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Entry: The Truth About "The X-Files" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_truth_about_the_x_files#33134 Post contents: Mr. Piatak, Thanks for the insight into Dr. Francis' thinking (something, sadly, we can't get much of anymore). I always thought the "Alien" movies were less liberal( I wouldn't call them conservative) than "Star Trek." Mankind still had a fallen nature in the Alien movies. Sex and race still mattered and could be a source of friction in those movies. There was still such a thing as "illegal alien" (Private Vasquez in the 2nd movie) in the future and the Sigorney Weaver character was tough but had to be rescued from an attempted rape by a male prisoner in the 3rd movie. Her femininity was contrasted with the masculinity of the prisoners in some important scenes in the 3rd movie. The whole Star Trek world seemed so sterile and perfected. The "Alien" world had dark, leaky spaceships with wires poking out everywhere and sweaty, stinky-looking main characters, etc. Sent at: 2008 12 02