2. A is for ALIENS
Aliens is a movie that represents women empowerment
and is primarily surrounded by gender issues. Ripley, the
woman protagonist of this movie, encounters various
situations where male figures try to control her, due to
the many masculine figures she was surrounded by.
However, Ripley holds her own ground, using her
strength and intelligence takes charge in the obstacles
she encounters.

3. B is for BATTLESTAR
GALACTICA
Battlestar Galactica depicts the conflict encountered
between the Asian interracial families. This TV series
highlights a variety of interracial relationships and
indirectly shows conflicts between these types of
relationships. For the most part, everyone in this show
is in a relationship with someone of a different race.
However, the marriage of an Asian woman with a white
man, illustrates how the U.S/Asian relations has altered
overtime.

4. C is for Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a term that represents the oppression in a
society dominated by computer technology. This genre
of science fiction pertains to the loss of morality and
humanity, due to a sense of helplessness and misery.
Most films that are based on cyberpunk are about
individuals who use their technological expertise to
dominate those around them. These individuals use
their computer-based knowledge to control the lives of
others either for their own benefits or to benefit their
government and society.

5. D is for DARK ANGEL
Dark angel is a television series that pertains to the use
of technological means to alter the human genome. This
series is full of bioengineering, in order to make the
‘Dark Angel’ strong and fit for survival. The government
uses a combination of human DNA with feline DNA, to
increase the individual’s strength, high stamina, enhance
vision and quick healing (to name a few), to create the
perfect soldier that they could benefit from.

6. E is for ELYSIUM
Elysium explores a variety of themes. However, this
movie primarily reflects on class struggles between the
wealthy and the poor. Additionally, there are
comparisons of the ‘American Dream’, the reasoning why
many immigrants come to the United States. Elysium is
considered to be like the U.S, a place that many people
believe to be the good life, surrounded by opportunities
and less hardships. Everyone who lived in the Elysium
space station are considered to be the wealthy and this
is where everyone who lived in the corrupted Earth
wanted to go to, to either survive the hardships or life
itself.

7. F is for FIREFLY
Firefly depicts a an indirect theme of social class and the
lack of help by the government to those in need. In this
show the Alliance, the federal government formed by
the American and Chinese culture, are considered the
top class and potentially live a good life with all the
resources they have. However, the Alliance push the
frontier and those below them aside, depriving them of
any resources and help, due to the little benefits the
Alliance would get from helping them. The Alliance in
this show would rather see others die and sick, as long as
their own necessities are met.

8. G is for GATTACA
This movie focuses on the future of technological
developments, regarding genetic manipulation and
discrimination. The idea of the ‘perfect gene’ is what is
looked upon and studied. However, if the perfect gene
did exist and technology had the capability of inserting
these genes in humans, wouldn’t the human population
be closely related. Now a days, many possible
technological advancements are possible, which is why
this movie reflects such a possibility of creating the
perfect individual, if they acquire the perfect gene.

9. H is for HALLE BERRY
Halle Berry, represents an opposing view on gender
roles when it comes to women. Women are seen to be
passive and dependent on the power of a masculine
figure. However, in ‘Catwoman’, Halle Berry uses her
femininity to control those around her. She is
independent and shows no sort of attachment to a
masculine figure for her well being. She instead, shows
that women can use their sensuality and feminine
attributes for their own benefit and control.

10. I is for INCEPTION
This movie is a representation on how the government
uses technology to acquire what they need and are
looking for. In inception, technology is used to invade a
person’s dreams and inner most thoughts, in order to
steal one’s plans and ideas. In this world of inception,
being physically safe from burglary isn’t good enough.
Now, those who are targeted are invaded through
shared dreams, so that people like the government or
others can get information that one wouldn’t speak of in
a conscious state.

11. J is for JULIANNE MOORE
Julianne Moore plays a dominant role in the movie
“Children of Men”. She is the leader of a terrorist
organization, looking into and fighting for bettering the
rights of illegal immigrants. In order to do so, Julianne is
not afraid to use weapons and be physical to get what
she wants. Her character in this movie represents the
traditional masculine behaviors and shows how a female
can adopt these behaviors as well. In this movie, it is
evident that Julianne didn’t use her femininity to get
what she wanted, she adopted the masculine behaviors
and got physical.

12. K is for KATNISS EVERDEEN
Katniss Everdeen plays a unique feminine, yet dominant
role in “The Hunger Games”. She is a typical bad a**
female protagonist who kills, fights and protects her
own. However, the gender role is seen with her partner,
Peeta, who is physically masculine and strong, but
emotionally a stereotypical female. In this relationship
between Peeta and Katniss, Katniss plays the man in the
relationship and shows little dependence on a male in
her life. She is hard to read and isn’t the typical lovey
dovey, emotional female protagonist in a relationship,
which shows that not all women are vulnerable in
relationships like many believe.

13. L is for LOOPER
This movie depicts the benefits criminals get from the use of
technology to time travel to the past and future. The point
of time traveling in this movie is to allow criminals to kill
whom they like or need dead, but to avoid any evidence in
the future (body or remains), the victim is sent to the past
and killed there, leaving their remains behind. This shows
how intelligent criminals are getting over time and although
time traveling isn’t available now, there are other means
criminals can use to avoid getting caught and successfully
commit their crime.

14. M is for MELANIE STRYDER
Melanie Stryder plays the leading role in the movie ‘The
Host’, a movie about extra terrestrial species taking over
the human race. These species want to capture every
human on earth and in order to find the last humans
alive, they use Melanie’s body and memories to do so.
These creatures are trying to alter the human body and
use Melanie for their beneficial purposes and needs, just
as seen in the novel Dawn with Lilith and the Oankali.

15. N is for NATASHA HENSTRIDGE
Natasha Henstridge in the movie ‘Species’ shows her
audience how it is to be a combination of two
races, human and alien, due to a DNA exchange and
ATTEMPT for a successful experiment. In this
movie, Henstridge uses her sensuality and humanlike, supermodel female body to seduce men and
potentially target them as mates. However, her extreme
violent alien side comes out when these men don’t fit
her criteria and she considers them to be in suitable for
her needs. Her character depicts how she uses her
different human and alien like attributes to get what she
wants and for her control.

16. O is for OBLIVION
In this movie, it is though that a different race of species,
aliens, invaded the earth and the protagonist (Tom
Cruise) is fighting to save humanity. However, the reality
is that humans are going against each other to acquire
and keep as much of earth’s resources to themselves. In
order for this to occur, Tom Cruise is lied to and cloned,
making the process easier and beneficial for their
superiors. This movie depicts how humanity can go
against one another to benefit from the loss of others.

17. P is for PLANET OF THE APES
In this movie franchise, humans experience a world that
is dominated by members of a different species, apes. In
this world, the humans are known as the “others”. It is
evident that there is a reversal in social order, when
humans are being shot, killed, held captive and tortured
by the apes, a species that we would normally see as the
“others”. This representation of social order, can be
compared to the mistreatment many minority groups
experienced by those in dominant groups.

18. R is for RESIDENT EVIL
Resident Evil is a movie pertaining to biotechnology
manipulation, in order to make the strong soldier. The
pharmaceutical company, Umbrella, made the T-virus,
which is used to change the host’s DNA, allowing the
person’s body to biologically be able to take on the
enemies and differing it from the normal human body.
This virus allows the host to lack the sensation of pain
and fear. However, a side effect for this virus can
potentially turn a person into a zombie and provide
them with the opposite effects.

19. Q is for QUARANTINE
Quarantine is yet another, but popular film pertaining to
the loss of humanity from changing the human race into
zombie like creatures. These zombies are a product of a
mysterious strain of rabies, that once infected by a bit or
scratch urns humans into incontrollable maniacs
attacking other humans. This transformation from
humans into zombies, can represent how humanity acts
towards the negativity going on in the world around
them. Humans aren’t getting any more passive than
zombies themselves.

20. S is for STAR WARS
In this movie series we encounter various characters that
make up the racial and stereotypical profiles of different
ethnicities. The high ranking officers are white males,
which shows the power by a dominant racial group.
Additionally, the Neimoidians are described with Asian
stereotypical profile and the Gungans have more of an
African American profile.

21. T is for TERMINATOR
Masculinity and the depiction of white males as the
‘superheroes’ is highly evident in this movie. However
this movie franchise has altered its image on masculinity
throughout time. The first movie in this franchise,
masculinity is seen in an exaggerated amount (hyper
masculinity), to the point that a lack of reality and
humanity was present in this individual. When the
second movie came out, masculinity was more humane
and relatable to the present day masculine figure,
strong, yet consisting of emotions.

22. U is for ULTRAVIOLET
In Ultraviolet we see the how the government uses their
control for their own benefits, rather than help the
people in need. The government is trying to capture and
exterminate citizens who are infected with a virus, that
gives them vampire-like symptoms. In order to avoid the
spread of this virus, their first and only approach is to kill
these citizens, when they could easily just try to isolate
them and find a cure. This movie depicts unnecessary
violence and in a way shows a form of genocide to the
infected population.

23. V is for VENDETTA
This movie depicts a form of gender and mistreatment
to minority groups who are classified under
homosexuals, political opponents or those considered to
be undesirable. In Vendetta, gays and lesbians are
imprisoned by the government and are subjects to
medical experimentations in concentration camps.
These people were tortured, due to their sexual
preferences, which made them undesirable to the
community or society at that. Vendetta on the other
hand, shows how violence can be used to fight for
freedom and obtain equal rights for others.

24. W is for WOLVERINE
A theme that is considered to be very powerful is the
idea of immortality. In this movie, Logan also known as
the Wolverine has the power of being immortal, never
dying. With that said, everyone who wants to hurt the
wolverine can’t physically hurt him, but they do so by
killing the people closest to him. This movie depicts a
sense of helplessness and loneliness by the wolverine’s
part, because he can’t prevent anything from happening
to his loved ones, due to his curse and the hate of his
enemies.

25. X is for X-MEN
X-men shows a representation of racism and oppression
to the mutants, those humans who have the X gene and
are different from the rest of society. In various ways
these mutants and x-men are compared to African
Americans, because similarly to them these species are
attacked by the government and mobs. Professor X is
known and considered to play a role like Martin Luther
King, because he is fighting to stop the oppression
against these species. Racism doesn’t necessarily need
to be against different ethnicities, in this case racism is
seen against the different species.

26. Y is for YESTERDAY WAS A LIE
Yesterday was a lie depicts the idea of reality and
illusion. This movie is based on a detective who is
looking into an investigation, that in all sense may be out
of reality. She is faced with many obstacles and
unforeseen twists as things around her start to feel
surreal and disconnected to reality. This film represents
how the literal, things that we literally see going on may
not necessarily be its significance.

27. Z is for ZOMBIES
Zombies are seen in many science fiction movies and
depicts the loss of humanity. Although this idea of
zombies can seem absurd to a certain extent, zombies
can relate to real life issues in different ways. These
creatures lack motor and coordination skills, as well as
memory, due to a malfunctioning of specific areas of the
brain. An exact representation of a zombie can be quite
difficult to obtain in the real world, but various
neurological diseases and viruses can cause a person to
act similarly to a zombie.