Ten years ago this summer, we all became familiar with the little trash compacter that could — WALL-E — and his slightly scary, Earth-scanning, but eventual companion Eve.
Disney’s “WALL-E,” which took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Picture in 2009, offered a darker look at Earth’s possible future — one where humans have ruined the planet’s environment with trash — and are forced to live in space, captive to screens, self-driving chairs and robot servants.
As a part of our summer entertainment series, we’re pondering the critiques and lessons of “WALL-E” with Hugo award-winning, science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, most notable for his Mars trilogy, a series of books all about the terraforming and subsequent settlement of the planet Mars.
Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood sat down with Robinson to discuss the real-life implications of issues brought up in the film, and how some of the critiques it made about society 10 years ago are still relevant now.
Answers & Comments
Answer:
Ten years ago this summer, we all became familiar with the little trash compacter that could — WALL-E — and his slightly scary, Earth-scanning, but eventual companion Eve.
Disney’s “WALL-E,” which took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Picture in 2009, offered a darker look at Earth’s possible future — one where humans have ruined the planet’s environment with trash — and are forced to live in space, captive to screens, self-driving chairs and robot servants.
As a part of our summer entertainment series, we’re pondering the critiques and lessons of “WALL-E” with Hugo award-winning, science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, most notable for his Mars trilogy, a series of books all about the terraforming and subsequent settlement of the planet Mars.
Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood sat down with Robinson to discuss the real-life implications of issues brought up in the film, and how some of the critiques it made about society 10 years ago are still relevant now.