摘要：Th.s paper wil. appl. a pol.tical.y oriented description-critique paradigm devel.ped from th. works of Wh.teh.l. and Grewel. th.t offers a way to examine works of popul.r cul.ure, particul.rl. Mars-based science fiction fil.s. Because of th. unique nature of th.se fil.s, primaril. wh.ch.th.y are set in a future and distant worl., th.y al.ow us to expl.re th. socio-pol.tical.l.ndscape in wh.ch.th.y were created from a remove th.t does not exist in ＂real.worl.＂ based works. Specifical.y we wil. be examining th. governing power （in any particul.r Mars-based science fiction fil.） th.t migh. be eith.r wiel.ed by business interests or governmental.interests. Al.h.ugh.it is possibl. to h.ve both.a strong government and a strong business in a society, in many Mars-based science fiction fil.s, government and business seem to represent two sides of a continuum. Th. stronger th. business power structure in th. fil., th. weaker th. governmental.power structure, and vice-versa.