>> There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel like more than a thinly-veiled lecture. Even when I agree wholeheartedly with the message, it can be agonizing to watch.
The classic example of that for me is a Star Trek episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefi...