#after that the alien as allegory for racialized minor was really front of mind in main mainstream popculture

[vforvalensa]

We don't get Space Aliens that often in contemporary media anymore. All we get nowadays are Alien Species, which are different cause those are all either totally alien and incomprehensible to humans or just people that don't look like humans. I want like a gray or a little green man from mars. I want a freaky little guy that doesn't think he's weird cause he's from space.

#i reread the invincible comic recently and it occurred to me that all the space alien stuff in the back half was really refreshing #i think district 9 is the thing that really killed the space alien in media #after that the alien as allegory for racialized minor was really front of mind in main mainstream popculture #and made people reluctant to do difference as comedy for fear of crossing over into racism #which is fair #but i also think it's flattened scifi and the way media can talk about difference #like only being able to talk about race in a serious tone doesnt actually combat racism #you can still be racist even if you use all the woke terminology #and i think there's something worth exploring with aliens about bodily difference and disability in addition to the racial angle #but i think the racial angle has smothered any other metaphors #media analysis #media talk #i just wrote all these tags and realized rick and morty is the only thing that does space aliens anymore