It's just shocking to me how much the aesthetic drawn up by sci-fi in comic books and movies have entered the mainstream. To me, it just seems so cheap, gaudy,

It's just shocking to me how much the aesthetic drawn up by sci-fi in comic books and movies have entered the mainstream. To me, it just seems so cheap, gaudy, and ugly. But I suppose the idea is to keep it frivolous to lock itself in the domain of 'fun' and 'jokes' to deflect seriousness and criticism.