Comments on: Realism and conservation in WALL·E http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/2009/06/16/realism-and-conservation-in-wall-e/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lateshot http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/2009/06/16/realism-and-conservation-in-wall-e/comment-page-1/#comment-4820 Lateshot Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:45:16 +0000 http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/?p=230#comment-4820 The Statements in the film max out one question: How will a degenerated, naive and shorthanded mankind repair, what billions of fresh, strong and used to hard work mankind 700 years ago was unable to perform? With the help of the bots? I don´t think so, or they would have been successful all the way back in time, They had their Army of cleaning bots... and all that was to it, was piles of junk skyhigh stapled... You have inspired me to try one thing, i will go and try to compare the WALL-E reality to the Battlestar Galactica reality. For the finales are similar and both turn away from technology for a cleansweep fresh and green start.... All this has happened before, and will happen again... again... again... The Statements in the film max out one question:
How will a degenerated, naive and shorthanded mankind repair, what billions of fresh, strong and used to hard work mankind 700 years ago was unable to perform? With the help of the bots? I don´t think so, or they would have been successful all the way back in time,

They had their Army of cleaning bots… and all that was to it, was piles of junk skyhigh stapled…

You have inspired me to try one thing, i will go and try to compare the WALL-E reality to the Battlestar Galactica reality. For the finales are similar and both turn away from technology for a cleansweep fresh and green start….

All this has happened before, and will happen again… again… again…

]]> By: Lucas http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/2009/06/16/realism-and-conservation-in-wall-e/comment-page-1/#comment-4798 Lucas Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:22:11 +0000 http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/?p=230#comment-4798 It would be interesting to look at the film for the "breakdown of communications and relationships, and how such a disconnect could snowball into terrible things" (which, to me, also sounds like a high-level synopsis of an episode of <cite>Home Improvement</cite>). There's much to that, WALL·E's inability to communicate his love for EVE and her her "directive" to him. I believe the fate of the planet was more important than the relationship between the two robots. It certainly seems to be the focus of the film's finale. The movie closes on the image of the humans planting the last surviving plant (though, as the camera pulls out there appear to be a bunch more just on the other side of a hill—their good will already has had a magical effect!). The credits sequence too is about humanity rebuilding, replanting. It would be interesting to look at the film for the “breakdown of communications and relationships, and how such a disconnect could snowball into terrible things” (which, to me, also sounds like a high-level synopsis of an episode of Home Improvement). There’s much to that, WALL·E’s inability to communicate his love for EVE and her her “directive” to him.

I believe the fate of the planet was more important than the relationship between the two robots. It certainly seems to be the focus of the film’s finale. The movie closes on the image of the humans planting the last surviving plant (though, as the camera pulls out there appear to be a bunch more just on the other side of a hill—their good will already has had a magical effect!). The credits sequence too is about humanity rebuilding, replanting.

]]> By: thesimplicity http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/2009/06/16/realism-and-conservation-in-wall-e/comment-page-1/#comment-4796 thesimplicity Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:51:20 +0000 http://killspeak.lucasrizoli.com/?p=230#comment-4796 Using actual footage from Hello, Dolly for “It Only Takes a Moment” was a stroke of genius and a great way to separate it from the typical romanticism of children's film. Once that clip started playing, I realized that that could very well be the future of this planet. I had a different reaction to the last act, though. I thought the main theme was more about the breakdown of communications and relationships, and how such a disconnect could snowball into terrible things. I don't think the fate of the planet mattered too much in the conclusion, as the story seemed more focused on how the relationship between WALL-E and EVE rippled throughout their surroundings. The planet could remain dead; the triumph was that humanity had rekindled that bond. Using actual footage from Hello, Dolly for “It Only Takes a Moment” was a stroke of genius and a great way to separate it from the typical romanticism of children’s film. Once that clip started playing, I realized that that could very well be the future of this planet.

I had a different reaction to the last act, though. I thought the main theme was more about the breakdown of communications and relationships, and how such a disconnect could snowball into terrible things. I don’t think the fate of the planet mattered too much in the conclusion, as the story seemed more focused on how the relationship between WALL-E and EVE rippled throughout their surroundings. The planet could remain dead; the triumph was that humanity had rekindled that bond.

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