I rarely go  to theaters.  It’s not the prices necessarily, though 5 bucks for popcorn is still shocking.  It is more that I enjoy being comfortable at home watching it.  So usually when a big hit comes out, my particular take on it is about six months late when the DVD releases.

And occasionally the movie in question has generated a stir of complaints and controversies that I hear about in depth before I even have a chance to see for myself what the fuss was all about.

Such was the case with Disney/Pixar’s Wall*E.

I heard in nauseating detail about the leftist indoctrinations, the insults and insensitivity to the obese and a few other complaints.

I was prepared to not like it, as I tend to dislike paying money to be preached at.

I was wrong.  I loved it.

First, the actual story.  The setting:  Earth in the 29th century.  The world has become overtaken by a global corporation (BnL or Buy n Large) and for 700 years has been completely depopulated.  The world has become a scrap heap of trash, with only clean up robots left to perform a seemingly endless task of providing trash compacted order out of chaos.  Life is apparently limited to a bug, who is our hero’s pet. 

Here are a collection of Global Warming links, with a brief excerpt. 

Before I do I want to note that this is becoming as contentious of an issue as any I have ever debated, and the politicking in it is sickening.

I am embroiled in a somewhat heated debate elsewhere, where one of the particulars is defending China not being included in the framework of the Kyoto Protocol that everyone is bleating about, making an argument that is the equivelant of white guilt:

But if you’re going to point the finger at how unfair it is to exempt China, they can point the finger back at us and say how unfair it is we’re able to enjoy the spoils of our unhindered growth.

If you accept that at face value, then we should be ashamed of the years of industrialization that have lead us to the technological advances we enjoy.  Because China is emerging, apparently they deserve their shot at despoiling.  Otherwise, what?  Should we trash allt he trapping sof civilization and return to a farm based economy?  I imagine many greenies would love it.