http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU
I saw this movie a long time ago when I didn't really care about the future as much as I do now. I watched a clip from this movie a couple weeks ago and had the same reaction then as I did tonight. This movie hits the whole human condition right on point. I wasn't surprised with what I saw when I watched it the first time. If we let technology take over us like they did, then that is what will inevitably happen. What sticks with me is what happens when the people on the chairs aren't looking at their screens and what they actually see. I think what Pixar was trying to do was send a message about the present times and how reliant we are on our computers and cell phones but really it only reflects us to a point. Yes, we use technology for just about everything but technology does send the messages that we put out there. Every time I get onto my tumblr, I see some fitness workout picture for motivation or healthy food recipes. So technology can't be all bad.
What I want to focus on is the fact as soon as the computer said to go to blue, everyone just pressed a button and just did it. The influence that the machine controlling all of them was just crazy. Simon says to a maximum! And the road system they seemed to have and when the John character fell off his moving chair, the robots didn't help him, they just told him to wait. It was Wall-E who helped him. Human compassion, which they seemed to have put into Wall-E's character, is so much better than a screen.
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