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Posted by Kenneth Morgan
on 6/28/2008, 8:43 pm, in reply to "WALL-E stands for Mo Money"
From what I've heard from most accounts, "WALL-E" looks like a winner. I wouldn't be surprised, since Pixar is a known quantity that has a very good record on producing movies. In fact, I've heard some speculation that it might end up as the box office champ of the summer, beating out "Iron Man", Indy and "The Dark Knight", mainly because those three, due to PG-13 ratings, have more limited appeal. We'll see, I guess.
As far as space exploration, I'm a big supporter of manned exploration. Yes, we could learn the same things from automated probes for less cost. But man is still an adventurous species. As a character in a "Star Trek" novel I've read put it, it's one thing to know what conditions are like on another planet. But what does it feel like to be there? What does the air taste like? Could a man live there and actually call it home?
Besides, an early episode of "B5" had it right when Sinclair says, basically, that one day we'll have to leave Earth. Thus, we have no choice but to learn to live in space and on other worlds. Barring miraculous Divine Intervention, I agree with this, though I doubt I'll actually see it in my lifetime. Still, it's an exciting thing to think about.
I'll probably catch "WALL-E" sometime soon, if for no other reason than to see if they include a trailer for "Clone Wars". (Pixar was once a Lucasfilm subsidiary and the companies still have ties.) I'll let you know what I think of it.
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