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A World of Trash

"Buy N Large"

  • Cycle of consumption and disposal
  • Unsustainable = Inhabitable
  • The world becomes garbage & devoid of life

"BNL provided profusely, supplying human beings with nearly every product or service that they used. The company satisfied human needs and desires but also incited them. . . Constant consumption, though, meant constant disposal; the massive volume and vast variety of discarded stuff on Earth came from BNL"

(Mattie, 14).

Apocalypse: A Definition

"An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale"

(Yaszek, 387).

Role of Humans

  • Humans become increasingly tech-dependent & mindless consumers in space.

Death of Independence

"The residents of the space station, accustomed to being tended by industrious robots, have grown to resemble giant babies, with soft faces, rounded torsos and stubby, weak limbs. Consumer capitalism, anticipating every possible need and swaddling its subjects in convenience, is an infantilizing force" (Scott 2008).

"Humanity had to grow up again, humanity had to learn to walk again in all senses of the word"

(Pixar 2008b).

Pseudo-Independence

Conclusion

Thesis

By McNaughtan

The ending of the film Wall-E presents an unsustainable future for humanity do to the historic consumer culture, man's lack of experience on earth, the condition of the atmosphere & the idea of a robot-driven re-industrialization. However, Wally could survive the second apocalypse due to his independence, resourcefulness and immorality.

The film Wall-E depicts a post-apocalyptic world that brings question to the role of human nature, the validity of technological solutions and the condemned future of the earth.

  • The context of Wally's world
  • The basis of consumerism
  • The differing roles of character within the film

These factors reveal that continuation of the film would result in a second apocalypse for mankind, leaving only Wally to survive.

The Second Apocalypse

Due to Naivety:

Ending Credits

Role of Wally

Solution to a trash-filled wasteland

  • The humans have never left the ship
  • Cannot sustain life/civilization

The Foreseeable

Apocalypse in

Context

The Art of Title Sequence by Jim Capobianco

Wally's Personality

"Waste Allocated Load Lifter - Earth-class"

Overtime the robot has independently created a behavior and mission for himself

  • Gleaning
  • Non-verbal ques
  • Demonstration of Emotion

"Wally's Day at Work"

The Second Apocalypse

Wally's Curiosity

Due to Pollution:

  • Observational Learning
  • Attentive & Longing
  • Emotion
  • Human-like connection

0:39 sec.

Wally's Collection

Wally's Animation

  • Litter/Smog continue to cover the atmosphere
  • Re-industrialization

(end credits)

Presented By: Molly Farrell

Work Cited

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