Science fiction films as a popular mythology

Science fiction films serve as a popular mythology for the contemporary negative imagination about the impersonal. They often depict otherworldly creatures seeking to take over humanity through their hive minds or mindless behavior. These films provide an outlet for cathartic experiences, offering an aesthetic view of destruction and violence. The movies offer extreme moral simplification, allowing viewers to give outlet to cruel or amoral feelings. In these films, things and machinery play a major role, embodying a greater range of ethical values than the characters themselves. Science fiction films also caution against the dehumanization of man, where the threat lies in man's ability to become a mechanized, emotionless being.