The sci-fi genre is the go-to for scathing commentaries on politics, culture, and society. Hirak Rajar Deshe, a movie produced by the Government of West Bengal, is ironically about fascism, book-burning, and the brainwashing of the youth of the state as much as it is about two goofy guys using music to stun their opponents and high-fiving each other to teleport. Star Wars: A New Hope is an allegory for the United States of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and it is also about lightsabers, the Jedi, the Sith, and cool spaceships that travel through hyperspace. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is seen as a critique of McCarthyism as well as an endorsement of anti-communist sentiments, while its creators say it’s just an alien invasion movie. Starship Troopers, till this day, is sometimes celebrated for its parody of the United States military-industrial complex and lambasted for apparently promoting genocide as well,...