The narrative is centered on a male-dominated scientific expedition. There is no presence of non-heteronormative identities or same-sex intimacy within the human cast.

The film features an almost exclusively male cast, reflecting the social constraints of its era. Female agency is largely absent from the primary plot arc.

The production utilizes a predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon cast. While casting is traditional, the film offers a subtextual critique of colonial expansion and the 'civilizing mission.'

The film critiques Western institutionalism and capitalist expansion through the character of Bedeker. The Selenite hive-mind society serves as a metaphor opposing Western individualism.

There are no prominent depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities that drive the narrative or serve as central character traits.