I recently re-watched a favorite movie, *Colossus: The Forbin Project*, for the HiLobrow series of essays on pre-*Star Wars* science fiction. Which got me thinking about set design in Jacque Tati’s *Playtime*, diversity on *Star Trek*, and how Jonathan Nolan’s pre-*Westworld* series *Person of Interest* was a form of fan fiction.
The short version is that architecture is destiny. The essay itself is at [hilobrow.com](https://www.hilobrow.com/2020/10/07/klaatu-enthusiasm-41/).
Contributors to the series, which is titled Klaatu You, include Erik Davis, Madeline Ashby, Peggy Nelson, Luc Sante, Rob Walker, Seth (an essay, not a comic), Susannah Breslin, Gary Panter (also an essay, not a comic), James Hannaham, and Neil LaBute, among many others. Start with editor Josh Glenn’s [introduction](https://www.hilobrow.com/2020/01/01/klaatu-enthusiasm-intro/).