May 29th 2008
Wall-E, Atlantis Rising To Wave The Green Flag On Film
Filed under: film-tv, movies — michael @ 4:40 pm
Ready for some more eco-themed movies?
I did a little exploring on the topic of green films and unearthed two previously unknown (at least to the Raz) films that embrace a green message.
The first one you’ve no doubt been exposed to in the form of trailers and marketing — Pixar’s WALL-E. As seen in previews, Earth is trashed and a little robot called WALL-E (which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) is the only thing left to clean up the mess. Here’s a small synop:
“WALL-E was programmed to help clean up earth because in the future humans have completely trashed the planet through consumerism, rampant, unchecked consumerism. The Earth was covered with so much trash that the humans had to leave the planet on space liners while robots were left behind to clean up the planet and make Earth habitable again. Unfortunately 700 years go by and the humans never return.”
Apparently, WALL-E goes on some great space adventure which eventually leads to a solution to the Earth’s trash problem, paving the way for the return of humans and a happy environment.
Unfortunately, SkyNet then becomes aware and unleashes the Terminators. At least, that’s what I’m imagining an evil Pixar might do with the ending…
The next film is Atlantis Rising — a live-action adaptation from a comic series of the same name. Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks has picked up the rights and production is underway on the “classic us-vs.-them alien invasion movie”. According to the Hollywood Reporter, producer Mitchell Rosenberg said the project to him echoed “the global debate on our impact to the environment.” Here’s another brief synop:
“In “Atlantis,” seismic disturbances at sea force world militaries to investigate the deepest part of the world’s ocean, where an underground civilization emerges to wage war with planet Earth.”
Sounds like a sequel to The Abyss to me….Cameron, call your lawyers!
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Who knew an imaginary robot could be so smart? If only we could invent a real Wall-E to solve all our trash problems….
On the upside though, I read that the other day, a high school student working on a science project developed a way to decompose plastic bags in 3 months so they aren’t living in the landfill for an eternity. Now it’s just a matter of implementing it. And getting people to realize that the ultimate solution is to stop using plastic bags, therefore eliminating the need to produce them.
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[...] all the rage — from Val Kilmer battling previously-frozen global warming parasites to a cute animated robot searching for electronic love and the key to removing pollution on planet Earth. Hell, even Cameron Diaz is lobbying for Shrek 4 [...]
[...] The basic premise for Wall-E is that the earth has been trashed by over-consumption, consumerism, and envrionmental degradation. Humans have long left in search of other planets to colonize — while leaving robots to tend to their waste. I won’t delve any further, but let’s just say that love — and love for the earth — are two of the main themes. [...]