WALL-E

I liked it.

Warning! Spoilers below.

I could have watched an entire movie of WALL-E's life on Earth before being discovered by a cute, ticklish life seeking hair-triggered probe. I mean, she is looking for signs life and cracking off shots at anything that moves? WTF?

The little cleaner robot had to concentrate very hard to jump his track. It was clearly troubling. The balance of order between A) staying in line and on your track, and B) keeping the place clean, were just killing him. "How do I do my job best here?" With great effort he jumps the track and starts cleaning the trails left by WALL-E. Poor little guy.

I didn't really like the intelligent friendly roach. Why didn't he set off the life probe's sensor? Why hadn't his minion hoard taken over the place?

The reboot idea at the end was pretty cool. you can tell a bunch of computer geeks put Pixar's flicks up on the screen. You might think "Why would he reboot without his memory, then get it all back? Factory rest is factory reset, right?" Well, no. Complex systems Have a system recovery. His primary systems might come online and then a backup somewhere started restoring his memory. Meanwhile he is off performing his directives in order of priority.

The little buzz-saw robot was handy.

The idea of people ignoring reality for the virtual world and getting fat in the process is a bit too close to reality for me. That part of the story was a bit scary.

Why was the president left back on Earth played by a real human instead of an animated character? Was it a way of separating the past (now) from the present (future)?

It has become politically incorrect to blame war for the end of the world. Did it just become a cliche? Or, is it the idea that to have a war you need an enemy? Strengthening in the mid nineties, or there abouts, It is a natural disaster, natural disease, man made germ or chemical, bugs, zombies, aliens, tomatoes or whatever doing us in. The environment fighting back has been a prevalent theme lately. It is the flavor of the decade.