From at least 1925 to the present, science and technology have been depicted
largely negatively in popular films of all genres. The images of science and
technology in films reflect consistent public anxiety over the linkage between
science, technology, and corporate power; the complacency of government agen
cies and scientists toward new knowledge and artifacts; the insensitivity of scientists toward the moral implications of their research and its applications; and the
co-option of technical knowledge by vested corporate and government interests.
Public conservatism is reflected in the suspicion toward new knowledge and new
artifacts and in questioning whether science and technology truly improve the
human condition
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