Antoine Hersen (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} endymion2021) wrote,@ 2008-07-01 01:42:00 |
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WALL-E and "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
WALL-E is an instant classic. In part because it is cleverly overflowing with references, from the obvious 2001 to the classics Pixar. Finding all of them will probably fill endless discussions with friends and many pages of student's papers.
One in particular really touch me.
!!! Spoiler Alert !!!
Back on earth after EVE fix WALL-E the adorable little machine loose is personality. This immediately reminded me of Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". I read it probably when I was 10 or 12 during the period of time where I devoured all of Asimov's books and other SF classics.
It contained a lot of new and interesting ideas for me at the time: the sentient AI, the organization of the underground rebels, the libertarians ideas and more is coming back to me as I am writing this.
The end really affected me because, unlike WALL-E, Mike does not recover is sentience.
I was so sad that I rewrote the end.
WALL-E is an instant classic. In part because it is cleverly overflowing with references, from the obvious 2001 to the classics Pixar. Finding all of them will probably fill endless discussions with friends and many pages of student's papers.
One in particular really touch me.
!!! Spoiler Alert !!!
Back on earth after EVE fix WALL-E the adorable little machine loose is personality. This immediately reminded me of Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". I read it probably when I was 10 or 12 during the period of time where I devoured all of Asimov's books and other SF classics.
It contained a lot of new and interesting ideas for me at the time: the sentient AI, the organization of the underground rebels, the libertarians ideas and more is coming back to me as I am writing this.
The end really affected me because, unlike WALL-E, Mike does not recover is sentience.
I was so sad that I rewrote the end.
