When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, no franchise caused more skepticism than Alien. The series had built its reputation on brutal body horror, bleak futurism, and merciless violence. Seeing that ...

Science fiction has always functioned as a testing ground for ideas that are difficult to approach directly. By manipulating technology, time, space, and biology, the genre creates controlled ...

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Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...