tommy, it's a bit spoilery for the movie.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Kevin - Apr 21, 2009 9:32:07 am PDT #885 of 30000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Hayden - Apr 21, 2009 12:29:43 pm PDT #886 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
DavidS - Apr 21, 2009 1:01:31 pm PDT #887 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
'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.
Polter-Cow - Apr 21, 2009 1:04:46 pm PDT #888 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But didn't WALL-E hold EVE's hand even when she was a robot vegetable and unable to give consent?
DavidS - Apr 21, 2009 1:24:13 pm PDT #889 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Polter-Cow - Apr 21, 2009 1:29:13 pm PDT #890 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, like a rape thistle.
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2009 2:14:14 pm PDT #891 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The trailer for Coco, translated into English by a high school freshman: [link]
Connie Neil - Apr 21, 2009 2:28:00 pm PDT #892 of 30000
brillig
I, for one, am very squicked at having WALL-E and Eve's relationship called rape even in jest. And I know squick wasn't intended, but I just want to put it out there.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2009 5:47:44 pm PDT #893 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What we saw on the set of Land of the Lost (hint: Sleestaks)
It started as a routine expedition. In May of last year—just a month before the devastating fire that blazed through the Universal Studios backlot—SCI FI Wire was invited to the set of Land of the Lost to watch filming, interview the actors and gawk at the sight of a horde (or whatever the proper collective noun may be) of real, live Sleestaks.
Sure, they may have been just extras dressed in rubber suits, but for anyone who grew up watching the Sid and Marty Krofft TV show—on which the film is based—it was pretty impressive to see the creatures together on a massive, rocky set dubbed the Temple of the Sleestaks and designed look like ancient ruins.
"I was always afraid of the Sleestaks, too, when I was a kid," says star Danny McBride, who plays Will in the film, one third of the trio in the familiar song from the opening credits of the original series. "So it's pretty wild to step on the set of this movie and see them for real. It just kind of awakens those primal fears inside. You want to run and pee your pants."
See? I'm not the only one with Sleestak fear....
The article is spoilery.
Ugh. They changed stuff....
DavidS - Apr 21, 2009 5:54:26 pm PDT #894 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ugh. They changed stuff....
And this is bad because this material is so genius that changing it would be sacrilege?