About the relationship of science fiction to religion. What role does it play as metaphysician, prophet, or icon? How do you count for its huge popularity? You are free to use any examples of the genre. You might want to think about such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Mission to Mars, Contact, The Matrix, X-Menor, such T.V. shows as The Twilight Zone, The X Files, Lost, Terminator and/or Star Trek, among others. How does you selection reflect the genre? In what ways is it undergirded by or reflect religious paradigms?