Wall-E (spoilers)

welp, i read an article and it got me started

it seems the film has many 'hidden messages' within it.

that fat people are lazy, and it's undesirable to be one (which really
isn't bad)..
but some critics and fat people apparently are really angry

The Post's Lou Lumenick weighs in, though he's careful to point out
he's a fan of the film:

"Many of the early early reviews, including mine, have noted this may
offend Disney's target audience... it turns out that large people have
been blogging angrily about "Wall-E'' since at least November. "Will
general audiences (which form the bulk of Pixar's demographic), upon
seeing a fat blob 'drinking liquified food from Big-Gulp-esque cups,
and forever surfing (and chatting) on chair-mounted video screens'
think 'Oh, wow, so that's what gravity does to humans!' or 'Wow, so
that's what the obesity epidemic will do to humans!' says a post at
The F Word. Gripes a writer at Fatshionista: "this is so INCREDIBLY
disappointing. I feel personally betrayed by Pixar right now.''


Now, I really liked the film myself, but I did also see these messages
and I think it's a good message to send to kids. The movie didn't
really feel like a propaganda ad for telling people to stay healthy
(you know, fit..) but the message was fairly clear that humanity in
that movie, turned into a bunch of web surfing/phone talking/lazy ass
blobs who'd rather focus on the screen infront of them instead of
notice the world around them.

what they could possibly be talking about, I have no clue. How they
have kids, it's even more questionable.
But it's a movie, and I'm probably looking too much into it at that point.

But really, I think to be over weight, with your eyes glued to the
screen like that, is absolutely horrid. Whether or not you're
overweight, it's not a good idea to just get glued to a screen like
that for hours. I know I work infront of a computer screen, and have
the television on at home, but..

many times at work, i do a great deal of troubleshooting with my eyes
closed and my head rolled back. It is relaxing and helps me focus,
also reduces eye strain. I find that I do a lot less online at home as
well, maybe I'll play a few games for a short amount of time, but
still i find myself usually going out, talking to people, or taking
care of chores.

but anyway, i don't have to defend myself, i was just illustrating how
what I believe is reflected in my day to day life, and what
relationship that has to this film.



Now there's also a great load of people who consider Wall-E to be a
propaganda film for left-wing ideals.
Noting how in the future the earth is covered in garbage and the
pollution made the earth so toxic they couldn't come back for 700
years.

But many are quick to point out, that this is a product of the type of
society they had, which is fairly different from the one we have..

Quote: Patrick J. Ford of The American Conservative
"In the film, it becomes clear that mass consumerism is not just the
product of big business, but of big business wedded with big
government. In fact, the two are indistinguishable in WALL-E's future.
The government unilaterally provided its citizens with everything they
needed, and this lack of variety led to Earth's downfall."


Which is quite true, BNL was the government of the whole freakin' world.
And it appears as if in the film, people were able to receive services
and products, without having to pay. It seems as if they abandoned a
monetary system all together. Which makes sense.. I always thought a
monetary system was silly, what do I want a bunch of green papers for?

Anyway, I think too, that it is important to keep away from this type
of society, it seems that the most potentially blissful types of
government, are also the most potentially evil by nature.

Human beings have a greed for power,
they have to have the newest, the best, the most..
It's derivative from lust.

Until these emotions no longer can rule us, we these types of
governments are absolutely out of reach, for actual blissful
potential.
At the same time, we need them all. It's what makes us human. The
ability to err.

Anger is just as Necessary as love, without Anger, what can we use to
define Kindness? Indifference?
Without hate, what can we use to define love?
Without greed what can we use to define generosity?
without lust what can we use to define modesty?
etc, etc..

It seems all these emotions are necessary in the world, in life, in all things.
Should we deny our need for these things like one asks to be excused
for passing gas?
Perhaps..

Anyway, back to the topic on hand..

There are many people who also view Wall-E as a pro-environment propaganda ad.
But really, I mean, Human beings do have to live here, and do have to
make some kind of impact (it's the nature of the beast), but for
anyone to either not be pro-environment, it's fairly much
anti-environment.. there is no real indifference in this situation..

Anyway, it is important to consider your surrondings and do your best
to live in harmony with it, but I don't really think this film is a
dig at our current situation. Yes, there are a lot of landfills, etc,
but that's all just imaginary stuff that was filled in my head in
school. I don't know of any actual landfills, except for one here in
Arizona.. but that's just one. There probably are many, but I can't
really speak from experience on that, because I don't have any other
than here. I don't know names or locations!

anyway, back on topic..

This model implies that society as a whole would have given up on
giving a rats ass about trash and etc.. which we all knows is very
much impossible. Will it ever turn into a completely brown toxic
world? I don't believe so, I believe a great deal of us will probably
move to another planet, because it might get a little gray, but if
that's true, it allows for the Earth to be rejuvinated with the less
people there..

And that's a huge if, there are a million other things that could
happen, this model is more of like, if we're lucky..

A meteor could hit us, destroying the entire planet, a meteor could
hit the sun, causing it to super nova, the earth could collide into
the sun, a plague could ravage us all, zombie apocalypse, robot
apocalypse, the biblical apocalypse..

I mean, there are a lot of different possibilities, for them to say
'lol this is the most likely outcome' is fairly ignorant. Shit is
going to happen. The Earth will be barraged by meteors, have massive
earth quakes, and thus tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, hurricanes,
tornados, and not to mention the constant threat of nuclear war.

We should be so lucky to end up fat blobs rediscovering culture on a
space ship millions of miles away from earth.

The best thing I thought about the movie though, is that it, unlike
many other kids movies, does not promote an unhealthy image of women.
Most Disney films, and Pixar films even, depict these scrawnly little
girls who most the time are helpless.

Even though in reality the love story between Wall-E and Eve is
between two genderless robots, they are given voices and defined by
common characteristics of each gender. I think a girl who looks up to
Eve would probably be fairly fantastic in todays world, she's a strong
character, yet feeling, loving. It is a good role model.

Anyway, I just had a lot of thoughts on the movie.. figured I'd share 'em