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  • From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Wall-E
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:23:15 -0400

We haven't seen it yet. We have to road trip to a wedding/family reunion this weekend and it's kind of in the back of my head it might be a nice break for the Taz if we need one while we're away.
He likened it to "The Iron Giant".


On Jul 8, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Gene GeRue wrote:

Has anyone seen the new move, Wall-E? What is your reaction?

This is from the blog of Andrew Sullivan:

Rod Dreher sees an Aristotelian conservatism in the new Pixar classic.
It's a post with all the usual Dreher qualities, and well worth reading:
"Wall-E" says that humans have within themselves the freedom to rebel,
to overthrow that which dominates and alienates us from our true
selves, and our own nature. But you have to question the prime
directive; that is, you have to become conscious of how they way
you're living is destroying your body and killing your soul, and
choose to resist.
"Wall-E" contends that real life is hard, real life is struggle, and
that we live most meaningfully not by avoiding pain and struggle, but
by engaging it creatively, and sharing that struggle in community. It
argues that rampant consumerism, technopoly and the exaltation of
comfort is causing us to weaken our souls and bodies, and sell out our
birthright of political freedom. Nobody is doing this to us; we're
doing it to ourselves. It is the endgame of modernity, which began in
part with the idea that Nature is the enemy to be subdued -- that man
stands outside of Nature, and has nothing to learn about himself from
Nature's deep logic.
Like Rod, I keep thinking about the movie. It draws together a lot of
amorphous feeling right now - the gnawing sense that modernity has
begun to undermine the natural conditions of its flourishing - and
focuses it. The two most powerful factors, to my mind, are the
confluence of destructive technology and religious terrorism and
climate change with highly unpredictable repercussions. It is hard not
to feel a Babelian quality about our current moment; and Rod's crunchy
conservatism speaks to it powerfully.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/




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