The Shift from Uniformity to Diversity

Have you ever noticed that in many space movies, the bad guys all suffer from the same disease?

I’m not exactly a movie buff, but I do observe patterns, and it occurred to me that in many science-fiction space movies, there’s a common theme when it comes to the villains.

A lack of diversity.

Think about Star Wars, for example. Take a look at these two pictures:

Photo courtesy of IMDB.com

Photo courtesy of Wookiepedia.com

The good guys are a bunch of rag-tag individuals thrown together for a g...