So with Wall-E in Matilda's movie rotation it's been playing regularly at Chez Zmayhem.
When I first saw the movie the subtext I most noticed was the satire of rampant consumerism represented by Buy 'N Large. But with the repeated viewings I'm seeing that life on the spaceship is really more a satire of a socialist paradise gone awry. They're not buying anything on the spaceship. They're still consumers, but it's not capitalism.
In other words, it's another variation on the Rand-Lite undercurrents you get from Brad Bird's movies (specifically The Incredibles and Ratatouille). On the spaceship all needs are met and everybody is taken care of by a paternalistic figure (Auto/Otto). And it's disastrous. It's another critique asserting that pushing for equality can be a force for a dampening equalization.
The Captain's reassertion of will is really a comic Fountainhead moment, but I think Pixar is slipping Randian libertarian principles into our children's brainpans.
New from Pixar: Li'l Atlas Shrugged
tommy, it's a bit spoilery for the movie.
David, while that may be true about the spaceship, the devastastion on Earth in WALL-E is supposed to be the result of overcommercialization, more like national socialism in its simplest form (i.e. the government is entirely subsidized by monopolistic interests) than any sort of Marxist ideology. The Buy N Large facility you can see on Earth seems to be patterned on the enormous Costco in Idiocracy. And would that make WALL-E John Galt in your analogy? 'Cause that's going to lead to problems if Pixar adopts Ayn Rand's "rape is hottt" approach to sexuality.
'Cause that's going to lead to problems if Pixar adopts Ayn Rand's "rape is hottt" approach to sexuality.
The robot sex seems to be limited to holding hands.
But didn't WALL-E hold EVE's hand even when she was a robot vegetable and unable to give consent?
But didn't WALL-E hold EVE's hand even when she was a robot vegetable and unable to give consent?
He tried, but it pinched his fingers.
The trailer for Coco, translated into English by a high school freshman: [link]
