Diverse Position Science Fiction

 The 2010 film Monsters is an interesting film when analyzing it in terms of the creator's perspective. The story's theme of aliens stuck in an unfamiliar environment is easily comparable to immigration as a whole, which in the past, has been met with hostility. This comparison can be seen by one of the film's major plot points, that the large squid aliens may seem monstrous to us, but still share common ground with us. They too seek out mates and want to live, their anger and danger clearly evident by further attempts to quell their population. This can easily be compared to atrocities of the past, such as slavery, the Holocaust, and the Japanese internment camps. The overall message can easily be read as a metaphor against racism as a whole, showing similarities between two entire planets is evident, so why not between our fellow man?