century apart, father and son have finally ...
- Ross Bonaime
- Senior Film Editor
Plot. In Avalonia, a land surrounded by an endless wall of mountains, adventurers Jaeger Clade and his teenage son Searcher brave the wilderness to explore new worlds. While trying to traverse the mountains, Searcher discovers a green plant that gives off energy.
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Nov 21, 2022 · One of “Strange World’s” triumphs is the vibrant, weird, visually stunning subterranean world that the film’s heroes stumble upon during their quest to save their way of life.
