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American actor Peter Weller on the set of "RoboCop," directed by Paul Verhoeven. (Orion Pictures Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Weller on "RoboCop" to Renaissance man

Chauncey DeVega
Xenomorph in "Alien: Romulus" (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

Don't overthink "Alien: Romulus"

Melanie McFarland
Brainwashing, television manipulation and crowd control (Getty Images/Brankospejs)

The "psyop" war: How we got here

Paul Rosenberg
Robotic hand pressing a key on a laptop (Getty Images/Guillaume)

Philip K. Dick's grim ChatGPT prediction

David Gill
Robot sitting on a bunch of books, reading (Getty Images/Kirillm)

Stop using AI to pitch stories

Alison Stine
Ron DeSantis and a UFO (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

UFOs, CRT and the GOP

Chauncey DeVega
Sunrise in Space (Getty Images/BlackJack3D)

A disaster film in more ways than one

Matthew Rozsa
Mallori Johnson as Dana in "Kindred" (Tina Rowden/FX)

The long road to adapting Octavia Butler

Alison Stine
(Warner Bros.)

8 facts about Philip K. Dick

Katie Dancey-Downs - Mental Floss
Harrison Ford on the set of "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Blade Runner's robot rebellion lesson

Billy J. Stratton
Fried chicken icon on computer screen (Getty Images/SEAN GLADWELL)

We asked an AI to draw its favorite food

Ashlie D. Stevens
(L-R) Karen Gillan as Sarah and Karen Gillan as Clone Sarah in the sci-fi film, "Dual" (Photo courtesy of RLJE Films)

Karen Gillan duels her clone in "Dual"

Gary M. Kramer
Nathalie Emmanuel, Emilia Clarke and Conleth Hill in "Game Of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Fantasy's stunted political imagination

Kyle Galindez
Donald Trump | Aliens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The real world: Stranger than sci-fi

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
Lee Pace in "Foundation" (Apple TV+)

5 major themes in Isaac Asimov's work

Mike Ryder - The Conversation
The female engine, woman as a machine (Getty Stock Photo)

3 sci-fi collections imagine new worlds

April Yee
Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Photo illustration by Salon/Ballantine Books/Aubrie Pick)

"I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard"

Chauncey DeVega
Julie Delpy (left) in the film she wrote and directed, “My Zoe." (Blue Fox Entertainment)

Delpy on taboos & ending "Before" films

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Why is "The Mandalorian" so good?

Chauncey DeVega
Supporters of President Donald Trump hold up their phones with messages referring to the QAnon conspiracy theory at a campaign rally at Las Vegas Convention Center on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

QAnon: It goes deeper than you think

Robert Guffey
Tommy Wiseau (Loot Crate)

Tommy Wiseau for president?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Avenue 5 (Alex Bailey/HBO)

What's on the uncool "Avenue 5" menu

Ashlie D. Stevens
Jodie Whittaker ("Salon Talks")

Jodie Whittaker on the Doctor's new foes

Mary Elizabeth Williams
"The Predator" (20th Century Fox)

Why "The Predator" is a problem movie

Matthew Rozsa
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