And secondly, we realize, that as humans, we have passed the buck on our accountability and overall stewardship of Earth to robots. This ensures that we’re heavily invested in WALL-E and his adventures, and oh boy, are we ever. First, we’re now-or you should be-officially in love with a small robot with a big personality (who seems to hate mornings as much as I do). The beginning of WALL-E does a great job at establishing two major truths to help advance the film. It holds anything from charming musical films, to bowling pins, and of course paddle balls-that, of course, does end up in the ‘do not keep’ pile (much to my amusement). His tiny home is a treasure trove of knick-knacks. His humming is infectious and I dare you not to smile at his fascination with humans and all the things left behind. It’s a grim message and it is only offset by WALL-E’s charm and humour. One that was created based on our wants, rather than our needs. The purpose of the WALL-E series robot is to rehabilitate the planet and clean up the mess we’ve made. And in lieu of all that, humans have evacuated Earth and left behind robots. We realize that our attempts at clean energy and overall environmentalism (when it comes to turning to minimalism) has failed, miserably. WALL-E begins with a devastated planet Earth, one absolutely adorable robot, and his equally adorable cockroach sidekick.
Pixar does a fantastic job at showing and not telling when it comes to the initial setting of the movie. The film puts forth that big, overarching question of “yes, we can, but should we?”
WALL-E creates a beautiful dichotomy of innovation and the importance attached to it. Although the robots in WALL-E only borderline hint at AI (their developing personal motivations a major insight to that), the movie does a wonderful job at giving them larger than life personalities and roles. Pixar-like Studio Ghibli, who I love-has an irrefutable talent at not only making movies for all ages to enjoy, but slipping insightful social commentary into their narratives. This is why I find Pixar’s WALL-E so interesting when we focus on this month’s Sci-Fi topic of Artificial Intelligence. (Or we’re attempting to find a way to get it done we’re tenacious like that.) Whether it’s tinkering with the advancement of our weapons in the Stone Age or creating cars that drive themselves if we can improve upon it, humans have probably already done so. Humans have always had a knack for innovation.
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