Disney made the darkest AI movie

Why does Flight of the Navigator still haunt a generation? Rewatching Disney's 1986 sci-fi classic as an adult, I found a darker story underneath: a boy abducted by Max, an alien AI vastly more powerful than him. This video essay traces how 80s sci-fi cinema turned to myth after Star Wars, through Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, Christopher Vogler's Writer's Journey, Carl Jung's archetypes and Robert Moore's King, Warrior, Lover and Magician. Then I reimagine Flight of the Navigator as a prestige streaming reboot (sorry, Last Starfighter) to explore the Magician archetype, the rarest hero in fiction, from Merlin and Gandalf to the coders and tech billionaires casting spells today. PKD made me make this tshirt - https://damosays-shop.fourthwall.com New to the channel? Start here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc7I2hzudyX-dUh7nGMt19sNUVHihRaBl&si=ShXxZXGkPOOHFjd_