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Old 07-09-2008, 04:49 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by landpoke View Post
No, not "'Nuff said." Elaborate.
Warning: mild spoiler

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Kyle Smith, author and columnist for the New York Post, wrote that in depicting humans of the future as "a flabby mass of peabrained idiots who are literally too fat to walk", WALL-E was darker and more cynical than any major Disney cartoon he could recall. He compared the humans in the film to the patrons of Disney World, adding, "I'm also not sure I've ever seen a major corporation spend so much money to issue an insult to its customers."[35] Maura Judkis of U.S. News & World Report questioned whether this depiction of "frighteningly obese humans" would resonate with children, making them more likely to "play outside rather than in front of the computer, to avoid a similar fate".[36] Stanton denied that his intention was to pass comment on obesity, saying the purpose was instead to portray human overdependency.[34]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E

When are you taking your family to Disney World?
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