@0c1a9324 @07dbd179 ...So the core is that he doesn't critically think about sci-fi, not that the sci-fi was read.

I'm reminded of Starship Troopers - the book was, as I understand, heavily fascist, and the movie was intended to be a satire of fascist propaganda. As people have since noted, it apparently took a while for it to be identified as such, but... apparently the movie writer had critically thought about the book they were translating to film. 

 @6c4168c2 @07dbd179 Read the book: it's not fascist, although it's definitely an authoritarian thought-experiment. Three movie director allegedly didn't even read the book.